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title: "Perplexity brings local AI agent to Windows RTX PCs"
url: https://www.parallelquant.com/posts/perplexity-brings-local-ai-agent-to-windows-rtx-pcs-54f916
source_name: "Tom's Hardware"
source_url: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/perplexitys-local-ai-agent-comes-to-windows-but-only-for-rtx-gpus-with-at-least-24gb-of-vram-portable-computer-brings-ai-for-multistep-tasks-to-compatible-pcs
published: 2026-09-15T09:24:32.000Z
topics: ["products", "chips"]
publisher: "Parallel Quant"
---

# Perplexity brings local AI agent to Windows RTX PCs

*2026-09-15 · Source: [Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/perplexitys-local-ai-agent-comes-to-windows-but-only-for-rtx-gpus-with-at-least-24gb-of-vram-portable-computer-brings-ai-for-multistep-tasks-to-compatible-pcs)*

Perplexity and Nvidia released 'Portable Computer' for Windows on September 14, a local-first AI agent that can perform multistep tasks. It requires GeForce RTX or RTX PRO GPUs with at least 24GB of VRAM.

**Why it matters:** Running agents locally instead of in the cloud addresses privacy and latency concerns, but the steep 24GB VRAM requirement limits it to high-end gaming and workstation GPUs — a reminder that consumer hardware still has a way to go before local agentic AI is broadly accessible.

**Topics:** products, chips

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