If you can run FLUX and SDXL locally, you really don’t need cloud AI services anymore.
No subscriptions, no prompt logging, no rate limits, just full control.

And no, you don’t need an RTX 5090 or a Radeon AI PRO R9700 (I’d love to have one though xD).
Every image here was rendered on an AMD RX 6700 XT, a mid-range GPU from 2021, not even officially supported by ROCm.

Local models. Local compute. Local freedom.

#SDXL #StableDiffusion #LocalAI #GenerativeArt #OpenSource #FOSS #PrivacyFirst #NoCloud #AMD #RX6700XT #ROCm #Linux #AIArt #DiffusionModels #CreativeCoding #MidrangeGPU #SelfHosted #Decentralized

Rendered Garfield images using Flux on my RX 6700 XT.
Includes both fully 3D and classic comic style bench-press scenes.
Upscaled the outputs with Real-ESRGAN

#Garfield #Comics #3DKunst #RealESRGAN #Katze #DigitalArt #3D #FluxAI #3DArt #Upscale #Cat #3DRendering #RX6700XT #Flux #aiart #LocalAI

Early October: upgraded from Windows 10 to 11 - everything worked fine.

Late October: RAID failed (2× Crucial MX500 1 TB in RAID 0 via AMD RAIDXpert2).
Repaired it → failed again.
Reinstalled Win11 → failed again.

So I moved my gaming setup to Linux.

Before that:
Windows 10 was my secondary system for gaming, running on the SATA RAID.
Linux (on a 1 TB NVMe) is my main system for work, tinkering, and AI.

With Proton, most games run great, but ray tracing only works partially – probably due to the amdgpu driver.
My RX 6700 XT was too expensive not to use RT properly.

RE 2/3/4 Remake - no RT
RE 1 HD Remake & Revelations - no cutscenes
Control - no RT
Silent Hill 2 Remake - works perfectly (+RT)
Fobia - works with RT
Dead Space Remake & Callisto Protocol - not tested yet

Bought a new 250 GB NVMe just for Windows 11:
Gigabyte Gen4 4000E (250 GB) - 24 €, perfect size for a clean Win11 setup.

Installed it, everything runs perfectly.
Wiped the old Win11 system partitions on the RAID with diskpart, then expanded the games partition.

First steps after installation:
- Converted the account to an offline account
- Ran Win11Debloater
- Removed everything (including Edge)
- Installed Firefox, Signal, Steam, and Epic
- Enabled WSL, Hyper-V, and SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support

Then, under Linux: ran update-grub.
Now Win11 boots through GRUB instead of UEFI, since I never installed the RAID driver under Linux.

Now:
Linux - main system for work, projects and AI.
Windows 11 - secondary system for games and university tools (CLC, Mestrenova, Origin).

Next target: RX 9060 XT - or maybe straight to the RX 9070 XT.

#PCBuild #HardwareUpgrade #LinuxGaming #Windows11 #RX6700XT #RayTracing #NVMe #AMDGPU #FOSS #OpenSource #DualBootLife #TechSetup

Os dejo el unboxing de mi grafica, #Asus #AMD #RX6700XT https://fediverse.tv/w/aRii1pRoSZQMuk3ZBGnGon

Desde que he sustituido la #Nvidia #RTX3060ti por la #AMD #RX6700xt el #OBS no consume tantos recursos de la #CPU durante mis directos, ni me salta la alarma sonora por exceso de temperatura... por no hablar de que han desaparecido todos los mensajes de error al arrancar, se acabo el andar desactivando opciones no compatibles con #Linux... y sobre todo, lo de vivir en alerta por que haya habido una actualización de Nvidia que bloquee la #kernel.
#NvidiaFuckyou