Reddit user drops nearly $4,000 on an Asus Ascent Spark and worries about DGX OS lock-in
cmdr-William-Riker · reddit · 2026-07-29
A Reddit user says they spent nearly $4,000 on an Asus Ascent 1TB Spark box and is asking whether the purchase was a mistake. They mention already getting good use out of Qwen 3.6 35B on an RTX 5070 Ti, and their main worry is whether the new machine is locked to Nvidia’s DGX OS or otherwise heavily customized.
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