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Perplexity Brings Portable Computer to Windows PCs With NVIDIA RTX GPUs

September 14, 2026 at 14:22 EDT

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Perplexity has made Portable Computer available in its Windows app for PCs with eligible NVIDIA GeForce RTX or NVIDIA RTX PRO GPUs, widening access to its local-first AI agent beyond the DGX Spark rollout. The September 14, 2026 release adds scheduled tasks and local Model Context Protocol connections, letting users run recurring workflows with Windows tools while keeping local work on their own hardware.

Sep. 14, 2026 | Perplexity

Portable Computer reaches Windows RTX PCs

Perplexity is moving its local-first agent runtime beyond DGX Spark to eligible NVIDIA GeForce RTX and NVIDIA RTX PRO Windows machines. Scheduled tasks and local MCP connections bring recurring desktop workflows onto the user's hardware.

24GB

minimum VRAM for Windows RTX inference

15+

frontier models available with approval

Computer credits used for local work

The hardware floor is visible

24GB VRAM

6 blocks x 4GB

Portable Computer's Windows release starts at a workstation-class GPU threshold.

That requirement widens access beyond DGX Spark, but it still points the product toward power users, developers and enterprise teams with high-end NVIDIA hardware.

How the local workflow runs

Permitted filesDocuments, code and images stay on the PC

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Local orchestratorThe agent plans and routes steps on device

→

MCP and schedulerDesktop tools and recurring jobs connect locally

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Cloud by approvalSearch or frontier reasoning can be added

Why it lands

Private files can be processed locally
Recurring workflows can run on owned hardware
Local work avoids Computer credit use

Where scrutiny remains

The 24GB VRAM floor limits eligible PCs
Search and connector actions still leave the device
Hard reasoning can still need cloud models

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