Perplexity Portable Computer Launches on Windows for NVIDIA RTX PCs

Perplexity has launched Portable Computer in its Windows app for compatible NVIDIA GeForce RTX PCs and NVIDIA RTX PRO Workstations. The agent handles multistep tasks using local models and GPU acceleration.

Information processed locally remains on the device and does not use Perplexity Computer credits. For more demanding research or reasoning, the agent can ask for permission before sending information to cloud models.

Local model and GPU requirements

The app includes a local model such as Qwen 3.8 27B, post-trained for Perplexity Computer and optimized for NVIDIA RTX. Portable Computer supports GeForce RTX and RTX PRO GPUs with at least 24GB of VRAM.

Connectors for Microsoft Outlook, OneDrive, Word, Google Drive, Gmail, Slack and GitHub let the agent work across files and services. Its built-in browser and proprietary SPACE sandbox are also available within the app.

Examples provided by Perplexity include reviewing open pull requests in GitHub, analyzing brokerage and tax documents without sending them to a chatbot, and finding causes of an activation decline before posting findings to Slack.

Portable Computer previously supported NVIDIA DGX Spark systems and RTX PCs running Linux. Support for NVIDIA DGX Station is expected later.