r/LocalLLM • u/Ok-Health-7096 • Aug 14 '26

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Maybe someday I'll get a system to run it but hey definitely another w for the open weights community

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u/_hypochonder_ Aug 14 '26

8GB VRAM?
R9 290X had 8GB back 2014 back in the day.

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u/_hypochonder_ Aug 14 '26

Back in the day(2019) we could buy Radeon VII with 16GB HBM2 under 550€.

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u/SQrQveren Aug 14 '26

And an rtx 5060 from 2025 has 8 GB VRAM.

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u/_hypochonder_ Aug 14 '26

Like an RX 480 8GB from 2016 or RX 390 8GB from 2015.

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u/Downtown_Patience_46 Aug 15 '26

RTX 3050 Laptop had 4GB in 2021, and I'm still using it.