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Are bespoke inference engines overhyped? My Strata experience on 2× R9700

My intention was to find a setup at least equal to qwen 3.8 27b Q8 MTP but with a larger context. Ideally 1M. I was already running Next Flash in Q2 with llama. Good for conversational use but not for coding. Q4 would run but too slow. I did read many reports here on the good performance of strata…

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  1. 2026-11-01 11:24 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Are bespoke inference engines overhyped? My Strata experience on 2× R9700

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