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GPU Poor - Don't overlook Laguna XS 2.1

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As per title. I'm not affiliated with the team behind this model in any way, shape or form. As a GPU poor myself (8 GB VRAM laptop + 12 GB VRAM desktop), I found Laguna to be very promising on my laptop. It runs at 30t/s (60k context) and it one-shot my two usual test prompts : "Make a Tetris-like…

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  1. 2026-08-24 11:35 · r/LocalLLaMA
    GPU Poor - Don't overlook Laguna XS 2.1

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