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Have a 96GB Strix Halo, are 7900XTXs worth it?

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Found out that 7900XTXs are not that expensive compared to other fast 24GB cards. I've been needing to get another motherboard for my AM4 desktop (64GB DDR4). Would getting dual 7900XTXs for gaming (I know only 1 card can be used) and Dense models be worth it? I'm anticipating Qwen 4 27B to be a ba…

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  1. 2026-09-17 23:40 · r/LocalLLM
    Have a 96GB Strix Halo, are 7900XTXs worth it?

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