Is it fine to put all the llm weights on DRAM and run the actual ai on your VRAM?

I am VERY new to local ai and I have yet to even run a model. I am curious because I don't have a ton of VRAM to work with. Thank you!

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2026-10-28 23:46 · r/LocalLLM
Is it fine to put all the llm weights on DRAM and run the actual ai on your VRAM?

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