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Local model choice: why is (not) that hard

TL;DR - ≥32 GB VRAM → Qwen3.8-27B , Q4 (NVFP4 / Q4_K_XL / IQ4_XS) - Otherwise → Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on Strata , Q4 or IQ3 depending on your total RAM + VRAM For the past few weeks I've been deep into local models: testing everything I could get my hands on, reading up on which hardware does what, an…

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  1. 2026-10-02 21:26 · r/LocalLLM
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