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Optimizing 16GB VRAM for Qwen3.8-27b. How'd I do?

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So as I wait for my R9700 to arrive (yay), I'm trying to cram as much Qwen into the 16GB card that I have so the R9700 can run Flash Next next to it. I intend for 27b to be the daily driver for Hermes while Flash Next handles the heavy tasks. So far I've managed the following with a 6900XT on vanil…

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  1. 2026-09-16 12:21 · r/LocalLLM
    Optimizing 16GB VRAM for Qwen3.8-27b. How'd I do?

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