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Question on gpu choice

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I would like to experiment with qwen 3.8 more. My rig currently has 128gb ram and a msi 5060 rtx ti with 16gb vram. Would it be better to get an identical card in an egpu or a b70 to get 32gb vram?

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  1. 2026-08-21 21:06 · r/LocalLLM
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