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Upgrading from 32GB VRAM to 64GB - Worth it?

I currently have 2x 5060TI 16GB cards and run Qwen 3.8 and a fine-tune of Gemma 4 on them (not at the same time). Obviously the 5060TIs are the budget pick, but have performed well enough. However, I find myself wanting more. Either a bigger model or just using the higher quant's of the existing mo…

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  1. 2026-10-03 07:32 · r/LocalLLM
    Upgrading from 32GB VRAM to 64GB - Worth it?

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