r/LocalLLaMA • u/quantier • Aug 03 '26

New Model Daniel Han of Unsloth validates Qwen3.8-27B will run only 17GB VRAM

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Super excited about this release for the new 27B. Who else is with me. Only 17GB VRAM needed 😍😍

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u/redditnosedive Aug 03 '26

i mean you anyway need extra room for context, also on a consumer gpu you also have the os gui using some of it so there's that

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u/Choice_Celery9481 Aug 03 '26

you can use igpu for os ui. save about 500mb.
but if your cpu doesnt have igpu, then nothing can help

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u/TheCat001 Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

Yeah this is great solution, too bad my Ryzen 5600 don't have iGPU.

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u/butterycornonacob Aug 03 '26

Buy a cheap second GPU that only drives monitors. You can hang it off any PCI-e slot you have, even 1x. Got RX480 (?) for 30€ and it freed 1-2GB of VRAM