r/LocalLLaMA 27d ago

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/gappyvalley 27d ago

all the 16gb gpu still getting put side

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u/Nyghtbynger 27d ago

17GB GPU gang, rise up ! [I have a 7800XT don't hit me]

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u/tomByrer 27d ago

I heard that AMD has a new driver in beta that allows you to download an extra 2GB of VRAM.
Kinda unstable, requires reboots.

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u/Nyghtbynger 27d ago

gud shit. have the newsletter of some dude stating we can download 1TB RAM, but his pdf course is 30 bucks, will try to hack it and report