Reddit r/LocalLLaMAAugust 22, 2026
16 GB VRAM purgatory discussion thread
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What models and configs are we using? Please share here On windows, I am using this copium pared down model https://huggingface.co/Bucoid/Qwen3.8-27B-Uncensored-IQ4-XS-MTP-16GB-VRAM-GGUF with MTP disabled, q4 k/q4 v mmproj banished to CPU/RAM and a small ub to save whatever context I can (90k-100k) so everything stays in the vram If you are on linux or have an iGPU, you don't have to deal with windows eating 1.5 gb vram and so have more than 14.5 GB of VRAM to use and probably aren't in purgator