alt Hacker News> You need a system with either 32+ GB VRAM
I do hope you're right that it will get cheaper over time (it should), but right now 32GB of VRAM is not affordable to a lot of people. You're talking ~$4500 just for the GPU, or $800 ish used if you can find one.
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gleenn • today at 7:07 PM
A Mac laptop can be had with 32GB of RAM for far less than $4500. Not sure if they actually need 32GB of discreet GPU RAM. My Mac laptop does run Qwen at a reasonable speed.
For inference you can split the 32GB between two 16GB cards. Two new 5060tis for ~€1000 in total is more than fine.
It's a tad less efficient and a bit more of a hassle, but still a good experience for only a fraction of the price.