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User seeks advice on mixing NVIDIA 3090 with 5070/5060 Ti for local LLMs

A user on Reddit's r/LocalLLaMA forum is seeking advice on building a multi-GPU setup for running large language models locally. They are considering adding an NVIDIA 3090 to their existing setup of a 5070 Ti and two 5060 Ti cards, but are concerned about potential performance degradation when mixing different GPU architectures (Ampere and Blackwell) in frameworks like llama.cpp and vLLM. The user is weighing the benefits of the 3090's larger VRAM and memory bandwidth against potential performance hits and is exploring options like pipeline parallelism to optimize performance. AI

IMPACT Users are exploring hardware configurations to optimize local LLM performance and VRAM usage.

RANK_REASON User query about hardware configuration for local LLM inference.

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User seeks advice on mixing NVIDIA 3090 with 5070/5060 Ti for local LLMs

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/mrgreatheart ·

    Is 3090 + 5070 & 5060s a good idea?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have a 5070 Ti and two 5060 Ti (all 16Gb cards).</p> <p>I planned to add another 5070 Ti giving me two pairs of 32Gb each but the NVidia prices have just jumped by 25% where I am and I've found a 3090 Founders Edition for a good chunk cheaper t…