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User seeks optimal setup for Qwen3.8 27B on 16GB VRAM

A user on Reddit's r/LocalLLaMA subreddit is seeking advice on optimizing the Qwen3.8 27B model for a system with 16GB of VRAM and 16GB of system RAM. They are looking for a fast, uncensored model with a large context window, specifically at least 128k. The user has experimented with various quantization methods and tools like llama.cpp but has not achieved satisfactory speeds. They shared a specific model and command line configuration that yielded over 35 tokens/second, after receiving assistance from another user. AI

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RANK_REASON User is asking for help configuring an existing model on specific hardware, not a new release or research.

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User seeks optimal setup for Qwen3.8 27B on 16GB VRAM

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

    What's the best setup for Qwen3.8 27b for a 16 gig VRAM?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello guys!</p> <p>I have been experimenting with qwen 3.8 for a long time and I hadn't been able to get reasonable speed. I am on a 5060Ti 16 GB, and although this gpu can game, I am aware that AI demands more than 16 GB.</p> <p>I am on a Fedora…