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RTX 3090 considered for Stable Diffusion and LLM use

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] ·

A user on Reddit is seeking advice about purchasing an RTX 3090 graphics card to improve their experience with Stable Diffusion and local LLMs. They are currently using an RTX 3080 with 10GB of VRAM, which they find insufficient for higher quality outputs and running language models. The user is considering a used RTX 3090 with 24GB of VRAM, noting it's cheaper than newer models like the 4090 or 5090, and is also aware of potentially sketchy Chinese GPUs with larger VRAM. AI

IMPACT Users are evaluating hardware choices for running local LLMs and AI image generation tools.

RANK_REASON User query about hardware suitability for AI tasks.

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RTX 3090 considered for Stable Diffusion and LLM use

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User query about hardware suitability for AI tasks.
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COVERAGE [1]

  1. r/StableDiffusion TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Negative-Day-7014 ·

    RTX 3090 still good choice for getting started?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have a 6 year old RTX 3080 and have been playing around in comfyUI. I want to make higher quality photos and videos and also run some local LLM’s but keep reading that my 10GB of vram isn’t enough. </p> <p>Was thinking of buying a 24GB 3090 on …

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