Can a MSI GeForce GTX 1060 3G OCV1 run Llama 3.1 8B?
Not really — Not recommended
Needs ~7 GB and won't fit comfortably in 3 GB VRAM + 32 GB RAM at a usable speed. A larger-VRAM GPU or a smaller model is the way to run this.
Your VRAM
3 GB
Needs (est.)
7 GB
Quantization
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