Stiven_Crysis@alien.topB to AMD@hardware.watchEnglish · 1 year agoFormer cryptomining GPUs are now being repurposed to make GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and RX 580 16GB cards - VideoCardz.comvideocardz.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: gadgets@hardware.watch
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkFormer cryptomining GPUs are now being repurposed to make GeForce RTX 3080 20GB and RX 580 16GB cards - VideoCardz.comvideocardz.comStiven_Crysis@alien.topB to AMD@hardware.watchEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square61fedilinkcross-posted to: gadgets@hardware.watch
minus-squareM34L@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s for AI acceleration. In AI training (and with LLMs, inference), the VRAM is basically hard limit of the complexity of the AI model you can run on the GPU. 20GB is enough to train some small LLMs, 10GB is not.
minus-squareRustyShackle4@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBrother, nobody is running AI acceleration on a 580.
It’s for AI acceleration. In AI training (and with LLMs, inference), the VRAM is basically hard limit of the complexity of the AI model you can run on the GPU. 20GB is enough to train some small LLMs, 10GB is not.
Brother, nobody is running AI acceleration on a 580.