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Nah I got an RX 6800 XT for $300 with 16 GB VRAM, perfectly cromulent for a 27B model.
Thats is pretty decent alright, I had heard 24 was what was needed for decent local AI.
24 is ideal, 16 works fine especially with some MoE offloading. If you use llama-swap, a fast PCIe bus and fast storage is ideal. Takes about 20 seconds to swap between two models on my X570 board.