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How to choose 3080 20g x 8 or 4090 x 2 to use qlora to finetune 34B models? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by WitchSayo@alien.top to c/localllama@poweruser.forum
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Currently I have a 4090x2 and I am looking to upgrade my machine. Due to well known reasons, the price of 4090 and 3090 is insanely high right now, and I see another option: magic modding a 3080 with 20g of vram.

My aim is to use qlora to fine tune a 34B model, and I see that the requirement for fine tuning a 34B model using a single card from qlora is 24g vram, and the price of 4090x2 is about equal to 3080 20g x8. so what would be a better choice for a multi-card?

4090x2 or 3080 20g x8?

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[โ€“] WitchSayo@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Using a PCIe splitter cable, split the PCIe 4.0x16 x1 into PCIe 4.0x8 x2. And all gpu use a PCIe extension cable.

[โ€“] The_Last_Monte@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I would recommend against this, not to say you are incapable o lr wouldn't figure it out, but it's a head ache. Just the power consumption on something like this alone would drive you to a sizable power bill, not to mention lack of any kind of Nvlink, your 4090 setup is a much better option in my opinion.