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by zamadatix 512 days ago
2G is pretty low and the sizes things you can get to run fast on that set up probably aren't particularly attractive. "moderate hardware" varies but you can grab a 12 GB RTX 3060 on ebay for ~$200. You can get a lot more RAM for $200 but it'll be so slow compare the the GPU I'm not sure I'd recommend it if you actually want to use things like this interactively.

If "moderate hardware" is your average office PC then it's unlikely to be very usable. Anyone with a gaming GPU from the last several years should be workable though.

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I'll second this, actually - $250 for a 12gb rtx 3060 is probably a better buy than $400 for 2xp40s for 16gb.

It'd been a minute since I checked refurb prices and $250 for the rtx 3060 12gb is a good price.

Easier on the rest of the system than a 2x card setup, and is probably a drop in replacement.