Beginner Guide: Running Local LLMs on a 24GB VRAM Laptop
ThomasAger · reddit · 2026-07-16
A developer recently acquired a laptop with 24GB of VRAM (and 32GB of RAM) and wants to run large language models (LLMs) locally for the first time.
Anticipating that this hardware can handle 30B or even 70B scale models, they are asking the community for recommendations: which models should they prioritize? What advanced prompt engineering techniques and complex setups should they explore?
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