Running Qwen 3.8 27B on 32GB RAM Kills Your SSD: Which Quant to Pick?
Etmurbaah · reddit · 2026-09-06
A user discovered their H3 R2V video workflow with vanilla Qwen 3.8 27b was spilling gigabytes per clip onto disk due to insufficient RAM (32GB RAM + 16GB VRAM), wearing out their SSD. They ask which Heretic/Abliterated quant best fits within RAM limits given accuracy tradeoffs — a real-world warning about the hidden hardware cost of memory offloading in local video generation.
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