4x 3060 12GB tensor-parallel rig: is adding a 4060 Ti 16GB worth it?
Qwen30bEnjoyer · reddit · 2026-09-10
Running 4x RTX 3060 12GB on a Threadripper with tensor parallelism (mostly Qwen3-27B), the author weighs grabbing a discounted 4060 Ti 16GB for the extra 4GB VRAM and occasional gaming — but its lower memory bandwidth might slow the whole inference setup down.
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