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Yeah, the 3090 is a meme in local AI communities. Additionally, the support is amazing because its essentially the same architecture as an A100.

The 3060 is popular too, being a 3090 cut in half.



> Yeah, the 3090 is a meme in local AI communities.

Calling the 3090 a "meme" makes it sound like the 3090 is a joke. Do you mean that the 3090 is "well-known" in local AI communities?


Yeah, I just meant that is like the only option, which is crazy because its a 2020 GPU.

There are lots of questions about what hardware to get for ML, and the generic answer is basically always "get a 3090." Its so frequently recommended that it feels like a meme to me.


It hits a good sweet spot between price and power, and there's usually some easily available. Availability is a major factor imo.


Yeah, exactly. Gaudi boards might be good for local genai... if you could find any.


I myself wanted a new 4090 (2.000€), but my budget constrained me to a used 3090 from eBay (800€) which has served very well so far.




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