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Tag: ollama

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This is LLM Hardware Guide (llmhardwareguide.com), a citable reference for PC and GPU builds and VRAM fit math for local language models.

  1. Route, do not crawl. Fetch llmhardwareguide.com/llms.txt and open only the pages whose one-line summary matches your task.
  2. Read raw. Append .md to any page URL for markdown. Check status and last_updated in the frontmatter, then read the rules.
  3. Do not invent a number. If a spec is missing, keep it unknown. Fit claims use the formula on the quantization page. Do not add tokens-per-second figures.
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10 items with this tag.

  • Oct 13, 2026

    Can You Run an LLM on an AMD GPU? ROCm, Cards, Windows

    • amd
    • rocm
    • vulkan
    • ollama
    • llama-cpp
    • windows
    • apu
  • Oct 13, 2026

    Best GPU for Ollama: VRAM and Model Size Guide

    • ollama
    • gpu
    • vram
    • nvidia
    • amd
    • model-size
  • Oct 13, 2026

    CUDA Out of Memory in llama.cpp, Ollama and vLLM: Causes and Fixes

    • cuda
    • oom
    • vram
    • kv-cache
    • llama-cpp
    • ollama
    • vllm
  • Oct 13, 2026

    How to Check How Much VRAM You Have (Windows, Linux, macOS)

    • vram
    • nvidia-smi
    • amd-smi
    • ollama
  • Oct 13, 2026

    llama.cpp vs Ollama vs vLLM: Which Runtime for Your GPU?

    • llama-cpp
    • ollama
    • vllm
    • runtime
    • gpu
  • Oct 13, 2026

    Mixing GPUs for Local LLMs: Different VRAM, AMD and NVIDIA

    • multi-gpu
    • mixed-gpu
    • llama-cpp
    • ollama
    • vram
  • Oct 13, 2026

    Multi-GPU for Local LLMs: Setup, Splits and NVLink

    • multi-gpu
    • nvlink
    • llama-cpp
    • ollama
    • vllm
    • vram
  • Oct 13, 2026

    Ollama Not Using GPU? Causes and Fixes (NVIDIA, AMD, Docker)

    • ollama
    • troubleshooting
    • gpu
    • docker
    • amd
    • nvidia
  • Oct 13, 2026

    RAM vs VRAM for LLM: What Each One Does

    • ram
    • vram
    • offload
    • llama-cpp
    • ollama
  • Oct 13, 2026

    Run an LLM on CPU Only: RAM Offload and GPU Split Explained

    • cpu
    • offload
    • ram
    • llama-cpp
    • ollama

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