Getting close to 100K context on 32GB VRAM with Qwen3.6-27 at Q8
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Not really a tutorial, but more of sharing my attempts at getting higher contexts on Q8 of Qwen3.6-27 with 32GB VRAM. Disclaimer : Not in-depth research. Crowd wisdom suggests that Qwen is more tolerant of model quantization, but my experience suggests otherwise. I have nothing quantitative to back this up, only my personal experience in using it for vibe coding a couple of personal projects (which aren't very big either, but have been working on them for a few weeks). Context : I am able to
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