LocalLLaMA guide maps 30B dense systems

As 30B dense models become the new local baseline, the focus is shifting from raw GPU power to maximizing VRAM capacity and system bandwidth for high-context windows.

• –Dual RTX 5060 Ti cards offer a silent, power-efficient 32GB VRAM alternative to a single flagship, though they require specific x8/x8 motherboard routing.
• –High-context targets (128k-200k) demand careful attention to quantization levels (Q8_0 for KV cache) and system RAM capacity, making 96GB the new enthusiast floor.
• –Ryzen 9000's AVX-512 improvements are becoming critical for handling the CPU-side overhead of multimodal projection and long-context processing.
• –The guide correctly identifies PCIe 5.0 as essential to prevent performance penalties when splitting models across mid-range GPUs.