Boom—Your 13B GGUF Just Ate My GPU Alive. Here's the Fix Nobody Talks About
You're staring at 21GB free VRAM, popping a 7.5GB quantized model. It fits, right? Wrong—crash. This acerbic dive exposes the hidden VRAM thieves and arms you with a dead-simple guard.
theAIcatchupApr 09, 20263 min read
⚡ Key Takeaways
nvidia-smi lies—factor KV cache, contexts, and 2GB buffer for real VRAM math.𝕏
gpu-memory-guard: CLI gatekeeper prevents OOM crashes before they start.𝕏
Echoes 90s memory walls; modern local AI needs admission controls now.𝕏
The 60-Second TL;DR
nvidia-smi lies—factor KV cache, contexts, and 2GB buffer for real VRAM math.
gpu-memory-guard: CLI gatekeeper prevents OOM crashes before they start.
Echoes 90s memory walls; modern local AI needs admission controls now.
