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At the time, it wasn't clear that VRAM beyond 8GB was beneficial. Most cards at the time had basically capped at 8 for ages, and I wanted performance for ray tracing. In hindsight it was a bad call, but for gaming it made sense.
Not 24/7, I'd just start my PC when I need it, but its still more power than I'd like.
Keeping data local does make sense, which is why I have been toying with it. I can run relatively stepped on gemma4 models in 8GB, so for now, I'm happy, but im definitely looking at a Nvidia P40 as a second card.