How much memory do I need for 256 resolution Dfaker?

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How much memory do I need for 256 resolution Dfaker?

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I have tried gtx1080 8gb, its to little. Will 2 cards tital 16gb be enough?

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Please give me a reply, I am going to buy a new grafixcard now but I am not sure if its enough with 16gb. 8gb is clearly not enough for what I want to do.

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Re: How much memory do I need for 256 resolution Dfaker?

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I don't know how much it needs. I do know that it trains fine on an RTX 2080Ti

People on our Discord claim it works on 8GB training on Linux

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Thanx for reply.
Is it possible it needs 11gb? Would then a gtx1080ti 11gb be enough? I uppgraded from a 1560 4gb to 1080 8gb but I am dissapointed, it is really very much the same limitations. These cards are so expensive I dont want to make the same mistake again.

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Honestly, your questions are hard to answer... you will always "need" more VRAM.

However, I have just tested training Dfaker @ 256px on Windows 10 on a GTX 1080 (8GB). I can confirm that it trains just fine with Mixed Precision enabled at batch size of 4 on this card.

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Thanx, thats just the answer I wanted. Then I just need to reduce the batch size instead of buying a new card, excellent!

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Have you tried higher batchsize then 4 with the Dfaker 256pxs and GTX1080 8gb or is this the limmit? I just started with batchsize 4 and it runs nicely, thanx again.

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I didn't test higher batchsizes. I just confirmed it ran.

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