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I tried running any model on my 1070 and it instantly crashes my old tower, probably time to get off windows and run linux on it.

by piyh 4mo ago

SV_BubbleTime 4mo ago
Understated how much of a boon for Linux that AI development has been. There isn’t any benefit to running a windows machine.
- selectodude 4mo ago
  Au contraire, I run models on WSL and my desktop reliably wakes up from sleep. Best of both worlds.
  - scotty79 4mo ago
    Watch out for VRAM/RAM. When programs on WSL tired to take more than there was available it was crashing my WSL hard and even corrupting files on the virtual drive attached to WSL in a very strange manner that made recent files just disappear. I had at leat two projects that had to be rebuilt from past conversation with AI because all their files were gone after few crashes. I asked codex to write WSL config to prevent crashes. It put some limits on WSL and the situation stabilized, but I lost all trust for WSL anyways.
    - fallinditch 4mo ago
      What are the config settings you needed? TIA
      - scotty79 4mo ago
        That's my wslconfig file located in my %USERPROFILE% dir: [wsl2] memory=40GB processors=8 swap=8GB swapFile=C:\\wsl-swap.vhdx localhostForwarding=true guiApplications=false vmIdleTimeout=30000 maxCrashDumpCount=3 [experimental] autoMemoryReclaim=gradual I have 64GB of RAM and 24GB of VRAM.
  - MrDrMcCoy 4mo ago
    Genuine question: what are the good parts of Windows that keep you there? I've been such a happy gamer/coder/media editor on Linux for so long that I really don't understand how Microsoft isn't dead yet.
    - selectodude 4mo ago
      My desktop is a game console and the games I play work on windows. And my computer reliably wakes from sleep.
      - MrDrMcCoy 4mo ago
        My Linux laptop and desktop both handle gaming and waking from sleep just fine. I'd be more surprised if they didn't. You might like CachyOS or Bazzite if you try it.
greenavocado 4mo ago
Sounds like a hardware issue, though NVIDIA driver issues can't be ruled out, they're much rarer these days

I tried running any model on my 1070 and it instantly crashes my old tower, probably time to get off windows and run linux on it.

by piyh 4mo ago

I tried running any model on my 1070 and it instantly crashes my old tower, probably time to get off windows and run linux on it.

SV_BubbleTime 4mo ago

Understated how much of a boon for Linux that AI development has been. There isn’t any benefit to running a windows machine.

selectodude 4mo ago
Au contraire, I run models on WSL and my desktop reliably wakes up from sleep. Best of both worlds.
- scotty79 4mo ago
  Watch out for VRAM/RAM. When programs on WSL tired to take more than there was available it was crashing my WSL hard and even corrupting files on the virtual drive attached to WSL in a very strange manner that made recent files just disappear. I had at leat two projects that had to be rebuilt from past conversation with AI because all their files were gone after few crashes. I asked codex to write WSL config to prevent crashes. It put some limits on WSL and the situation stabilized, but I lost all trust for WSL anyways.
  - fallinditch 4mo ago
    What are the config settings you needed? TIA
    - scotty79 4mo ago
      That's my wslconfig file located in my %USERPROFILE% dir: [wsl2] memory=40GB processors=8 swap=8GB swapFile=C:\\wsl-swap.vhdx localhostForwarding=true guiApplications=false vmIdleTimeout=30000 maxCrashDumpCount=3 [experimental] autoMemoryReclaim=gradual I have 64GB of RAM and 24GB of VRAM.
- MrDrMcCoy 4mo ago
  Genuine question: what are the good parts of Windows that keep you there? I've been such a happy gamer/coder/media editor on Linux for so long that I really don't understand how Microsoft isn't dead yet.
  - selectodude 4mo ago
    My desktop is a game console and the games I play work on windows. And my computer reliably wakes from sleep.
    - MrDrMcCoy 4mo ago
      My Linux laptop and desktop both handle gaming and waking from sleep just fine. I'd be more surprised if they didn't. You might like CachyOS or Bazzite if you try it.

greenavocado 4mo ago

Sounds like a hardware issue, though NVIDIA driver issues can't be ruled out, they're much rarer these days