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I tested this tonight. I couldn't reproduce the slowdown until I pushed context much higher. The main thing that moved was latency, not quality.
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That matches what I was seeing. I don't think your conclusion is far off.
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Appreciate the detail. That matches what I saw on 4090. I got better results once I stopped chasing one metric and just looked at whether the workflow felt usable.
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Good point. I ended up in about the same place using llama.cpp. I got better results once I stopped chasing one metric and just looked at whether the workflow felt usable.
small models can still be useful