diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a0583e65..d4a460b9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.19 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/pbnjay/memory v0.0.0-20210728143218-7b4eea64cf58
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.8 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/twitchyliquid64/golang-asm v0.15.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7ec060d3..37f5cea0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 h1:xBagoLtFs94CBntxluKeaWgTMpvLxC4ur3nMaC9G
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
 github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5 h1:P2Ga83D34wi1o9J6Wh1mRuqd4mF/x/lgBS7N7AbDhec=
 github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5/go.mod h1:hPp6KlRPjbx+hW8ykQs1w3UBbZlj6HuIJcUGPhkA7kY=
+github.com/pbnjay/memory v0.0.0-20210728143218-7b4eea64cf58 h1:onHthvaw9LFnH4t2DcNVpwGmV9E1BkGknEliJkfwQj0=
+github.com/pbnjay/memory v0.0.0-20210728143218-7b4eea64cf58/go.mod h1:DXv8WO4yhMYhSNPKjeNKa5WY9YCIEBRbNzFFPJbWO6Y=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:r9LEWfGN8R5k0VXJ+0BkIe7MYkRdwZOjgMj2KwnJFUo=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.8 h1:0ctb6s9mE31h0/lhu+J6OPmVeDxJn+kYnJc2jZR9tGQ=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.8/go.mod h1:vuYfssBdrU2XDZ9bYydBu6t+6a6PYNcZljzZR9VXg+4=
diff --git a/llm/llm.go b/llm/llm.go
index b537865e..e56ea24f 100644
--- a/llm/llm.go
+++ b/llm/llm.go
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ package llm
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/pbnjay/memory"
+
 	"github.com/jmorganca/ollama/api"
 )
 
@@ -31,6 +34,36 @@ func New(model string, opts api.Options) (LLM, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	switch ggml.FileType {
+	case FileTypeF32, FileTypeF16, FileTypeQ5_0, FileTypeQ5_1, FileTypeQ8_0:
+		if opts.NumGPU != 0 {
+			// Q5_0, Q5_1, and Q8_0 do not support Metal API and will
+			// cause the runner to segmentation fault so disable GPU
+			log.Printf("WARNING: GPU disabled for F32, F16, Q5_0, Q5_1, and Q8_0")
+			opts.NumGPU = 0
+		}
+	}
+
+	totalResidentMemory := memory.TotalMemory()
+	switch ggml.ModelType {
+	case ModelType3B, ModelType7B:
+		if totalResidentMemory < 8*1024*1024 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("model requires at least 8GB of memory")
+		}
+	case ModelType13B:
+		if totalResidentMemory < 16*1024*1024 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("model requires at least 16GB of memory")
+		}
+	case ModelType30B:
+		if totalResidentMemory < 32*1024*1024 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("model requires at least 32GB of memory")
+		}
+	case ModelType65B:
+		if totalResidentMemory < 64*1024*1024 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("model requires at least 64GB of memory")
+		}
+	}
+
 	switch ggml.ModelFamily {
 	case ModelFamilyLlama:
 		return newLlama(model, opts)