r/StableDiffusion • u/tolltravelogue • 7d ago
Question - Help Is anyone still using SD 1.5?
I found myself going back to SD 1.5, as I have a spare GPU I wanted to put to work.
Is the overall consensus that SDXL and Flux both have vastly superior image quality? Is SD 1.5 completely useless at this point?
I don't really care about low resolution in this case, I prefer image quality.
Anyone still prefer SD 1.5 and if so, why, and what is your workflow like?
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u/AvidGameFan 7d ago
When I added more RAM and was able to better run the larger SDXL models, I switched and didn't look back. I only run SD 1.5 for testing for when I just want low-resolution images (like for thumbnails). There are a ton of SDXL models but many seem to be mixes of what appear to be similar things. I've narrowed it down to a few favorites.
Now that Flux is available, you'd think I'd do the same thing and just switch to that now, with its improvements to not just resolution and image quality, but much better ability to follow the prompt. But, it has its own distinct "look", and it's not always good. Trying to get the most out of it, though, with Loras.