News GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Gets 44GB VRAM Through User Mod

[Admin]

One modder has quadrupled the memory on Nvidia's GeForce RTX 2080 Ti gaming graphics card.

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[Viking2121]

That pretty neat, but its unfortunate it don't work in games or benchmarks

 

[PEnns]

Throwing X number of VRAM at an old GPU and expecting magic results is a fool's errand.

 

[newtechldtech]

Throwing X number of VRAM at an old GPU and expecting magic results is a fool's errand...

...This is for workstation use and not for gaming and it is brilliant.

 

[DiegoSynth]

...This is for workstation use and not for gaming and it is brilliant.

It just wouldn't work, no matter if for gaming, benchmarks or any other software. If the firmware or bios are programmed to work with specific values, and you change the hardware without modifying the embeded software, it would just not work. May probably display image in compatibility VGA mode, but wouldn't work as the card it's supposed to be.

 

[helper800]

It just wouldn't work, no matter if for gaming, benchmarks or any other software. If the firmware or bios are programmed to work with specific values, and you change the hardware without modifying the embeded software, it would just not work. May probably display image in compatibility VGA mode, but wouldn't work as the card it's supposed to be.

There have been VRAM mods before that were fully functional so I am going to call this out for that...

 

[Zizo007]

That makes me remember a better mod in the past where Brazilian overclockers replaced the Micron 14Ghz 11Gb VRAM with Samsung 16Ghz 11Gb VRAM and they overclocked it to about 18Ghz breaking the world record in Time Spy for a 2080 Ti. I have mine set at 15.8Ghz as going any higher doesn't increase performance. I have Micron, Samsung can OC more!

 

[IamNotChatGpt]

It just wouldn't work, no matter if for gaming, benchmarks or any other software. If the firmware or bios are programmed to work with specific values, and you change the hardware without modifying the embeded software, it would just not work. May probably display image in compatibility VGA mode, but wouldn't work as the card it's supposed to be.

This is just false. Also the VRAM is quite useful for SD and other VRAM hungry tasks.

 

[kb7rky]

So...smoke and mirrors, with emphasis on "smoke", should things go sideways.

I can see the virtues of a workstation needing something like this...and it's just a matter of time before some intrepid gaming modder working tirelessly to get something like this up and running to handle graphics-heavy games like Black Mesa, Call Of Duty, Starfield, etc.

 

[lordmogul]

There have been VRAM mods before that were fully functional so I am going to call this out for that...

Goes even further back, even cards from the 90s can do it

 

[helper800]

Goes even further back, even cards from the 90s can do it

I wanted to show a more modern card because complexity can change things like this over time.

 

[lordmogul]

Obviously.
It just seemed like the thread was more about adding more VRAM being a new thing. Which it isn't.