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Modder doubles GeForce RTX 3070 memory from 8GB to 16 GB GDDR6
It's certainly not the first time that we see a modder altering the GDDR6 DRAM amount on a graphics card, and there you have it, GeForce RTX 3070 modded to 16 GB GDDR6.
This Geforce RTX 3070is equipped with 8 GB as standard. That may be enough for most cases at the moment, but it is not totally future-proof and anyone who is in the enthusiast area would agree, 16 GB is better. The SMT soldered Samsung modules type K4Z803256C-HC14 can be exchanged for modules of type K4ZAF3258M-HC14. They are almost identical with the subtle difference that the capacity is doubled from 1 Gbit to 2 Gbit. After a bit of fiddling with even the card recognized the new 16GB partition. Unfortunately, it really needs a BIOS mod with proper timings, voltages and frequency to become a proper success. And that last bit is getting more complicated.
It didn't work 100%; software like 3D Mark, Furmark and Crypto mining ran without restrictions, but the card did not render 3D graphics problem free. Here and there it created generated black screens. Further tests showed it is clock frequency-related.
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#5894188 Posted on: 03/10/2021 06:26 AM
The bigger question, does this mod actually help with games in any definitive way?
Good thing he looked at whether "crypto-mining" was affected though. That's what modders really wanted to know.
The bigger question, does this mod actually help with games in any definitive way?
Good thing he looked at whether "crypto-mining" was affected though. That's what modders really wanted to know.
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#5894415 Posted on: 03/10/2021 08:01 PM
Modding is modding, taking ideas to actual practice, good one, regardless if it has "bugs" etc it's..modding!
Modding is modding, taking ideas to actual practice, good one, regardless if it has "bugs" etc it's..modding!
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#5894426 Posted on: 03/10/2021 08:29 PM
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#5894537 Posted on: 03/11/2021 09:14 AM
LOL thats stupid thinking from someone smart enough to make 16GB mod. I mean they don't even have to put it into contract, Green Light program whatever.
All NV has to do is tell AIBs: pls don't do it, OR ELSE.
Here is what I would do if I would be a greedy AIB:
1. Create a second company deep in some abandoned African gold mine where laws don't apply.
2. By up my own cards
3. Reball VRAM
4. Profit by selling them as superior versions of the same graphics card.
This is a very crude scheme, but I hope you got the idea.
LOL thats stupid thinking from someone smart enough to make 16GB mod. I mean they don't even have to put it into contract, Green Light program whatever.
All NV has to do is tell AIBs: pls don't do it, OR ELSE.
Here is what I would do if I would be a greedy AIB:
1. Create a second company deep in some abandoned African gold mine where laws don't apply.
2. By up my own cards
3. Reball VRAM
4. Profit by selling them as superior versions of the same graphics card.
This is a very crude scheme, but I hope you got the idea.
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Yeah,I guess it would be a good idea to get rid of DDR and just go for GDDR and inset the gpu into the mobo as with the cpu. massively cheaper and massively faster. Game Over.