RTX 2080 Ti Memory Upgrade to 22 GB

HN crowd is treating this as some sort of sorcery.

Meanwhile it's just everyday business in China. People send their laptops or graphic cards with soldered RAM and get the device back with double RAM/vRAM. "Brother Zhang" is one of those who operate such a shop: https://youtu.be/TcRGBeOENLg

Had such services been more available in the US, I would not have needed to sell a laptop that had 8GM RAM and could no longer handle my workflows but was perfect otherwise.

When trying to book an upgrade:

"Please note: All Upgrades have been put on hold due to the double cost of Memory Modules. The option to upgrade the supported GPUs has been disabled on the booking page."

I recognized the name of the company from the YouTube videos they have posted. It is likely a legitimate business, but as they are in a region I am not in, I can't speak to their actual performance or reliability. Here is their YouTube page:

https://youtube.com/@graphicscardrepairs-tk7ql?si=OIO98TbmAs...

How do they handle the signature requirement for the VBIOS? I could perform such a mod, but the requirement for a signed VBIOS puts me off.

What if timings are wrong, such as with this attempt: https://www.computerbase.de/forum/threads/projekt-rtx3070-um...

I guess that's not what they do, as they do not warn of a specific software configuration. Maybe this is why it is only compatible with 2080Ti GPUs?

This seems to be a company in the UAE. I've noticed in general that the far (and middle) East have far more miscellaneous repair services companies than the West, and also more information online about it (albeit not in English.)

There is an unusual number of nvidia GPUs being sold on ebay from china that has higher than usual memory.

One can only assume its modified cards, using the same technique mentioned by other commentators here.

The procedure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dWSWDOj6Ag

Damn I have one of these and it is still good shit. It's the best one I think, the Asus ROG OC edition sitting in a razer core x external GPU. I want this but does it make sense? I'm guessing it doesn't make sense as I'd have to send it there.

I'd prefer some instructions on how to do this myself.

Honestly, I have a 2080ti that I use to play and I can tell you the math isn't there to upgrade it. It's much easier to just find a 3090/4090/5090 and keep pace with the software and hardware simultaneously.

In Japan, these 22GB 2080 Tis have been showing up on flea-market apps for months now, and I suspect many of them may be coming from China. I’ve been wondering whether buyers realize they’re modified cards, not factory models.

Hopping on VastAI or Runpod (GPU renting websites) it is easy to spot a bunch of these cards. In terms of AI performance though it doesn't seem to be that good.

The 2080 is really getting long in the tooth. You're probably better off buying a 3090/3090Ti with 24GB, if you can find one.

Ohhhh wow thats my card! The upgraded ones seem so be around 300 usd on Chinese apps. Is that worth it?

Is there such a mod for RTX 3080 TI 12GB?

Here I am still rocking my 980 TI with 6GB :)