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Enthusiast doubles RTX 3070 VRAM to 16GB using salvaged chips

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A tech enthusiast has successfully modified an Nvidia RTX 3070 graphics card to increase its VRAM from 8GB to 16GB. This was achieved by salvaging memory chips from a damaged AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and integrating them onto the RTX 3070's PCB. The resulting frankenstein card reportedly doubles frame rates in demanding games like Spider-Man 2 at 4K resolution and includes a hardware switch to toggle between 8GB and 16GB modes. AI

IMPACT Niche hardware modification; minimal direct impact on AI operations.

RANK_REASON This is a hardware modification by an enthusiast, not a product release or official upgrade.

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Enthusiast doubles RTX 3070 VRAM to 16GB using salvaged chips

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Mark Tyson ·

    Fully-functional RTX 3070 16GB gets frankensteined into existence by harvesting dead PCBs and RX 6800 XT's VRAM chips — doubles frame rate in games like Spider Man 2 at 4K and includes switch for 8GB mode

    A tech enthusiast has combined an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 (8GB) with defective memory and an AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (16GB) with a damaged GPU to make a working RTX 3070 with 16GB of VRAM.

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Fully-functional RTX 3070 16GB gets frankensteined into existence by harvesting dead PCBs and RX 6800 XT's VRAM chips — doubles frame rate … A tech enthusiast h

    Fully-functional RTX 3070 16GB gets frankensteined into existence by harvesting dead PCBs and RX 6800 XT's VRAM chips — doubles frame rate … A tech enthusiast has combined an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 (8GB) with defective memory and an AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT (16GB) with a damaged GP…

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