Modders solder faster memory on GeForce RTX 2080 Ti graphics card
Modders from TecLab have managed to create an ‘RTX 2080 Ti Super’ by transferring 16Gbit/s memory from a 2080 Super video card to a 2080 Ti video card. The latter comes with 14Gbit/s memory.
Nvidia’s RTX 2080 Ti contains 11GB of 14Gbit/s memory. The modders at TecLab are not satisfied with that and decided to sacrifice two RTX 2080 Super cards to transfer their faster memory to the Ti version. The 2080 Super has 8GB of 16Gbit/s memory and because it contains fewer memory chips than a Ti variant, two cards were needed.
Transferring the gddr6 memory is not an easy job. First, the memory chips of the 2080 Super cards had to be detached. This was achieved by heating them and pulling them loose from the printed circuit board. The memory chips are attached to the printed circuit board with a ball grid array. In order to attach the 16Gbit/s chips to the 2080 Ti card, they had to be provided with new balls. TecLab used a mold for this.
The operation was successful. TecLab managed to get the 2080 Ti working with the 16Gbit/s memory of the 2080 Super cards and overclock it to 2150MHz. The modders think that the overclocking speed was limited by the memory controller of the 2080 Ti.
With water cooling and a GPU overclock to 2250MHz, the ‘RTX 2080 Ti Super’ scores 11,460 points in the Superposition Extreme benchmark. At stock speeds, a 2080 Ti gets around 9150 points in that benchmark.
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