A modded RTX 3070 with 16 GB of VRAM, day and night!

2023-04-25 08:00:14


Right now, times must be tough for RTX 3070 owners. Sure enough, it was a card that ended up at crazy prices during the global crisis. mining. And who now struggles to run recent games like Resident Evil 4 Remake or The Last of Us Part 1 because of its 8 GB of memory.

Know that to alleviate his sufferings from brazilian modders changed the map. They simply doubled the amount of memory and, clearly, night and day is at stake!

RTX 3070: by adding 8 GB of VRAM it’s better !

RTX 3070 modding

Above all, know that we advise against any attempt to modify the style on your map. This is a dangerous approach for your equipment, especially without advanced knowledge or suitable equipment. There it was, the little one disclaimer of the item.

Be that as it may, we will remember that the two mud first recovered memory from a donor card, equipped with higher density chips. Then they unsoldered the VRAM of their 3070 before soldering the memory of the other card. Of course, in between, the chips had to be cleaned of the remaining tin residues.

Finally, it turns out that the operation is quite complicated to carry out insofar as it was necessary to carry out some additional modifications on the PCB to force the recognition of the 16 GB of memory.

RTX 3070 modding perfs

Once the operation is complete, a quick tour of Resident Evil 4 Remake to see what happens… And the magic happens. The card runs great (after being put into high performance mode in the NVIDIA panel). But above all, the perfs have been greatly improved. The switch to 16 GB mainly helps to stabilize the framerate. There is no longer a sudden drop in frames/sec, greatly improving fluidity. Moreover, in game RE 4 consumed no less than 11.3 GB of memory!

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