Memory replacement supercharger Geforce RTX 2080 Ti

In July, after a period of speculation, Nvidia finally released Super upgrades to the Geforce RTX 2000 series graphics cards. These offer a number of upgrades over its counterparts without Super-suffix, including more computing devices and faster GDDR6 memory. The only family member who has not yet received a Super charge is the Geforce RTX 2080 Ti top card.

The technology enthusiasts at the Youtube channel Teclab do not want to patiently wait for an official version and therefore take matters into their own hands. By soldering the GDDR6 modules from a Geforce RTX 2080 Super and soldering them to a Geforce RTX 2080 Ti, they succeed in pushing the memory frequencies of the latter to Super levels.

The GDDR6 memory of a Geforce RTX 2080 Super is specified at 16,000 MHz, while the memory of an RTX 2080 Ti is 14,000 MHz. When an RTX 2080 Ti is equipped with 11 GB of GDDR6 memory, memory modules from two RTX 2080 Super are used, as one of these is only equipped with 8 GB of GDDR6.

After the procedure, the group reaches an effective memory frequency of 17,200 MHz, ie 3,200 MHz above the standard speed of a Geforce RTX 2080 Ti. This experiment falls into the category of “fun because it works” as the gains in practice become relatively small with only an increased memory frequency.

Does the video make you want to pick out the soldering iron, or is it just entertaining curiosity? Do you think a Geforce RTX 2080 Ti Super will be released?