A report has surfaced overseas confirming that modders have figured out a way to double the RTX 5080’s VRAM capacity from 16GB of GDDR7 memory to 32GB. This allows gaming GPUs to be used in workstations and servers, which could ultimately increase their use for AI workloads, potentially creating supply issues. Discovered by data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://x.com/unikoshardware/status/2004527606818120006″ data-url=”https://x.com/unikoshardware/status/2004527606818120006″ target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>Uniko’s Hardware (h/t data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-rtx-5080-32gb-mods-are-reportedly-now-possible-could-affect-rtx-5080-supply” data-url=”https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-rtx-5080-32gb-mods-are-reportedly-now-possible-could-affect-rtx-5080-supply” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”> VideoCardz), a Chinese GPU repair technician claims modders are “successfully” modifying RTX 5080s with 32GB of memory, and deploying these mods specifically…
