RTX 2080 Ti Memory Upgrade to 22 GB

A giant memory boost for an old graphics card has commenters yelling “why bother?”

TLDR: A repair company says it can double an older RTX 2080 Ti graphics card’s memory from 11 GB to 22 GB, but the service is currently paused because parts got more expensive. Commenters are split between calling it a clever upgrade and mocking it as a pricey rescue mission for aging hardware.

A repair shop is promising a wild makeover for NVIDIA’s RTX 2080 Ti, an older high-end graphics card: take it from 11 GB to 22 GB of memory so it can better handle modern games, 3D art, and artificial intelligence tasks. On paper, it sounds like a glow-up. In the comments, though, the mood is less “take my money” and more “is this genius, or a very expensive midlife crisis?”

The loudest reaction was pure skepticism. One commenter side-eyed the listing because the price showed $0, which they said did not exactly scream trust and professionalism. Others went even harder, arguing that the card is so old now that paying to upgrade it is basically throwing good money after bad. The alternative camp had a simple answer: skip the surgery and just buy a used card with more memory already built in, like a 3090.

Then came the plot twist. Another user tried to book the service and found a note saying upgrades were on hold because memory chip prices had doubled. That turned the whole thing from “weird but real” into a mini internet soap opera. Was this a clever niche service, bad timing, or a red flag?

And yes, there was geography drama too. One comment noted that the company appears to be in the UAE, leading to a tense back-and-forth over whether that means anything at all. One person pushed back hard on what they saw as a leap from caution to broad-brush suspicion. In other words: the real upgrade here wasn’t the card — it was the comment-section chaos.

Key Points

  • GPU Solutions advertises a service to upgrade NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti cards from 11 GB to 22 GB of VRAM.
  • The process involves replacing all original 1 GB GDDR6 memory modules with 2 GB GDDR6 modules and modifying the VBIOS.
  • The service also includes thermal pad and paste replacement plus benchmarking and stability testing with Furmark, 3DMark, and stress tests.
  • Compatibility is limited to RTX 2080 Ti (TU102) cards with suitable PCB layouts, and some damaged cards may be ineligible.
  • Pricing depends on high-capacity memory module availability, turnaround is estimated at 12 days, and the work carries a 90-day repair warranty.

Hottest takes

"it doesn’t inspire confidence" — Our_Benefactors
"throwing good money after bad" — Our_Benefactors
"You’re probably better off buying a 3090/3090Ti" — drnick1
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