Modded NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU Gets Memory Boost From 8 GB To 12 GB, Delivers 22% Higher Performance
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GPU has been modded by enthusiasts with 12 GB memory and gets a significant boost in performance.
YouTuber and tech specialist Paulo Gomes and technician friend Burti modified an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB graphics card with 12 GB memory. This new card showed impressive results in the Unigine 1080p Extreme benchmark, achieving a twenty-two percent increase.
NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card originally launched with 12 GB memory but later received an 8 GB variant which limited the VRAM memory to 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and a 128-bit memory bus. This is a very significant downgrade compared to the original model and can affect gaming at a higher resolution.
Modding team Paulo Gomes and "harteck" have now taken the same GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB GPU and breathed new life into it to regain its 12 GB of memory.
Lucky for this modding team, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB graphics card could be modified back to a 12 GB memory configuration because NVIDIA uses the same PCB design for both graphics cards. This allowed the modding team to add more memory modules to the PCB to increase the memory from 8 GB to 12GB since only four were on the PCB. This would also increase the memory bus of the card to 192-bit like the original variant.
However, the team needed the PCB used for the graphics card to support a more impressive 192-bit memory bus that the original graphics card maintained. This meant that the graphics card would have to change the 8 GB graphics card resistors and replace the BIOS initially seen on the 12 GB variant.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB Before 12 GB Mode (Image Credits: Paulo Gomes)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB After 12 GB Mode (Image Credits: Paulo Gomes)
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