A UAE repair shop called GPU Solutions is openly advertising an RTX 2080 Ti 22GB memory upgrade, according to Tom’s Hardware, turning Nvidia’s former consumer flagship from an 11GB card into one with double the VRAM. The pitch matters because these upgrades usually live in hobbyist forums, YouTube labs, or less visible repair markets, where success depends heavily on board layout, soldering skill, and firmware handling.
GPU Solutions says on its website that it offers a graphics card memory upgrade service for the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 3070, with more detail published for the 2080 Ti. The company says it is based in the United Arab Emirates and serves customers internationally. Tom’s Hardware also noted that the shop has shown the procedure on an Asus Strix RTX 2080 Ti through its YouTube channel.
How does the RTX 2080 Ti 22GB upgrade work?
The hardware part is direct, if not beginner-friendly. The RTX 2080 Ti uses 11 GDDR6 memory packages of 1GB each. GPU Solutions removes those chips from the card’s PCB and replaces them with 11 GDDR6 packages of 2GB each, bringing the total memory capacity to 22GB.
That swap only solves half the problem. The GPU and board still need to identify the larger memory configuration correctly. Tom’s Hardware reported that, for this 2080 Ti upgrade, the relevant change was made through the PCB’s memory strap resistors rather than through a software-only firmware edit.
Those strap resistors tell the GPU which memory configuration is present. In the example described by Tom’s Hardware, the original 11GB setup used a low, low, low strap state. The technician desoldered and moved the resistors into a high, high, low configuration, after which GPU-Z showed the card reporting 22GB of VRAM.
GPU Solutions also says it provides BIOS support for the upgraded card. Tom’s Hardware described the resulting package as including a working, stable BIOS, although the specific 2080 Ti case it discussed relied on the physical strap change to get the card recognized in the larger memory configuration.
Who can get the upgrade?
The service is not presented as universal. GPU Solutions says the upgrade can be performed only on cards with compatible PCB layouts. That caveat is doing a lot of work: partner RTX 2080 Ti cards can differ in board design, component placement, cooling hardware, and firmware behavior.
The company does not list a price for the 22GB RTX 2080 Ti upgrade. Tom’s Hardware noted that the memory chips themselves are unlikely to be cheap given current component constraints. GPU Solutions says qualifying cards will also receive replacement thermal pads and thermal paste, plus benchmarking data intended to show that the modified card is stable.
The practical benefit depends on workload. More VRAM can help AI tasks and creative applications such as video editing, where model size, texture data, or timeline assets can spill past 11GB. Gaming gains are less certain because the RTX 2080 Ti’s GPU performance is now several generations old, and extra memory does not make the chip itself faster.
Tom’s Hardware also pointed out that this is not the most extreme RTX 2080 Ti memory mod seen to date. A previous user modification pushed the card to 44GB of VRAM. GPU Solutions’ offer is less wild than that, but it is notable because it turns a specialist bench job into a listed repair service, assuming the customer’s board is one of the compatible ones.
This story draws on original reporting from Tom's Hardware.
