--- title: "Double The VRAM Of An RTX 3070" url: https://daily.dev/posts/double-the-vram-of-an-rtx-3070-xwvhnwxdq source_url: https://hackaday.com/2026/06/14/double-the-vram-of-an-rtx-3070 type: article source: "Hackaday" published: 2026-06-14T08:35:14.086Z updated: 2026-06-14T08:35:36.550Z tags: ["nvidia"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Double The VRAM Of An RTX 3070 **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hardware enthusiast doubled the VRAM on an RTX 3070 from 8GB to 16GB by salvaging Samsung GDDR6 memory modules from a defective AMD RX6900XT, re-balling the chips using an AliExpress stencil and a 3D-printed holder, and tuning power and memory speed settings. Benchmarks showed minimal gains in synthetic workloads since most are compute-bound rather than memory-bound, though a few game titles showed noticeable improvement by reducing reliance on slower system memory. The conclusion is that the effort-to-performance ratio is poor for most users given how few games currently benefit. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Nvidia might add more VRAM to the RTX 5060 — but that still won't save it](https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-might-add-more-vram-to-the-rtx-5060-but-that-still-won-t-save-it-3qvaley4u) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 1 comments - [16GB GPUs finally overtook 8GB despite the memory crisis, but it isn't the good news everyone reported](https://daily.dev/posts/16gb-gpus-finally-overtook-8gb-despite-the-memory-crisis-but-it-isn-t-the-good-news-everyone-report-ytfrjhxbo) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [VRAM was the only spec that decided which old GPUs actually survived](https://daily.dev/posts/vram-was-the-only-spec-that-decided-which-old-gpus-actually-survived-qtcy7adjx) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [RTX 2080 Ti Graphics Card Memory Upgrade](https://daily.dev/posts/rtx-2080-ti-graphics-card-memory-upgrade-4its1qmen) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#nvidia](https://daily.dev/tags/nvidia) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/double-the-vram-of-an-rtx-3070-xwvhnwxdq)