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**Testing the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 with a 16 GB Mod**
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, like other cards at two gigahertz, was tested using a 16 GB mod to see if it would impact performance. The test also compared the card's power consumption with that of another similar card.
With the reduction in core frequency, we can see that the power consumption of the card is slightly lower than before. However, this difference did not significantly affect the performance of the card. We tested the card using GTA 5 and Battlefield 5, and even at high settings, the results were within the margin of error.
In addition, Cyberpunk was also tested with the 16 GB mod, and although we had to crank up the resolution to 4K Ultra Ray tracing settings, which is extremely demanding on video memory, the card still managed to maintain a playable performance. This suggests that the extra video memory provided by the 16 GB mod was sufficient for this game.
The next step in testing the 16 GB mod was to find a game that would take advantage of the increased video memory and demonstrate its benefits over an 8 GB variant. Escape from Tarkov was chosen for this test, as it is known to be one of the few games that can run at high settings with 8 GB of video memory.
When testing Escape from Tarkov using the 16 GB mod at 1440p medium settings, we found that the game was running much smoother than expected. However, when we turned up the texture quality to high at 4K, the game's performance began to degrade significantly. This suggests that while the 16 GB mod can provide a significant boost in video memory, it may not necessarily result in better performance in all cases.
The final test was Microsoft Flight Simulator, which is known for its demanding graphics requirements. Despite using 4K high settings with Ray tracing enabled, the game's performance on the 16 GB mod was surprisingly similar to that of the 8 GB variant. However, when we tested The Last of Us and Resident Evil 4, we found that the 16 GB mod did provide a noticeable boost in performance over the 8 GB variant.
**Conclusion**
In conclusion, testing the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 with a 16 GB mod has shown that while the extra video memory can be beneficial in some cases, it may not necessarily result in better performance. The results suggest that the card's performance is more dependent on other factors, such as core frequency and system configuration. Nevertheless, the 16 GB mod provides a significant increase in video memory, which can be useful for games and applications that require high levels of video memory to run smoothly.
It is worth noting that the 8 GB variant still provided acceptable performance in many cases, suggesting that the 8 GB limit may not be as restrictive as previously thought. Nevertheless, for those who want to push their system to its limits, the 16 GB mod can provide a significant boost in video memory and potentially better performance.
In the end, I would like to thank the person who sent over this incredibly well-done 16 GB mod of the RTX 3070 for allowing me to test it out.
WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enin this unassuming USPS box that looks like somebody wiped their shoes on it there is a highly unique RTX 3070. and in today's video we're going to do some stuff to itokay the person who sent this clearly lost the original packaging I feel you that's fine it happens all the time oh it's a gain word card Phoenix now this RTX 3070 that was very kindly sent over by a Discord member may look like a common Garden RTX 3070 with its blow through cooler design and labels saying it is a normal RTX 3070 but no it's a whole lot more than that the owner sent this card to a technician who desoldered the standard 8 gigs of gddr6 and replaced it with 16 gigs and apparently the card works I am so excited to see how it runs but before I drop this in a system I just have to take the cooler off and admire plugged slots 69's handiwork hmm thank you oh no they had to go through the warranty void if removed sticker to get to the PCB and if that doesn't void your warranty I'm pretty sure soldering an extra 8 gigs of video memory to the PCB would probably do the trick just lift that off and then that is the back of the PCB which looks a lot less Savaged than I was expecting clearly stuffed slots really knows their way around a soldering iron oh I think we're gonna have to unscrew the i o Shield as welloh yes that came loose very easily oh the little fan connector is by Nemesis I'm gonna have to censor this process oh there we go yeah I don't know to my untrained eye I am real impressed with what I'm looking at here from the imager album it seemed like all of the memory slots were filled to start with and then plugged slots 69 giggity desoldered all of them and replaced them with higher capacity modules so every single one of these modules is new it was replaced after the fact it just looks like it came like this from the factory this is real impressive stuff to me the only sign of kerfuffle is an RGB connector that seems to have had a house fire I really want to see this 16 gig 3017 work so I'm gonna re-clothe it now and then drop it in a system and see how it runsthank you now apparently the card is a little bit temperamental so we do have to be nice to it today um I I think it should be fine on initial boot we just have to do things like four score frequencies and stuff but before we get into that let's see what happens when we turn it onthe power supply is not plugged in okay if it doesn't turn on now then I should be worriedokay oh I like that RGB implementation like around the fan here it's flashing a littleit's continuing to have a seizure fixing the seizures was relatively straightforward all I had to do was enable boost locking in evga's X1 Precision Tool and then it was just kind of fine apparently the MacGyver car does not handle core frequency fluctuations well oh and would you look at that the drivers have no problem identifying the 16 gigs of video memory on our RTX 3070 so with the car just being fine I'm gonna test it in a couple of phases starting off with the standard game gamut phase cool even GTA 5 recognizes it although doesn't seem particularly interested in using any of it yay GTA 5 is running uh you can see we're very much using the 16 gigs of memory in this old game at 1440p so I've even cranked the advanced settings in GTA 5 and I think that's why we're hovering around 120 frames per secondwow we're actually getting less memory allocation than we did with GTA 5. that's interesting now I am using 1440p High settings because those are the settings I would use for Battlefield 5 with a 3017 normally they just make sense to me temperature wise this card is doing very well uh with its 240-ish watts of usage we're just getting about 55c that's good wait I quickly want to jump up to 4K to see what that does for the memory allocation okay so 4K is added about two gigs of memory utilization and actually at this resolution the 370 is still doing great uh we're getting about 100 frames per secondoh it didn't save with my fancy car that I stole okay well I guess what can you do so with cyberpunk running at 1440p high settings at 1440p it's using the same amount of video memory as Battlefield 5 did at 4K which makes me curious what happens when we bump this up to 4K well the first thing that apparently happens is the frame rate drops a lot the 3070 does not like 4k on cyberpunk at least at high settings and interestingly in terms of video memory usage it's barely cracked up I then bravely cranked the preset up to Ray tracing Ultra at 4K which finally made the graphics card realize it had more than eight gigs available apparently but despite our colossal reserve of memory the game's still running like a sloth on cough syrup at which point I decided to drop in a standard pathetic 8 gig version of the RTX 3070 as a point of comparison unfortunately the only version I have available is this Dell RTX 3070 which may not be the finest example of one but we'll see how it goesfor the Dell 3070 I did also do the Boost lock mode thing in EVGA just to have more apples to apples comparison and one thing to note is that the core frequency is lower it's not pegged at two gigahertz like the other card is so hopefully that doesn't impact the performance too much and with that reduction in core frequency you can see that our power drill is also a smidgen lower than it was with the other card but apparently the core frequency difference didn't matter much because the results were basically within the margin of error not only with GTA 5 but also Battlefield 5 and cyberpunk and with cyberpunk I had to crank it all the way up to 4K Ultra Ray tracing settings which are frankly obscene settings for the additional video memory to make a difference and it's not like it was playable on the 16 gig variant so it feels a bit like comparing degrees of super cholera which I think means moving on to phase two of the testing finding a game which the 16 gig version can run well but curb Stomps the 8 gig variant okay the owner mentioned that escape from tarkov is one of the few games they could get higher than 8 gigs of video memory utilization and that's clearly Happening Here with 1440p medium settings tarkov is a thirsty boy now I do want to try High texture settings at 4K but I can't change that in raid so let me go to an offline raid with the higher settings and see what happens holy crap okay so with the the textures turned up to high at 4K we're maxing out the video memory no that's pretty crazy I mean that is allocation but still a very big number and it was easy to get to like the first game we looked for was the one that did the thing this is streets which is the new map and it's it's known to give some pretty terrible frame rates but this isn't too bad even at these settings that I definitely wouldn't use for escape from tarkov even with a more powerful graphics card interestingly with escape from tarkov despite wildly different memory allocation at these high settings the performance is basically the same also with the 8 gig variant in the system there's significantly higher normal Ram allocation interesting I then moved over to Microsoft flight simulator which in no way involved the learning curve for me to figure out how to play again here using 4K High settings Microsoft flight simulator didn't seem to care about the extra video memory either it seemed to be the same story using control with 4K and irresponsibly high Ray tracing settings although on the 8 gig card the plant did freak out a bit and on close inspection the textures weren't quite as crisp but in terms of subjective performance they felt indistinguishably terrible crisis remastered at 4K very high Ray tracing settings ran slightly better on the MacGyver card but in practice they felt and looked the same at which point I felt like I had to up the ante with some truly unoptimized piles crap okay that's interesting with The Last of Us running at 1440p ultra settings they're running surprisingly similarly although the 8 gig version is noticeably more stuttery but I was expecting the game to run like a jammed fax machine on the 8 gig card it seems like they finally patched the game to a point of borderline usability and finally moving over to Resident Evil 4 but again at 1440p 8 gig textures look at that the 8 gig card is struggling quite a bit more than the MacGyver variant although it is definitely still playable with the standard card which brings me to the end of my time with this insanely well done 16 gig mod of the RTX 3070. thank you very much for sending it over and until the next video thank you for watching byethank you
