Two modders in Brazil, Paulo Gomes and TecLab, entered into a friendly competition with each other, to see who could push an RTX 4070 Ti Super to the limits. But, in order to do that, they both agreed that the memory modules on their GPU had to be swapped out for faster ones.
The modders seem to agree that they’d need to replace the standard 21 Gbps memory that the RTX 4070 Ti Super ships out with. For Paulo Gomes, they managed to install and overclock their memory to 24 Gbps, while TecLab had greater success with his, managing to overclock their memory modules to run at 26 Gbps. They also tested their modified card with their stock coolers, which are triple-fan solutions.
Now, before some of you start thinking “Hey, I can do that. That looks easy,” believe us, it isn’t. The changes doesn’t just end with physically swapping out the memory, you also need to modify the board and the GPU itself, to support the faster memory. In their case, both modders already had the necessary information to conduct the changes, as well as the needed experience.
Ultimately, the end results for both modders were RTX 4070 Ti Supers that ran and outperformed an RTX 4080, at least on a synthetic level. By that, both Paulo and TecLab tested the cards running on the 8K test for Unigine Superposition benchmark; the RTX 4080 at stock scores 8525 points, and Paulo’s 24 Gbps card beat that number with 8870 points, while TecLab’s 26 Gbps card scored 9133 points.
You can see the entire modding process of both Paulo and TecLab’s via the videos we’ve embedded here.
(Source: Videocardz, Paulo Gomes, TecLab)
