{
  "id": 229535,
  "title": "Pre-modded 22GB RTX 2080 Ti cards surface on eBay for $500 as VRAM-hungry local AI fans chase down every spare FLOP — Hong Kong-based seller offers AI-friendly memory mod for a reasonable price",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/pre-modded-22gb-rtx-2080-ti-cards-surface-on-ebay-for-500-as-vram",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-06T16:11:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/pre-modded-rtx-2080-ti-cards-with-22gb-of-vram-surface-on-ebay-for-usd500-hong-kong-based-seller-offers-ai-friendly-memory-mod-for-a-reasonable-price"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The AI industry's growth has led to a renewed interest in older Nvidia GPUs with Tensor Cores. A Hong Kong-based seller is offering pre-modded 22GB RTX 2080 Ti cards for $499, doubling the original memory pool and making these GPUs more suitable for modern AI tasks like LLM and diffusion workloads. The seller provides a turbo, or blower-style, RTX 2080 Ti with the 22GB memory mod, and the brand of the card can vary between Gigabyte, MSI, ASUS, Leadtek, or others. Despite a relatively low lifetime feedback rate of 99.6% on eBay, 38 buyers have expressed satisfaction with the product. At $500, this could be the most cost-effective solution for those in need of additional VRAM. The RTX 2080 Ti's 616 GB/s of memory bandwidth and Tensor Cores make it still useful despite being eight years old. However, modern options like the Titan RTX, Quadro RTX 6000, or RTX 3090 come with a higher price tag and offer even more VRAM and bandwidth.",
  "summary": "Services have recently popped up that will double your RTX 2080 Ti's memory to 22GB, but if you don't have a card to spare, you can now get a pre-modded 22 GB 2080 Ti for $499 from eBay.",
  "key_points": [
    "Hong Kong seller offers pre-modded 22GB RTX 2080 Ti cards for $499",
    "Modded cards suitable for AI tasks like LLM and diffusion workloads",
    "38 satisfied buyers despite low eBay feedback rate of 99.6%"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}