Writer: Kyler Himes Editor: Joshua Lambourne Stevenson Music by: @UFD-Music Watch out, cause all the AI bros are about to buy these things up crazy style A couple crypto-mining cards from a few generations ago just got a new hack that DRAMATICALLY increases the amount of VRAM for AI processes The 250 US dollar CMP 170HX originally came kitted with either 8 or 10 gigabytes of VRAM, but modders have figured out how to software-unlock up to 64 gigs with literally no physical changes It works because these cards are essentially the same things as high performance A100 that costs thousands of dollars - but with damaged silicon inside the numerous memory modules They could be disabled for anything from being fully non-functional to just not meeting Nvidia’s standards, and if it’s the latter, you can tinker with them to maximize the capabilities of the hardware and push it to potentially extra dozens of gigabytes of Vram - there’s just no telling how long it’ll last, and no guarantee of stability
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So... this is essentially RAM gambling?
LETS GO GAMBLING (with ram)
Download more RAM? Surely It's real this time!
they are now $2,000 USD on eBay. value proposition is out the window
never thought id live to see the day when downloading ram becomes an actual thing
Quick glance at eBay: these are like 2k+ 😂
Massive unpredictable llms running on unstable ram. I wonder if that will have any unforeseen effects.
We’re to the point in the Rampocalypse where people are ACTUALLY downloading more RAM and it’s working
Already selling for around $2K USD on ebay... No thanks.
now that's an old school over clock story if iv ever heard one. Bring it back to the old school hotbrodding mods
So... this is essentially RAM gambling? ......
Don't worry folks the price already 10x a month or so ago
About a month ago. And there over $1k now.
I'm just glad old hardware is still being up cycled and not going into landfills.
month ago the 170hx was 200$~ now its 2,000 dollars on ebay
Everything AI slop touches is ruined
Never in my life would I imagine I could bring my gambling problem to the ram or download it
Downloading additional RAM... And all this time I thought it was fake lol
So basically, you can download RAM, but have to spin the wheel, if it's positive or negative
They literally downloaded more ram