Chinese AI, cloud firms add VRAM to RTX 40 series GPUs: RTX 4090D with 48GB, RTX 4080 with 32GB

GPU VRAM modding isn't new, but Chinese cloud companies are adding copious amounts of VRAM to the likes of the GeForce RTX 4090D (24GB modded to 48GB) and the RTX 4080 SUPER from 16GB to 32GB and renting them out at an hourly rate.

Now, we've got a Chinese AI expert that is talking with people in the country about selling NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 4090D graphics card -- but with double the VRAM, from 24GB to 48GB of GDDR6X -- as well as the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER upgraded from 16GB to 32GB of GDDR6X memory.

The source says that the GPUs are popular with cloud computing companies, as they're renting out the spare AI computing power because the demand is so high right now. The modded GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER with 32GB of VRAM is available for just $0.03 per hour, which is a damn good price for a monster modded RTX 4080 SUPER with 32GB of GDDR6X memory for AI workloads.

If you want to buy the modded GeForce RTX 4090D outright with the 48GB of VRAM, you'll pay around $2500 USD or so in China... that might seem like a lot, but the RTX 6000 Ada workstation GPU with 48GB of VRAM costs $7000... so you're saving a mountain of cash buying the modded RTX 4090 48GB.