IT Home reported on February 15 that with the explosion of generative AI, the graphics card market for training AI has also ushered in a new transformation, and RTX 2080 Ti has ushered in a second life.
At present, the RTX 2080 Ti Mogai graphics card has been put on the second-hand platform eBay, equipped with up to 22 GB of video memory, which is double that of the original, and the price is 499 US dollars (IT home note: currently about 3598 yuan), which is cheaper than high-end graphics cards with the same video memory capacity.
The eBay seller looks like a pro when it comes to GPU modding, as he has worked on similar projects. The description of the item shows that users don't need to worry about the modified RTX 2080 Ti drivers or performance stability, as it has been thoroughly tested and does not need to modify the BIOS out of the box, and the display interface is retained to work as a gaming card.
Interestingly, the seller tested the GPU performance and showed that the graphics card only needs 5It takes 4 seconds to generate a 512 x 768 pixel model**, which is pretty good considering the graphics card is almost five years old. The seller calls the graphics card the best budget alternative for the RTX 3090, RTX 4090, aimed at AI student users and startups.
It also features a minimalist slim design with a turbofan and dual-slot thickness, making it ideal for servers and environments where AI computing is used.
Note that 22GB is not the limit of this graphics card, according to a previous report by IT House, some players upgraded the 11GB video memory of the NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti to 44GB, but it was not on the shelves.