Modders Breathe New Life into GTX 1650: Doubling VRAM to 8GB Unlocks Major God of War Gains

A Brazilian modding team has defied expectations by physically upgrading the GTX 1650’s VRAM from 4GB to 8GB—yielding striking benchmark and real‑world performance improvements in God of War.

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The Mod: Doubling VRAM on a GTX 1650

On June 19, 2026, Tech4Gamers reported that a Brazilian modding team—associated with YouTube channel Paulo Gomes—successfully upgraded the VRAM on a GTX 1650 GDDR6 (TU106 die variant) by resoldering 2 GB Samsung HC16 GDDR6 chips in place of the original 1 GB modules, bringing the total from 4 GB to 8 GB without any firmware changes . The process had its hiccups—two faulty modules caused a failed initial boot, but replacements enabled the card to function normally on the second attempt .

Benchmark Breakthroughs: Synthetic and Real‑World Gains

The mod yielded eye‑catching results. In the Unigine Superposition 8K‑optimized benchmark, the score surged from 624 to 1,245—an almost two‑fold increase, highlighting the impact of expanded memory bandwidth under synthetic stress . In God of War (2560×1080): at the original preset, both stock and modded cards hovered around 40 FPS, but frame times were noticeably smoother on the 8 GB version. On ultra settings, the difference became stark: the 4 GB configuration plunged to ~10 FPS, while the upgraded version maintained a far more playable ~20 FPS .