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RTX 6000D 84GB — purely a BIOS lock, or physically cut down? Any realistic path to unlocking?

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Curious about people's thoughts on the 6000D. Teardowns ( VideoCardz ) show 28× 3GB GDDR7 modules on a 448-bit bus vs 32× 3GB / 512-bit on the full card, plus fewer SMs. That suggests the memory is physically missing on that sample — but back in the day some RX 480 4GB cards shipped with 8GB of chi…

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    RTX 6000D 84GB — purely a BIOS lock, or physically cut down? Any realistic path to unlocking?

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