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~~Somehow I doubt that manufacturers of 13 years old motherboards are going to update their UEFIs... I would love to be proven wrong, but it was hard enough to find a UEFI able to POST with a 2080 super already.~~
Edit: I apologize for having missed the point entirely. I would like to thank SteveTech@Programming.dev for bringing this to my attention. This is actually a firmware hacking mod that works by flashing an already modified (using the tools documented in the linked page) firmware to the UEFI EEPROM of a motherboard.
However I will take the opportunity of hijacking my own comment to point out a couple (important) facts:
That's exactly why this project exists, to allow users to add ReBAR support to their old motherboards.
Thanks 🙏