Cryptocurrency miners bypass Nvidia’s hash limiter
Didn’t take long
When the GeForce RTX 3060 was launched on February 25, Nvidia announced that the mining efficiency of the graphics card was deliberately being reduced by half in a bid to get more of the GPUs directly to gamers. But, apparently, it has been quickly bypassed by Chinese cryptocurrency miners using customised mods.
Nvidia widens crypto-mining limiting technology
All future GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards
Nvidia looks set to implement its crypto-mining limiting technology in all future GeForce RTX 30 series graphics cards.
Nvidia RTX card shortage expected throughout the year
Nvidia's spokesperson just confirmed
Nvidia has addressed a few questions regarding its record Q4/FY2021 financial conference call mentioned in detail here, and gave some updates on the GPU shortage, and mentioned the mining card strategy.
Buy the Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060 for $329
Review roundup: GA106 GPU and 12GB of GDDR6 VRAM for 60FPS+ RT+DLSS
Nvidia has launched its latest Geforce RTX 30 series graphics card, the Geforce RTX 3060. Featuring a GA106 GPU with 3584 CUDA cores and packing 12GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit, all at $329, the Geforce RTX 3060 promises big improvements over the RTX 20 series cards and brings 60FPS+ ray tracing with DLSS in games like Watch Dogs: Legion, Fortnite RT, Cyberpunk 2077, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and others.
Nvidia beats Q4/FY2021 expectations
Record fiscal year
Nvidia has announced its Q4 2021 and FY 2021 financial results, beating quarterly expectations as well as a record fiscal year, beating its results from last year by quite a margin.
Nvidia makes its cards unattractive to crypto miners
Cutting the hash rate
The company named after a Roman vengence demon, Nvidia, thinks it has made the GeForce RTX 3060 unattractive to crypto miners.
Nvidia to limit RTX 3060 mining performance
The driver will cut the mining performance in half
Nvidia has plans to limit RTX 3060 mining performance, and according to what is known so far, it won't just be a simple driver lock.
Nvidia unveils Cryptocurrency Mining Processors (CMPs)
Line of GPUs for crypto mining
Nvidia has prepared quite a few surprises, including its newest line of Cryptocurrency Mining Processors (CMPs), dedicated GPUs for mining. According to what is known so far, there will be a total of four CMP SKUs, ranging from 26MH/s to 86MH/s.
Nvidia's ARM bid faces opposition
Big Tech worried about antitrust concerns
The graphics card maker named after a Roman vengence daemon, Nvidia's plans to acquire British chip designer ARM fare facing challenges from Big Tech over antitrust concerns.
Nvidia dusts off old Turing stock
Help resolve the chip shortage
Nvidia has confirmed that it will indeed be releasing stock of the Turing GPU, along with the Pascal-based GTX 1050 Ti GPU, to board partners.