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Title    Nvidia Says It Won't Nerf the Ethereum Mining Performance of Existing GPUs
Date    Saturday February 20 2021, @11:20AM
Author    Fnord666
Topic   
from the dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=21/02/20/043220

MrPlow writes:

This morning, Nvidia announced that it would artificially reduce the performance of its upcoming $329 GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card when it comes to one specific task: Ethereum cryptocurrency mining. As weird as that news might sound, it was music to the ears of some gamers — who have been trying and failing to get their hands on graphics cards for months due to the great GPU shortage, and blaming miners for part of that.

You might be wondering: what does this mean for other GPUs? Nvidia isn't talking about its plans for future graphics cards just yet, but the company tells The Verge (in no uncertain terms) that it won't nerf existing GPUs. "We are not limiting the performance of GPUs already sold," says a spokesperson.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2021/2/18/22290362/nvidia-will-not-reduce-3060-ti-3070-3080-3090-eth-mining

Previously: Nvidia Cripples Ethereum Mining Capability for Upcoming RTX 3060, Announces Dedicated Mining Cards


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Links

  1. "MrPlow" - https://soylentnews.org/~MrPlow/
  2. "it would artificially reduce the performance" - https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/18/22289154/nvidia-rtx-3060-ethereum-mining-drivers-limit-cryptocurrency
  3. "trying and failing to get their hands on graphics cards for months" - https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/12/22227040/nvidia-amd-gpu-shortage-rtx-3080-3070-3060-ti-3090-rx-6800-xt
  4. "Nvidia Cripples Ethereum Mining Capability for Upcoming RTX 3060, Announces Dedicated Mining Cards" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=21/02/19/0124215
  5. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=47554

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