Mar 17, 2021 10:34:00

NVIDIA misdistributes driver to lift mining restriction of GPU 'RTX 3060'

It turned out that the hash rate (mining speed) limiter on NVIDIA's GPU '

GeForce RTX 3060 ' to prevent use for mining purposes was in a state where it could be released by the officially distributed driver. .. Distribution of the corresponding driver has already been stopped.

Nvidia confirms it accidentally unlocked RTX 3060 Ethereum mining --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/16/22333544/nvidia-rtx-3060-ethereum-mining-rate-limit-unlock-driver

Bestätigt: Beta-Treiber hebelt Mining-Bremse der RTX 3060 aus --ComputerBase
https://www.computerbase.de/2021-03/mining-bremse-geforce-rtx-3060-umgehbar-eth-hashrate/

The restrictions that the GeForce RTX 3060 and other 'RTX 30' series are not suitable for crypto asset (virtual currency) mining applications are a battle between gamers and virtual currency miners over GPUs. This is partly due to the situation. It can be seen that NVIDIA plans to release the GPU 'CMP HX' series suitable for mining applications from the first quarter of 2021, aiming for a segregation of 'RTX 30 series for gaming applications'.

The information that a way to circumvent the hash rate limiter that flowed the other day could destroy this segregation, but it did not 'avoid the limit' but 'it was a number in a cryptocurrency that is not subject to the limit'. It seemed calm once by pointing out.

Is the information that NVIDIA's mining performance limiter has been circumvented a false alarm using cryptocurrency assets that are not subject to the limiter?-GIGAZINE

However, it turned out that 'the restriction can be lifted by the driver officially distributed by NVIDIA'. The corresponding driver is the beta driver 'GeForce 470.05' distributed to developers via the Windows Insider Program, which, according to the news site The Verge, mistakenly contains the code for internal development to remove the hash rate limiter. It was said that it was.

NVIDIA has canceled the distribution of the driver, but the mirror version is already on the market, and it seems that 'RTX 3060' has also been targeted for mining purposes.