Nvidia's anti-Ethereum Mining Lock is a Joke, and we aren't laughing

WYP · #1 15-03-21, 03:59 PM

Nvidia broke their own mining lock...

Read more about Nvidia breaking its own RTX 3060 mining lock.

Gothmoth · #2 15-03-21, 04:27 PM

well i already thought it will be a joke.

but that nvidia was lying so obviously is surprising.

make no mistale they were not only careless, they where LYING about how the lock works!

AngryGoldfish · #3 15-03-21, 05:39 PM

Someone's going on the dole.

tgrech · #4 15-03-21, 05:55 PM

Decided to try my 3060 Ti (FE)

A "Quick and dirty optimised" setup with just a 60% power limit and memory at 7.7GHz (+900MHz):

EDIT: Checked the translation of original article and realised the good quality screenshot is with the limit on, looks like it can hit ~40MH/s but while consuming a lot more power than it takes the Ti to do more, so I guess the 3060 normal still is quite far off desirable for this use case

EyeOfAC · #5 16-03-21, 11:16 AM

I read elsewhere that it will only work if there’s only one GPU in the system and a display must be connected. Windows only and one has to register with Nvidia to access the developer drivers.

Targeting the multi-GPU setups rather than the average consumer seems a better aproach to me. Hope this is what they will do in the long run.