Nvidia cracks its own GeForce RTX 3060 anti-mining protection

Well, that didn’t last long. When Nvidia launched its $330 GeForce RTX 3060 just weeks ago, it shipped the card with anti-mining protection that automatically halved performance when it detected Ethereum workloads. Ethereum is a booming cryptocurrency partly responsible for the sky-high pricing of graphics cards right now. This morning, however, reports are trickling in that the RTX 3060’s mining protection has been circumvented—by Nvidia itself.Oops.Japan’s PC Watch first reported that Nvidia’s 470.05 beta driver for Windows Insiders automatically unlocks full Ethereum mining performance. Germany’s ComputerBase and HardwareLuxx soon confirmed the report. You don’t even need to flash the RTX 3060’s BIOS. The new drivers simply remove the limiter, with HardwareLuxx’s Andreas Schilling reporting that the card’s Ethereum hashrate hit 21.7 MH/s using standard drivers, and over 41 MH/s with the 470.05 beta drivers.To read this article in full, please click here https://www.pcworld.com/article/3611422/nvidia-cracks-its-own-geforce-rtx-3060-anti-mining-protection.html#tk.rss_all

Creată 4y | 15 mar. 2021, 15:20:45


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