Ingenious people might still find a workaround, but we'll see. The article points out that the firmware is encrypted, so it would take some major work to hack the BIOS.
Re: Nvidia Limits RTX 3060 Hash Rate, Unveils New 'Cryptocurrency Mining Processor' Line of GPUs
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 12:02 am
by Err
The miners will still buy the cards. Even having a card that's not as good is still acceptable when you have hundreds of them. Like you said, they'll find a work around. Bios editors are readily available and drivers are easy enough to modify.
GeForce RTX 3060 Already Hits Second-Hand Market as NVIDIA Sours the Milk for Miners
NVIDIA's yet-to-be-released GeForce RTX 3060 "Ampere" graphics card has already hit the second-hand graphics card market, as those with early access to RTX 3060 inventory have begun re-selling it. Belarusian tech marketplace Onliner listed these GIGABYTE RTX 3060 Eagle OC custom-design graphics cards for 2,800 BYN (USD $1,080) a piece, from a lot of three cards.
Re: Nvidia Limits RTX 3060 Hash Rate, Unveils New 'Cryptocurrency Mining Processor' Line of GPUs
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:35 pm
by FlyingPenguin
Linus comes right out and says it...
Re: Nvidia Limits RTX 3060 Hash Rate, Unveils New 'Cryptocurrency Mining Processor' Line of GPUs
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 10:51 am
by Err
GeForce RTX 3060 hashrate restriction bypassed by miners?