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Nvidia again limiting crypto mining on its RTX-3060 gaming graphics card

source-logo  cointelegraph.com 30 April 2021 00:05, UTC

Graphics card giant Nvidia is quietly reintroducing a hash rate limiter on its RTX 3060 series graphics cards in an effort to disincentivize cryptocurrency miners.

On April 29 the company issued the GeForce 466.27 driver that reintroduces RTX 3060 cryptomining limiter.

The news has received a mixed response among the gaming community. Videocardz forum user “Eric W,” stated that the move only seems to sideline small home miners, who are often gamers t:

“Well this is a mixed bag. I want to buy a new gpu for gaming, but I also mine when I'm not actively playing games... I can't buy a mining gpu because Nvidia seems to only sell them in quantities of several thousand and I have no interest in having 100s of mining rigs.”

User “Mark” suggested the limiter wouldn’t put miners off anyway, adding that “it needs to be 90%+” to “be a real deterrent to miners”  while "Mashed Potato" believes it’s just a money grab:

“They still want miners to buy their cards… but twice as much.”

According to VideoCardz, limits are expected to be set on most RTX 30 series cards, although certain models, like the RTX 3090, may not end up with a limiter due to its high price tag of $1,500.

cointelegraph.com