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So we’ll see mod chips for GPUs soon?
by hinoki 6y ago
So we’ll see mod chips for GPUs soon?
- Answerawake 6y agoYES! I hope so if only to feel like I am back in the scene for just a moment. Miss those days. Maybe they can mod the VBIOS to show the crack group's logo on bootup just like how old VGA cards would show some company text before handing off to the PC.
- Const-me 6y ago> old VGA cards would show some company text before handing off to the PC My Gigabyte motherboard is doing that. Ain’t too old, has AMD’s X570 chipset.
- happynacho 6y agoWell, that's the motherboard, not the videocard. Every motherboard does it.
- remexre 6y agoYep, that's through the BGRT, which is part of ACPI. I'm not actually sure if a GPU could export one to the BIOS, but I assume not.
- im3w1l 6y agoThe connection to the monitor is physically located on the video card. So the gpu could display whatever it wants without asking or coordinating with the motherboard.
- codezero 6y agoOr the CMP line will actually fit the needs, and no need for games of whack a mole.
- Teknoman117 6y agoIt basically depends on three things though. The CMP card supply needs to be sufficient for the miners' demand, they can't be more expensive, and the question of how much does being able to resell the cards to gamers play into the value proposition.
- UseStrict 6y agoI actually avoid the used video card market now, the resale price is insanely high and odds are the card was driven as hard as possible for months at a time mining crypto before being swapped out for the latest and greatest.