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> Their intent is to limit what people can do with their hardware. That strikes me as almost morally wrong. I tell the computer what to do. It doesn't tell me w
by gpanders 5y ago
> Their intent is to limit what people can do with their hardware. That strikes me as almost morally wrong. I tell the computer what to do. It doesn't tell me what to do.
If you need to run millions of hashes per second then buy one of the non-LHR models. No one is forcing you to buy one of these chips and Nvidia is not taking anything away from you.
This is like saying that Intel limits what people can do with their hardware because they make both i3 and i9 chips. There is a spectrum of options to fit more people's needs.
- californical 5y agoThis is different than just product segmentation or binning chips - this is hardware restricting software. How would you feel towards Intel if they didn’t allow you to run Microsoft Office on an i3 chip because it’s a “consumer grade processor” - you have to upgrade to an i5 or higher to run “business programs”.
- gpanders 5y agoBut that’s not what they’re doing. They’re simply limiting the hash rate. You can still run mining software, it just won’t be very good at it.
- kuratkull 5y agoIt's more like you wanting to buy an i3 that is up to spec for your games, but then Intel launches a new batch of those i3's with intentionally reduced gaming performance because it's not meant as a gaming CPU (in the eyes of Intel), please upgrade to an >= i5