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It's an unconfirmed rumor. Also I'd be skeptical to some extend on this. Maybe back in time when a chip fail ratio was lower was a case. But now, there is a qu
by trzeci 5y ago
It's an unconfirmed rumor.
Also I'd be skeptical to some extend on this. Maybe back in time when a chip fail ratio was lower was a case. But now, there is a quite measurable amount of chips not passing requirements for a high tier cards, but can be used in the lower models (with limited amount of cores etc or worse thermal efficiency).
- tyingq 5y agoIt seems plausible given stuff like this: "A developer driver inadvertently included code used for internal development which removes the hash rate limiter on RTX 3060 in some configurations," the company said in a statement. "The driver has been removed."[1] So it's hard to tell when it's binning, and when it's hobbling. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/16/22333544/nvidia-rtx-3060-ethereum-mining-rate-limit-unlock-driver https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/16/22333544/nvidia-rtx-3060-...
- sixothree 5y agoThey had to leak it at least once. But seriously, I thought they were clear about this being a driver implementation and not a hardware restriction.
- tyingq 5y agoYeah, they were not clear :) “It’s not just a driver thing,” said Bryan Del Rizzo, Nvidia’s head of communications, last month. “There is a secure handshake between the driver, the RTX 3060 silicon, and the BIOS (firmware) that prevents removal of the hash rate limiter.”
- my123 5y agoSigned firmware, probably why they are so reluctant to share those for newer cards for Nouveau… because it’d break their market segmentation.