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> the modified GeForce RTX 2080 Ti will not face any Nvidia driver issues as the graphics card is seemingly supported and working without vBIOS modifications.

by sva_ 3y ago

> the modified GeForce RTX 2080 Ti will not face any Nvidia driver issues as the graphics card is seemingly supported and working without vBIOS modifications. That seems very surprising. Bet Nvidia will push out an emergency update soon, and then you'll have bricked and unbricked cards.

mdorazio 3y ago
Easy enough to get around - don't update your BIOS/drivers when they do. Same game that used to be played with pirated software and even iPhone updates for jailbreaking.
- cyanydeez 3y ago
  the speed at which open source models are moving, that's not a long term solution
greggsy 3y ago
The market buying these would probably be savvy enough to avoid driver interference
fredoliveira 3y ago
> Bet Nvidia will push out an emergency update soon, and then you'll have bricked and unbricked cards. The crazy potential for that backfiring is, IMHO, reason alone for them to not even try.
- calamari4065 3y ago
  What possible consequences could there be? Are people going to start buying GPUs from the competition? There is no competition. There's no choice for the consumer. You buy nvidia or you don't get to play. Nvidia's reputation is already in the toilet. They have literally nothing to lose. There's no consequences for their actions.
  - borissk 3y ago
    People may start calling for monopoly abuse investigation in US and EU.
    - tivert 3y ago
      > People may start calling for monopoly abuse investigation in US and EU. And (sadly) how long will that take, if it happens at all? People can "start to call" all they want, but it won't matter unless NVIDIA has something to fear.
    - calamari4065 3y ago
      Aren't they already? That's still not much of a consequence. If anything happens, it'll be years from now, which is totally out of scope for quarterly profit management.
      - borissk 3y ago
        Don't think nVidia is a company run for the quarterly profit report.
        calamari4065 3y ago
        If that were the case, they wouldn't be running these anticompetitive strategies and leaving regular consumers at the mercy of GPU scalpers.
        borissk 3y ago
        You think anti competitive strategies are only effective for 3 months? Or scalpers stop their business after 3 months?
RobotToaster 3y ago
>Bet Nvidia will push out an emergency update The attempt on their profits has left them scarred and deformed
gymbeaux 3y ago
There aren’t really VBIOS updates for GPUs like there are for motherboards. They exist, but for the most part NVidia nerfs cards with driver updates. For a while, to mine Ethereum you just needed to use a specific GPU driver version. It really was that simple.

by sva_ 3y ago

mdorazio 3y ago

Easy enough to get around - don't update your BIOS/drivers when they do. Same game that used to be played with pirated software and even iPhone updates for jailbreaking.

cyanydeez 3y ago
the speed at which open source models are moving, that's not a long term solution

greggsy 3y ago

The market buying these would probably be savvy enough to avoid driver interference

fredoliveira 3y ago

> Bet Nvidia will push out an emergency update soon, and then you'll have bricked and unbricked cards. The crazy potential for that backfiring is, IMHO, reason alone for them to not even try.

calamari4065 3y ago
What possible consequences could there be? Are people going to start buying GPUs from the competition? There is no competition. There's no choice for the consumer. You buy nvidia or you don't get to play. Nvidia's reputation is already in the toilet. They have literally nothing to lose. There's no consequences for their actions.
- borissk 3y ago
  People may start calling for monopoly abuse investigation in US and EU.
  - tivert 3y ago
    > People may start calling for monopoly abuse investigation in US and EU. And (sadly) how long will that take, if it happens at all? People can "start to call" all they want, but it won't matter unless NVIDIA has something to fear.
  - calamari4065 3y ago
    Aren't they already? That's still not much of a consequence. If anything happens, it'll be years from now, which is totally out of scope for quarterly profit management.
    - borissk 3y ago
      Don't think nVidia is a company run for the quarterly profit report.
      - calamari4065 3y ago
        If that were the case, they wouldn't be running these anticompetitive strategies and leaving regular consumers at the mercy of GPU scalpers.
        borissk 3y ago
        You think anti competitive strategies are only effective for 3 months? Or scalpers stop their business after 3 months?

RobotToaster 3y ago

>Bet Nvidia will push out an emergency update The attempt on their profits has left them scarred and deformed

gymbeaux 3y ago

There aren’t really VBIOS updates for GPUs like there are for motherboards. They exist, but for the most part NVidia nerfs cards with driver updates. For a while, to mine Ethereum you just needed to use a specific GPU driver version. It really was that simple.