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Maybe not demand that it be unlockable, but rather if Nvidia were to provide a paid upgrade path to unlock these features that would help. They would need some
by dotancohen 2y ago
Maybe not demand that it be unlockable, but rather if Nvidia were to provide a paid upgrade path to unlock these features that would help. They would need some way to prevent the open source drivers from accessing the features, though.
- fransje26 2y ago> but rather if Nvidia were to provide a paid upgrade path to unlock these features that would help. You do not revert a blown e-fuse with a software update.
- dotancohen 2y agoYes, but an e-fuse would not be the only way to lock the feature if Nvidia were to want to unlock it later.
- fransje26 2y agoThe point being that they knowingly went down the e-fuse route to make sure nobody could unlock it later. They probably learnt their lesson in the early 2000s, when users could do a bit of soldering and apply a patch to unlock more performance on cards that had been artificially throttled.