Earlier this week, Nvidia announced that it will limit the cryptocurrency mining performance of the RTX 3060 in an effort to reduce miner demand for the upcoming graphics card. How effective this will be remains to be seen, but it's a step in the right direction, and Nvidia really needs to go further. An Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 pre-embargo has reportedly surfaced, as spotted by Tom's Hardware, suggesting that Nvidia's limits may not have gone far enough, but I can't say how well the graphics card will perform in any workload until I can get my hands on it to test it. But even though Nvidia's limits aren't as restrictive on cryptocurrency mining performance as they should be, anything that can help people get their hands on a new graphics card without having to pay premium market prices accessories, exorbitant is a good decision in my opinion. I just want to see Nvidia go one step further.
It's almost time for the Super Cards
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super, RTX 2060 Super, and RTX 2080 Super all appeared in July 2019, roughly 10 months after the September 2018 release of Nvidia's initial Turing lineup. It's certainly not fancy, but the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 launched five months ago on September 17, 2020. So it's time to start speculating on what Nvidia will do to refresh the lineup at mid-life, as what did with Turing. Rumors of updated versions of Ampere graphics cards have started to surface, like when Nvidia released the initial line. Word of a 20GB version of the RTX 3080 and a 3070GB RTX 16 has been spreading like wildfire for months, though there have been countless reports that these cards have been cancelled, if they ever existed in the first place. Here's the thing though: It's exactly what we need. I've explained in the past how Nvidia's announcement of an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 with 12GB of VRAM could confuse many potential buyers. For example, if someone sees the RTX 3060 and RTX 3060 Ti on a shelf next to each other, and doesn't know much about graphics cards, it's not unrealistic to think that some might suggest that the former is the more powerful product. This highlights the importance of reading reviews, but when we're talking about a product that's likely to be bought off the shelves at a local retail store, there's a good chance customers will have a worse experience than they should during manufacturing. an impulse purchase.
What we need
It's no secret that cryptocurrency miners have started buying up Nvidia Ampere graphics cards en masse, driving prices up to astronomical prices. In fact, for PC gamers, it's to the point where we can't recommend an Nvidia, or AMD for that matter, graphics card at the current rate. Nvidia needs to step in, and not just for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060. Since Nvidia came out and announced that the RTX 3060 will have a driver-level handbrake to limit mining performance, Nvidia's director of global PR for GeForce boss Bryan Del Rizzo has taken to Twitter to clarify what's going on.Hello Ryan. It's not just a pilot thing. There is a secure handshake between the controller, the RTX 3060 silicon, and the BIOS (firmware) that prevents the hash rate limiter from being removed. Feb 19, 2021 So, like the limitations Nvidia made to the Nvidia RTX 3060 seem to go down to the silicon level to prevent miners from simply updating the BIOS to avoid this, Nvidia will have to release new versions of its existing graphics cards to protect against underage purchase. Spotted by Wccftech, well-known Nvidia leaker @kopite7kimi has since been speculating on Nvidia's news about the RTX 3060 cap, suggesting that Nvidia might consider releasing a new version of each GPU in the lineup. Since it's still a bit early for an RTX 3080 Super to emerge, that's exactly what Nvidia should be doing.
< p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thanks, should explain this. 🤔 We may not see new specs, but all old specs will have a new sku. It's possible Feb 19, 2021 Nvidia should definitely use this mining brake as an opportunity to update their product line with new Super cards. And Team Green can take advantage of this to also improve the memory capacity of the old Ampere cards. I have reached out to Nvidia for feedback on this and will update this article as soon as I know more about it. I'd love to see an RTX 3080 Super and RTX 3070 Super hit the streets later this year, both of which use this brake to put the GPUs in the hands of gamers who've been stressed out by hitting the F5 key on Newegg, just to see it all. disappears in seconds. Cryptocurrency miners certainly aren't the only reason RTX 3000 graphics cards are selling out everywhere. Demand for some of the best graphics cards we've seen is really high. And, due to the shortage of stock that connaissent the consoles of jeux, with the increases of similar prices - well that moins extremes - sur le marché secondaire, it is probable that a unique solution facilitates the achievement of a new Graphic card. But, when you look at a site like StockX, which resellers can use to sell high-demand items, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition sells for nearly three times the MSRP. The PS5 costs just €250 more than it retails on the same site. I'm not saying that making the Nvidia Ampere line unappealing to miners will be the silver bullet to cure the current inventory situation. But if you can bring back the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 for a more reasonable price, it might be worth buying Nvidia's best graphics card in years.