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Guru3D.com » News » NVIDIA to limit hash rate of GeForce RTX 3060 GPUs, will launch CMP cards for professional mining

NVIDIA to limit hash rate of GeForce RTX 3060 GPUs, will launch CMP cards for professional mining

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/18/2021 04:20 PM | source: | 88 comment(s)
NVIDIA to limit hash rate of GeForce RTX 3060 GPUs, will launch CMP cards for professional mining

Halving that Hash Rate, with the pending launch of GeForce RTX 3060, NVIDIA will be taking an important step to help ensure GeForce GPUs end up in the hands of gamers. They'll be limiting hash rates and release a dedicated GPU series for cryptocurrency mining.

The new cards, if you can call them that will fall under the CMP HX line of products and just constant the GPU and 10GB VRAM; there are no display connectors.  NVIDIA initially announces four CMP HX cards pretty much intended for Ethereum mining at hash rates from 25 MH/s at 125W to 86 MH/s at 320W. CMP HX mining cards will become available in Q1, while the 10GB models will sell in the second quarter. If you look at power consumption, GeForce Ampere GA102 is likely used for the 50HX and 90HX, GA104 and GA106 likely end up on the slower models.

The bad news, Ampere GPUs still end up in mining products, the good news, starting with the 3060 release, hash rates is halved, making miners less prone to purchase them. What then remains is GPU allocation by NVIDIA. 

IMHO it's a good first step, but as long as other products will not be limited, cards like 3070, 3080 will still end up being bought an masse by miners. 

-- NVIDIA -- RTX 3060 software drivers are designed to detect specific attributes of the Ethereum cryptocurrency mining algorithm and limit the hash rate, or cryptocurrency mining efficiency, by around 50 percent. Our GeForce RTX GPUs introduce cutting-edge technologies — such as RTX real-time ray-tracing, DLSS AI-accelerated image upscaling technology, Reflex super-fast response rendering for the best system latency, and many more — tailored to meet the needs of gamers and those who create digital experiences. To address the specific needs of Ethereum mining, we’re announcing the NVIDIA CMP, or, Cryptocurrency Mining Processor, product line for professional mining.

CMP products — which don’t do graphics — are sold through authorized partners and optimized for the best mining performance and efficiency. They don’t meet the specifications required of a GeForce GPU and, thus, don’t impact the availability of GeForce GPUs to gamers.

For instance, CMP lacks display outputs, enabling improved airflow while mining so they can be more densely packed. CMPs also have a lower peak core voltage and frequency, which improves mining power efficiency. Creating tailored products for customers with specific needs delivers the best value for customers. With CMP, we can help miners build the most efficient data centers while preserving GeForce RTX GPUs for gamers. NVIDIA CMP allows a fully open, airflow-optimized bracket and is configured to allow a greater number of GPUs to be controlled by one CPU.

 30HX40HX50HX90HX

Ethereum Hash Rate(1)

26 MH/s 36 MH/s 45 MH/s 86 MH/s

Rated Power(2)

125 W 185 W 250 W 320 W

Power Connectors(2)

1x 8-pin 1x 8-pin 2x 8-pin 2x 8-pin

Memory Size

6GB 8GB 10GB 10GB

Starting Availability

Q1 Q1 Q2 Q2

1 Ethereum hash rate applies to the DAG and algorithm in use in Epoch 394 and is provided for reference clocks under room temperature conditions with good cooling.
2 Rated Power and Power connectors specified for the reference design. Partner board designs may choose a different configuration.







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Scorpio_ASC
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#5888556 Posted on: 02/18/2021 06:04 PM
honestly, who with sane mind would ever consider buying a second hand 3080 in a year unless dumped ridiculously low as 400-500,- when everybody knows they have dead sure been sweating away minig?

I bet alot more than people willing to buy a used CMP card :)

Kaarme
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#5888558 Posted on: 02/18/2021 06:06 PM
this is just straight up BS. drivers won't make any difference, and miners would only buy miner cards if they are MUCH cheaper, as they won't be able to resell it at the end
what nvidia needs is producing MORE cards - more cards, more sells, more possibilities for the mere gamer to get a card for themself. it would be a win for everyone

So, when a new generation GPUs are released, assuming they mine better, those massive Asian mining farms with hundreds of video cards will sell the old stock and replace them with new ones? If they kept even a single buffer generation, like when Ampere was released they would sell not Turing but Pascal, the resell value would hit the bottom, although I guess it might still be worth the time and effort. Maybe they sell them in bulk and someone with more time in their hands will sell them one by one.

labidas
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#5888564 Posted on: 02/18/2021 06:20 PM


Miners WONT buy GPUs that they can't sell...

I guess that's why they bought all those useful P106 mining cards. They will buy everything that turns in a profit.
I'm mining with a 5700XT and Vega64 right now. I could sell them both for 1500€.
And you know why? Because these cards will mine 109Mh/s, that's 0,2ETH per month and we all know ETH will go to 5000$ or even 10000$ per coin. So after ~9 months of mining I will have 1,8ETH that might cost 18 000$. Do I care if I can sell my cards after that? NO.

bemaniac
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#5888566 Posted on: 02/18/2021 06:29 PM
Surely people will just mod the id into some older drivers and mine.

Glottiz
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#5888570 Posted on: 02/18/2021 06:37 PM
this...this...do this for all...

Doing this is pointless for already released products. People will just use older drivers. This solution can only work for upcoming products so miners don't have a "good" driver to downgrade to.

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