NVIDIA will replace the RTX 3060 SKUs with dedicated and limited GPUs for mining. The GPU that will be sent to the onboard partners will be replaced is the GA106-302.
Some time ago, NVIDIA began adding ETH mining restrictions to the GeForce RTX 3060. It was said to be impenetrable and unbreakable. However, no one suspected (including NVIDIA) that it accidentally released a driver for the CUDA / SWL version, the beta controller 470.05, with no restrictions on ETH mining. NVIDIA will re-launch with a new version of the GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card, which will once again suppress ETH mining behavior.
According to the Taiwanese graphics card maker, NVIDIA has abandoned the old version of the GeForce RTX 3060 with the GA106-300 GPU chip and replaced it with a new GA106-302 GPU chip. Because the NVIDIA driver for CUDA in SWL version 470.05 Beta does not have GA106-302 data, the old driver will be completely invalid. At the same time, NVIDIA has also added more mechanisms to the GA106-302 GPU to ensure that the new batch of GeForce RTX 3060 can stop ETH mining. NVIDIA noted that the GeForce RTX 3060 computing power limit is based on the handshake of the GPU, controller, and VBIOS. When it is detected that the user is performing the Hash operation, it will force the GPU operation to decrease by 50%, absorbing the lesson from the last time. The industry said the current GeForce RTX 3060 on the market is still the old GA106-300 GPU chip and the GA106-302 GPU is expected to be delivered in May. After mixing in the market, end users can’t see if the purchased RTX 3060 is a newer version or an older version until they buy one.
We won’t be surprised if NVIDIA does it with the entire RTX 3000 product line.
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