Nvidia again limiting crypto mining on its RTX-3060 gaming graphics card

Nvidia again limiting crypto mining on its RTX-3060 gaming graphics card

After accidentally unlocking its own hash rate limiter in a driver update, Nvidia has announced it will lock new cards again by reducing the mining capacity by 50%. Graphics card giant Nvidia is quietly reintroducing a hash rate limiter on its RTX 3060 series graphics cards in an effort to disincentivize cryptocurrency miners.On April 29 the company issued the GeForce 466.27 driver that reintroduces RTX 3060 cryptomining limiter.GeForce 466.27 driver release notes, Source: NvidiaAccording to sources reported by computer news site Videocardz, Nvidia will release the new ‘Lite Hash Rate’....


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