Nvidia has updated the driver for RTX graphics cards 3060 With the protection against ETH miners - Bits Media

GPU maker Nvidia updates driver for developers with limited hashrate for RTX video cards 3060 for Ethereum miners. The previously released driver did not cope with this task.

29 April Nvidia released
GeForce driver 466.27, which was the second attempt manufacturer limit the hashrate of video cards RTX 3060 for Ethereum miners.

Notes to the release of the GeForce driver 466.27. Source: Nvidia

According to Videocardz Sources, Nvidia will release new Lite Hash Rate models in mid -May, which will be almost identical to the previous versions of the same cards. In February, Nvidia reported, What will limit the hashrate of video accelerators to combat a shortage of video cards NVIDIA RTX 3060, Beded by miners literally "from the factory". The company approved, that RTX drivers 3060 will determine the load on the video cards, specific for the Ethereum mining algorithm, and programmatically limit the hashrate approximately 50%.

However, in mid -March, Nvidia released
Driver for developers without a restriction of a hashrate. Community participants stated, that the new version of the "experimental" NVIDIA driver at number 470.05 allows you to extract ETH at the usual speed - 46 MH/S. By the end of March, one of the miners of the etherium managed to eliminate the programmatic restrictions on the hashrate, installed NVIDIA, and launch a farm from seven GEFORCE RTX video cards 3060, albeit using a special motherboard.

New video cards will be identical to the previous one in all respects, Except, that they will have a new PCI device identifier 2504. Although the unlocked driver has become the property of the community, The new identifier is designed to make this information useless when used with an updated driver 470.05. However, it is obvious, that some miners will try to get around and this restriction.

GeForce RTX 3060 New PCI device identifier in drivers 466.27. Source: VideoCardz

The news caused an ambiguous reaction of the game community. VideoCardz Eric W forum user said, that this step will affect home miners, which are often gamers:

“An ambiguous situation. I want to buy a new video card for games, But I also use it, When I do not play actively… I can't buy a video card for mining, Because nvidia, it seems, sells them only a few thousand pieces, And I do not need a hundred mining farms ".

Mark suggested, that the restriction in any case will not scare away miners, adding, that "the driver must limit the hashrate more than 90%, to "become a real restraining factor for miners". According to Videocardz, The restrictions will be installed for most RTX 30xx series cards, Although some models, eg, RTX 3090, may not have restrictions due to the high price, exceeding $1500.