Mining software developers have been trying to unlock the LHR GPUs since launch. Up to now, nobody had been able to fully unlock the LHR protections in place, but that has now changed with NiceHash. The NiceHash developers have been continuously trying to unlock the LHR cards. Nine months ago, …
Read More »Nvidia RTX LHR mining ‘unlocker’ turned out to be malware
Just a few days ago, we learned about an upcoming piece of software claiming to be capable of completely unlocking the hash rate on Nvidia RTX 30 series graphics cards. As it turns out, the tool was nothing more than malware in disguise. The LHRUnlocker tool was made available through …
Read More »New software reportedly removes the hash rate limiter on Nvidia RTX LHR GPUs
With graphics cards pricing coming down and the end of Ethereum mining on the horizon, many are expecting graphics cards to become affordable once again. Unfortunately, there may be a set back, as a new software can reportedly completely remove the mining hash rate limiter on Nvidia RTX LHR GPUs. …
Read More »Mining software devs chip away at Nvidia RTX 30 LHR performance limitations
When Nvidia launched the RTX 30 LHR series cards, its objective was to keep miners away from them, with gamers being the target audience for these cards. However, the developers behind NBMiner have managed to partially unlock the mining performance for these GPUs, offering up to 70% of the maximum …
Read More »MSI’s latest EEC listing suggests Hydrogen series comeback
MSI's Hydrogen series might be coming back, as seen on an EEC listing filed by the company. According to the listing, the new Hydrogen series will only feature one SKU, an RTX 3090 card, but MSI may launch more cards further down the line. Moreover, the listing also includes MSI's …
Read More »Lite Hash Rate RTX 3060 tested, Ethereum mining performance halved
Earlier this month, Nvidia confirmed plans to re-introduce the RTX 3060, RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 with ‘Lite Hash Rate' GPU revisions to reduce crypto-mining performance and get more graphics cards into the hands of PC gamers. Now, these LHR graphics cards are starting to land in the hands of …
Read More »Nvidia has no plans to update Founders Edition RTX 30 cards with LHR GPUs
Yesterday, Nvidia confirmed that it is releasing 'Lite Hash Rate' versions of the RTX 3080, RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti with anti-mining measures in place. Some more information has since come to light - LHR versions of these GPUs will be shipping to third-party board partners only, meaning we won't be getting LHR 'Founders Edition' cards.
Read More »Nvidia confirms ‘Lite Hash Rate’ RTX 3080, RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti
Back in February ahead of the launch of the RTX 3060, Nvidia announced its new anti-mining measures to make GeForce graphics cards less desirable to crypto mining farms. We've heard through leaks and rumours that this tech would eventually transition over to the rest of the RTX 30 series line-up and today, Nvidia is making that official.
Read More »Gigabyte updates its RTX 3060 lineup with Lite Hash Rate versions
Following Galax's announcement, Gigabyte is now the second AiB partner introducing its new RTX 30 series cards with LHR chips. Expect more manufacturers to join Gigabyte and Galax in the coming days and weeks. The new cards were initially spotted by @momomo_us, who also shared links of the rev 2.0 …
Read More »Galax to release RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 FG graphics cards with Nvidia’s anti-mining tech
Galax confirms Nvidia is preparing the launch of RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 graphics cards with LHR chips. For now, these chips are only featured in Galax's Black General FG and Metal Master FG graphics cards, but other cards equipped with these chips are expected to release soon. As seen …
Read More »Revised RTX 30 series GPUs with mining limiter reportedly shipping next month
Nvidia AIB partners have reportedly been informed about the GAxx2 GPUs with new anti-mining capabilities and Resizable BAR support enabled by default. Named LHR (Lite Hash Rate), the revised RTX 30 GPUs should start shipping in the middle of May. We've already shared that Nvidia was planning to introduce crypto …
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