So I read an article last night, saying that Nvidia was re-nerfing the 3060's. I hadn't followed this super closely since none were available to buy, but I think my understanding was this:
- They came from the factory nerfed for mining.
- They accidently released a driver update that didn't have the nerfification applied, and tried to retract it, but ooops, too late - it's out in the wild and everybody downloaded it to bypass the nerf.
- Now they plan to release all new GPUs with another update that re-nerfs the boards.
So my question is, can we all still just re apply that accidental driver update to bypass again? I know nothing of modding or updating GPUs yet, I'm not messing with the rig I bought unless I have to. Just leaving everything running as is. But I am curious for these future boards. Will we be able to override them?
seems like they will prevent that. heres an article from anandtech explaining it a bit. a small quote below.
In short, NVIDIA has tweaked future RTX 3060 cards to require this driver (or newer), which will prevent them from using older drivers that can bypass NVIDIA’s hash limiter. As a result, RTX 3060 cards shipping starting in mid-May will once again be fully locked down against running Ethereum at full (native) speed.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16648/nvidia-updates-geforce-rtx-3060-ethereum-throttle-updated-drivers-required-for-future-3060smissed the shuffle.
the 3060 makes money mining octopus.
it burns about 115 watts say 3kwatts a day.
or 60 cents with 20 cent power.
it earns 3.30
so 3.30- .60 is $2.70 daily profit.
150 days is 405 return. I paid 428 for my card.
So I think that nerfing it for eth is simply a waste of time.
The card has a three year warranty.
so that is 1000 days. if it clears 2.70 a day it makes over 2700 in three years. mining octopus.
frankly if you have a chance to make 2700 in three years for 428 it would be a steal.
which is why they are wasting their time attempting to nerf the card.