NVIDIA, RTX 3060 GPU 채굴 제한 복원

엔비디아(Nvidia)가 RTX 3060 GPU의 이더리움 채굴 기능을 제한하기 위한 업데이트를 진행합니다.

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엔비디아는 지난 2월 이더리움 채굴 기능을 약 50% 수준으로 제한하기 위한 드라이버를 출시하기도 했지만 3월 베타 드라이버를 출시하는 과정에서 이더리움 채굴 기능 제한이 해제돼 가상화폐 채굴장으로 RTX 3060 GPU를 탑재한 그래픽카드가 팔려나가면서 일반 이용자가 제품을 구매하기 어려운 상황이 이어졌습니다.

엔비디아는 새로운 지포스 466.27 드라이버를 통해 오는 5월부터 RTX 3060 GPU의 이더리움 채굴 기능을 제한합니다. 그리고 엔비디아가 추가적으로 RTX 3060 이외의 GPU에도 드라이버 업데이트를 통해 이더리움 채굴 기능을 제한할 수 있을 것으로 보입니다.

Nvidia is trying again to limit the use of its RTX 3060 graphics cards for mining Ethereum, with a new update once again adding a hash limiter to the GPU, via VideoCardz.com.
If that sounds familiar to you, that’s because it’s not the first time that Nvidia has tried to nerf mining performance on the RTX 3060 — the company first rolled out new drivers that were intended to limit the hash rate of Ethereum mining by around 50 percent in February.
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However, that update was short-lived, with Nvidia managing to accidentally unlock its own limit in a beta driver released in March, undoing its previous work. Nvidia would go on to confirm that the new driver was a mistake, but it was already too late — the updated driver was out in the wild, and RTX 3060 owners were able to download it and avoid the new restrictions.
The new GeForce 466.27 driver, though, brings back the original limit and notes that it’ll be required for all future RTX 3060 cards starting in May. Nvidia may be looking to add hash rate limits to other cards, too.

Reference
The Verge, Nvidia has reinstated its RTX 3060 Ethereum cryptocurrency mining limit