The driver appeared in public and later got removed by Nvidia, but it now seems to be released on other websites. There is also another method to mine Ethereum with the RTX 3060 even without using the new driver.
A limitation to Ethereum mining on RTX 3060 graphics processing cards (GPUs) from the company Nvidia was accidentally unlocked by the same manufacturer thanks to a driver that they published by accident.
Last February, Nvidia released a series of GPU cards designed for professional cryptocurrency mining (CMP). But Nvidia also limited the hash rate achievable by the RTX 3060 to separate the two markets that demand its products the most: video games and cryptocurrency mining.
Nvidia applied this strategy to prevent its products such as the RTX 3060 and other GPUs from selling out since the massive demand for equipment suitable for cryptocurrency mining occupies a large part of the graphics card market, leaving gamers without access to the famous graphics processing cards.
The Hash Rate Limitation on the RTX 3060 Card got removed by accident
Nvidia clarified to The Verge that the hash rate limitation on the RTX 3060 card had been accidentally removed, with the publication of a later removed driver on its website.
“One driver included internal development code that inadvertently removed the hash rate limiter on the RTX 3060, in some configurations,” said the source.
Currently, the driver appears unavailable on the Nvidia website, although those who managed to download it and have the technical capabilities to do so may have started mining Ethereum with the RTX 3060 card.
The GeForce 470.05 Beta Driver Increases By Far the Performance of the RTX 3060 Cards
The GeForce 470.05 beta driver increases the performance of the RTX 3060 cards, making them capable of mining Ethereum. Now the driver file is spread around the web indiscriminately, without Nvidia having a single chance to stop it.
Without using the GeForce 470.05 driver, Andreas Schilling, editor of the specialized medium HardwareLuxx, checked a rumor that serves as a solution on other websites. Schilling took a GeForce RTX 2080 card as the primary GPU and docked the GeForce RTX 3060 as a secondary GPU via an HDMI cable as a dummy.
The dummy concept allows the first GPU to be “tricked” into believing that the second GPU is a screen or monitor for viewing. It has complete capabilities of increasing the equipment’s generalized hash rate until it can mine Ethereum, with some additional configurations.
However, the driver that Nvidia published would allow using accidentally the RTX 3060 directly without significant troubles, serving as a neutralizer of the limitations imposed by the company in this new series of GPU cards. Nvidia also plans the launch of the RTX 3080 Ti for April and May and will also include mining limitations.
One of the competing brands is AMD, which is preparing the launch of its line of chips to mine Ethereum. A whole new level of excellent tools is paving its way to enrich the crypto-environment.
By:Jenson Nuñez
