Buying used GPU that was mined on is generally almost never a good idea. As such, one buyer who purchased a used Nvidia RTX 3080 10GB card soon found out that things weren't quite what it looked like.
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NebuTech's NBMiner has beaten NiceHash as it becomes the first to bring 100% LHR unlock to Linux PCs. The news follows the recent 100% LHR unlock for Windows that was released by the latter.
As GPU prices begin to settle slowly creeping back to their MSRP levels, we look at the best graphics card purchases to make across a wide variety of refresh rates for those that game at 1080p.
Over 5,000 illegally imported GPUs that belong to AMD's AIB partner XFX were seized by the Chinese customs authority. The body found that the labelled card specs didn't match the actual GPU specs.
In December last year, Sapphire launched a couple of dedicated mining cards for crypto-miners. The larger among the two variants, the GPRO X080, is already 38% down in price since it launched.
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Nvidia's upcoming budget gaming GPU, the $249 RTX 3050, could be a great graphics card for gamers. That's because early alleged Ethereum mining numbers for the GPU suggest it is pretty poor at it.
As we enter 2022, GPU prices are showing no signs of coming down according to the latest data from German retailers. There are even months when availability improved but prices did not.
Alleged "4090TI" and "RX7000" have been spotted in a cryptocurrency mining pool farming Ethereum. These devices are capable of outputting over 2.5TH/s combined but are probably not real GPUs.
Testing shows Nvidia's new RTX 2060 12GB graphics card is extremely efficient at cryptocurrency mining. The GPU is producing efficiency levels of close to 400kH/J. The card can also game decently.
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The Radeon RX 6600 XT may be the most power-efficient Ethereum mining GPU according to a video that shows its alleged performance. The card is apparently doing 32MH/s while sipping just 55W of power.
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According to a new report today, prices for GPUs are finally coming down. It says that German retailers have noted a significant fall in Nvidia GeForce graphics card prices over the last two months.
Zotac announces the arrival of its RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate (LHR) series today comprising several new models. The LHR series cards are reportedly said to feature an updated mining limiter.
Gigabyte has launched its new Lite Hash Rate (LHR) revision for the RTX 3060. The LHR series is said to feature a new crypto-mining hash limiter different from the previous implementation.
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