A new variant of the RTX 3060 12GB GPU may give Nvidia another chance at blocking cryptocurrency mining. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Say hello to "Lite Hash Rate" versions of the GeForce RTX 3060, 3060 Ti, 3070, and 3080, designed to be less appealing to GPU crypto coin miners.

Riser cables can't be used, which are common in huge mining rigs, and you'll need a motherboard with plenty of PCIe slots if you want to run more than one RTX 3060 at the top 50MH/s mining rate.

The GeForce RTX 3060 sold out instantly despite its initial mining protection and currently goes for $600 or more on Ebay and other resale sites. This development will likely drive demand even ...

Nvidia seemed confident in its software restrictions to nerf RTX 3060 mining performance. “It’s not just a driver thing,” said Bryan Del Rizzo, Nvidia’s head of communications, last month.

While NVIDIA did indeed reduce the hash rate of Ethereum mining in new RTX 3060 cards, it seems that NVIDIA also just removed that limitation in new beta drivers for the card.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 graphics cards will once again include a hash rate limiter in an effort to stop cryptocurrency miners from hoovering up stock. This limiter aims to reduce the GPU's mining ...

We've tracked down all the best ways to pick up an RTX 30 series in the UK, include the RTX 3060 Ti, 3070, 3080, and 3090. This includes desktop gaming PCs from Dell, Alienware, ABS, SkyTech, and ...

Remember: that's firmware, not a BIOS rewrite or anything particularly invasive. With that cat out of the bag, the RTX 3060 forever became an Ethereum mining option. “A different device hardware ...

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 ...

Ahead of its February 25 launch, Nvidia announced that the RTX 3060 would utilize a software driver designed to detect mining and limit its effectiveness by around 50 percent. Hi Ryan.

If Nvidia releases a hypothetical RTX 3080 Ti with the same mining limits as the RTX 3060 (limits not shared by the vanilla RTX 3080), said card won't be supported in the GeForce 470.05 beta driver.