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Nvidia says it will deliberately restrict
the mining performance of its new
GeForce RTX 3060 gaming GPU, in a
bid to ensure that cards can be snapped
up by gamers during the current
Ethereum mining boom. Meanwhile,
the company is also introducing a line-
up of Cryptocurrency Mining Processor
(CMP) cards with improved airflow and
no graphics capabilities, which will be
specifically targeted at miners.
In a post on blogs.nvidia.com, Nvidia’s
VP of Global GeForce Marketing, Matt
Wuebbling, stated that ‘RTX 3060Combing your case for lost tiny M.
screws could be a frustration of the past if
you buy one of Asus’ upcoming Z
motherboards. The company’s new
Q-Latch M.2 system uses a rotating
plastic catch to grip your SSD – the latch
can be simply turned with your fingertips,
with no need for a micro screwdriver.
Asus first unveiled the system at the
digital CES 2021 trade show in January;
it’s since revealed that it will be featured
on some of the company’s new Z
motherboards. In addition, Asus will also
preinstall MemTestx86 on the UEFI of
some of its Z590 ROG boards, giving you
an easy way to test your memory
properly for errors without having to boot
from a separate thumb drive.Corsair has launched a new range of high-
performance PCI-E 4 NVMe SSDs, with the top
model featuring a waterblock that can be
plumbed into a custom water-cooling loop. The
new range starts with the MP600 Core, which
has stated sequential read and write speeds of
4,950MB/sec and 3,950MB/sec respectively,
and comes in 1TB, 2TB and 4TB capacities.
The two top models are the MP600 Pro and
MP600 Pro Hydro X (pictured), which have a
ASUS DITCHES
M.2 SCREWSCORSAIR WATERCOOLS SSD
software drivers are designed to detect
specific attributes of the Ethereum
cryptocurrency mining algorithm, and
limit the hash rate, or cryptocurrency
mining efficiency, by around 50
per cent’. The limit will apply to the
company’s Linux drivers as well as its
Windows drivers.
The GeForce RTX 3060 is set to be
priced from £299, and contains 3,
CUDA cores. The new GPU will be
available to buy by the time you read
this, and we hope to have a full review
in our next issue.NVIDIA DRIVER LIMITS
MINING PERFORMANCE
sequential read speed of 7,000MB/sec, and a
write speed of 6,550MB/sec. The MP600 Pro
has a heatsink, but the Hydro X model features
Corsair’s new XM2 waterblock, which will also
be available separately.
Do you need a waterblock on an SSD? Nope,
but the latest PCI-E 4 SSDs do get very hot, and
a waterblock will certainly make an attractive
alternative to a large chunky heatsink when it
comes to aesthetics.