Nvidia says it won’t nerf the Ethereum mining performance of existing GPUs - Circuit Breaker

Also, Nvidia insists its mining GPUs won’t reduce the supply for gamers.

This morning, Nvidia announced that it would artificially reduce the performance of its upcoming $329 GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card when it comes to one specific task: Ethereum cryptocurrency mining?

I was also a bit skeptical that the company’s new batch of Cryptocurrency Mining Processor (CMP) cards, marketed as an alternative for those miners, would mean that gamers might actually be able to buy an RTX 3060 as a result.

If Nvidia’s diverting its already limited production capacity of GPUs towards CMPs, doesn’t that mean fewer gaming GPUs to begin with.

But Nvidia strongly suggests the new CMPs won’t impact the ability to produce GeForce gaming cards at all.

We’re looking forward to seeing whether Nvidia can make the $329 GeForce RTX 3060 any easier to buy than previous GPUs when it launches February 25th at 12PM ET