The CMP 170HX is essentially an A100 GPU that has been software-locked. It is specifically designed for cryptocurrency mining.Hackers have now found a way to unlock the GPU, transforming it into an A100 graphics card with 80GB of VRAM.Its performance and VRAM capacity far exceed those of the RTX 3090, and it now boasts exceptional AI computing power.>Before being unlocked, this GPU was worth only $120 on the secondhand market (original price: $3,000); now it’s worth $1,500.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeyoVo3kdo0
>AI shitno vidyasage
But this is a gaming board
>>744590085>No Video Outputs>No Graphics API Support>Throttled Math Engines>Restricted PCIe InterfaceWhy is it in a "VIDEO GAMES" board?
>>744590085>>>/g/
This is a GPU that uses 80GB of HBM2e VRAM.>80GB!!!!But it turns out NVIDIA just used a hardware lock to cap it at 10GB.Once unlocked, its FP32 performance jumps from 0.39 TFLOPS to 94 TFLOPS.That’s a 241-fold increase!!!!!NVIDIA is such a bitch.
>>744590303>Why is it in a "VIDEO GAMES" board?NVIDIA is the main reason the PC gaming industry is suffering.They can churn out all kinds of junk at will and then force everyone to pay absurd prices.
>>744590085can you use it for gaming?
>>744590085Video gaming is saved.
>>744590085>hacker maybe sort of gets a glimpse into potential of cutdown hardware rejects if custom software and extensive workarounds are used which still leaves it's usefulness as questionable at best>headline reads: confirmed crypto mining cards are identical to A100s! nvidia gave 80GB for free, unlock it with this one simple trick!>resellers increase price 10x to reflect new imaginary reality of garbage being identical to A100Yep, I sure do love the modern world.
>>744591385>can you use it for gaming?Theoretically, yes.In the past, users have successfully run games on mining GPUs by using the integrated GPU inside the CPU as a video output channel.However, currently, you can only run them on Linux.Thanks to the GA100 GPU and 80GB of HBM memory, this card’s AI processing capacity is even higher than that of the 5090.It is currently priced at 1,500 USD.
>>744591534>nvidia gave 80GB for free, unlock it with this one simple trick!hahahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDW7mMKgMDM
>>744591662wow
>>744590412I thought it was crippled by hardware e-fuses, so it was just software all along?
>>744592523>hardware e-fuses,It’s a hardware-level lock.But a hacker found a loophole, bypassed the fuse, successfully modified the firmware, and unlocked the performance.I don’t understand exactly how he did it either,it probably even shocked NVIDIA.A $120 piece of junk was transformed by a small piece of software into an AI GPU that outperforms the 5090.https://github.com/amoghmunikote/cmpunlocker
>$120yeah, in your dreams maybe
