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MSI Advertises GE76 Raider Laptop As a Mining Machine

Home News (Image credit: MSI) A surge in crypto mining interest has led not only to users seeking out the best mining GPUs, but since graphics cards are so hard to find in stock and the GPU price index for cards on eBay is just crazy, mining with laptops is becoming a thing. In fact,… Read more

Replacing GeForce RTX 3090 Thermal Pads Improves GDDR6X Temps By 25C

Home News Not satisfied with the temperatures of the memory on his GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition, a determined YouTuber (CryptoAtHome) replaced the factory thermal pads for aftermarket ones. The results are impressive as he managed to improve the temperatures by up to 25 degress Celsius — even while doing Ethereum mining. Even though the… Read more

Palit May Be Resurrecting the GeForce GTX 1060 for Crypto Miners

Home News Palit P106-100 (Image credit: pikabu) The cryptocurrency mining business is booming again and, according to a PC Gamer report, Palit may be getting ready to ride the wave. The company has registered multiple P106 graphics cards with the Eurasian Economics Commission (EEC). As always, these registered models may or may not make it… Read more

You Can Mine Ethereum With Apple’s M1: Here’s How, but You Probably Shouldn’t Bother

Home News (Image credit: Apple) Ethereum mining is most profitable on high-end graphics cards, but enthusiasts are often willing to use whatever they have on-hand, especially as the cryptocurrency’s value continues to rise. Now they’ll have another option: Apple’s new M1 chip. Zensors software engineer Yifan Gu found a way to make the ethminer utility… Read more

Nvidia Repurposes Turing Silicon For CMP Crypto-Mining GPUs

Home News Nvidia CMP (Image credit: Nvidia) In an attempt to relieve some of its Ampere stock, Nvidia recently introduced the Cryptocurrency Mining Processor (CMP) product line that specifically targets Ethereum mining. While the chipmaker was reluctant to share more details, the truth has come to light in the latest GeForce Game Ready 461.72 WHQL… Read more

How to Mine Cryptocurrency with Raspberry Pi

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) With Bitcoins trading at almost $50,000 per bitcoin, perhaps it is finally time for me to get into the cryptocurrency game? Instead of buying bitcoins, could I use my Raspberry Pi to mine for bitcoins instead? What is Cryptocurrency mining? Crypto mining is the digital version of mining for… Read more

GeForce RTX 3060 Takes 42% Performance Hit in Mining Operation

Home News GeForce RTX 3060 (Image credit: CryptoLeo/Youtube) Nvidia announced today that it has taken necessary actions to gimp the GeForce RTX 3060’s mining performance in an effort to stop cryptocurrency miners from getting their hands on the graphics card. YouTuber CryptoLeo has put the GeForce RTX 3060 through its paces and found Nvidia’s measures… Read more

Nvidia Limits RTX 3060 Hash Rate, Unveils New ‘Cryptocurrency Mining Processor’ Line of GPUs

Home News (Image credit: Nvidia) Nvidia today announced its new Cryptocurrency Mining Processor (CMP) line of GPUs to “address the specific needs of Ethereum mining” and, hopefully, improve the availability of the best graphics cards in the GeForce product line in the process. The company also limited the mining performance of the soon-to-be-launched RTX 3060… Read more