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On the driver side the 460.56 release is already live with support added in for the GeForce RTX 3060. Not only that though this release also has the following fixes:
- Fixed a bug with indexed ray payloads in Vulkan.
- Fixed a bug where calls to vkCreateDevice could fail on Ampere GPUs when ray tracing extensions were enabled and the application was running within the Steam Linux Runtime.
- Fixed a regression that could cause display corruption when using a scaled resolution after resuming from power management suspend.
For the release of the hardware, it's probably going to be another "paper launch" as we fully expect stock of the GeForce RTX 3060 from NVIDIA to sell out pretty darn quickly just like all the other releases have done so. Thanks in part to high demand and scalpers continuing to buy up as much as they can to sell on for a profit - amongst other things. However, NVIDIA are trying to cut down on crypto miners using standard GPUs by limiting the hash rate of the cards through a mix of a "secure handshake between the driver, the RTX 3060 silicon, and the BIOS (firmware) that prevents removal of the hash rate limiter" (source) plus dedicated cards for miners. So hopefully in future we will see more cards available for standard consumers and gamers.
Here's a reminder of the specifications stacked up against the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti:
| GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | GeForce RTX 3060 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| GPU Engine Specs: | NVIDIA CUDA® Cores | 4864 | 3584 |
| Boost Clock (GHz) | 1.67 | 1.78 | |
| Base Clock (GHz) | 1.41 | 1.32 | |
| Memory Specs: | Standard Memory Config | 8 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Interface Width | 256-bit | 192-bit | |
| Technology Support: | Ray Tracing Cores | 2nd Generation | 2nd Generation |
| Tensor Cores | 3rd Generation | 3rd Generation | |
| NVIDIA Architecture | Ampere | Ampere | |
| Vulkan RT API, OpenGL 4.6 | Yes | Yes | |
| HDMI 2.1 | Yes | Yes | |
| DisplayPort 1.4a | Yes | Yes | |
| NVIDIA Encoder | 7th Generation | 7th Generation | |
| NVIDIA Decoder | 5th Generation | 5th Generation | |
| Thermal and Power Specs: | Maximum GPU Temperature (in C) | 93 | 93 |
| Graphics Card Power (W) | 200 | 170 | |
| Required System Power (W) (2) | 600 | 550 |
Yes that's correct, the standard model of the 3060 has more VRAM.
The GeForce RTX 3060 goes live for sale at around 5PM UTC / 9AM PST. Exact pricing is yet to be confirmed with NVIDIA previously stating they should start around $329
Will you be looking to get one? Let us know in the comments what you think to this latest card from NVIDIA.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Arehandoro Feb 26, 2021
Quoting: ArehandoroMining is an environmental disaster.Funny reading this on a website called "gamingonlinux".
Quoting: gabberIn fact I think there's an odd relationship between the price of crypto and governments printing fiat currency. I've come to the conclusion that the current rise in eg Bitcoin prices is basically just a subset of the massive bull market in stocks, with both of them fuelled by the gargantuan bailouts various governments pushed into the financial sectorQuoting: furaxhornyxThe money spent on your GPU is paid off in Ethereum, right ? But this is "virtual value", are there any store or things you can actually buy with this ?
Whether crypto is more or less real then fiat ($ etc.) is another debate. True, there is no government "backing" crypto. But there is also no government printing crypto and thus devaluing the currency.
For more than ten years now what we've been seeing is an odd sort of compartmentalized inflation. Normal stuff like food or cars don't change in price that much because real people don't have any more money, but things you invest in and things like Picassos that are a cross between investments and really high-end consumer goods do, because central banks are giving financiers tons of easy money to throw at them.
Crypto is basically a thing people can speculate in, and we are in an economic phase where speculation is the main event. It may be possible to use crypto as actual currency, but that's not currently the point--crypto is tulips. But so are most other things right now, so there's no shame in it.
Arehandoro Feb 27, 2021
Quoting: gabberQuoting: ArehandoroMining is an environmental disaster.Funny reading this on a website called "gamingonlinux".
Care to elaborate why?
Quoting: ArehandoroQuoting: gabberQuoting: ArehandoroMining is an environmental disaster.Funny reading this on a website called "gamingonlinux".
Care to elaborate why?
Because gaming is more pointless then mining...
Arehandoro Mar 1, 2021
Quoting: gabberQuoting: ArehandoroQuoting: gabberQuoting: ArehandoroMining is an environmental disaster.Funny reading this on a website called "gamingonlinux".
Care to elaborate why?
Because gaming is more pointless then mining...
Is it so with gaming because generally speaking one doesn't make a profit? Because that is a horrible excuse.
Quoting: gabberTell that to people who go on VR vacations instead of flying - that's a very simple and significant environmental benefit from gaming.Quoting: ArehandoroQuoting: gabberQuoting: ArehandoroMining is an environmental disaster.Funny reading this on a website called "gamingonlinux".
Care to elaborate why?
Because gaming is more pointless then mining...
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