NVIDIA’s flagship mining GPU, the CMP 170HX, which was revealed last month is now listed on sale by Dubai-based retailer, Vipera. The itemizing is exhibiting the worth of the CMP 170HX at $4435 US that places it nearly twice as a lot because the GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card.
NVIDIA CMP 170HX Mining Graphics Card Goes On Sale At Over $4400 US
NVIDIA’s CMP170HX is barely obtainable abroad presently and is unknown whether or not some other markets will see the crypto mining processor since NVIDIA has but to checklist it down formally inside its CMP lineup. Dubai on-line retailer Vipera is promoting them on their web site for $4,500, and claiming to presently have 886 items (1,427 only a day in the past) in inventory.
NVIDIA created the Cryptocurrency Mining Processor as a solution for crypto miners to have a devoted processor for cryptocurrency as a substitute of using the corporate’s Ampere line of Geforce GPUs. The know-how that NVIDIA is using is the GA100 silicon and discovering a brand new use for the brand new card. GA100 silicon makes use of the very same die that processes information for the extremely costly A100 information middle graphics playing cards. This type of recycling previous know-how or units to energy and create new units available on the market permits producers to make use of up any leftover inventory sitting in factories for brand spanking new makes use of.
The NVIDA CMP 170HX solely permits for “70 enabled SMs, amounting to 4,480 CUDA cores.” The A100 by NVIDIA has 108 SMs obtainable, equating to about 6,912 CUDA cores which function at 1140 MHz base and 1410 MHz increase clocks. The CMP card gives efficiency ranges of 164 MH/s when mining for Ethereum. A PCIe 4.0 x 4 connection is all that’s required for efficiency for the CMP 170HX, in addition to 8 GB of HBM2e reminiscence. All this onboard for a 4,096-bit interface for reminiscence. The TDP on the CMP card is 250W, using a single 8-pin energy connection from the PCIe.
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The cryptocurrency mining processor showcases an atypical dual-slot design as discovered on comparable fashion playing cards, and permits for passive cooling. NVIDIA’s alternative for a silver metallic casing may be very easy in design, which isn’t stunning on account of using the cardboard. The NVIDIA CMP 170HX doesn’t provide any show outputs and “a locked BIOS so overclocking or undervolting” will not be succesful for this specific line.
NVIDIA is transport the CMP 170HX with a one-year producer’s guarantee and is anticipated to be restricted with how a lot cryptocurrency mining stresses a GPU initially. Graphics card producer Gigabyte gives an identical card design, the CMP 30HX, and solely permits for a restricted three-month guarantee for a similar purpose.
Sources: @KOMACHI_ENSAKA (on Twitter), Yahoo! Japan