{"id":3425,"date":"2021-10-02T09:59:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T09:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2021-10-02T10:16:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T10:16:59","slug":"how-to-increase-mining-hash-rate-unlocking-lhr-graphics-cards-with-gminer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/how-to-increase-mining-hash-rate-unlocking-lhr-graphics-cards-with-gminer\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Increase Mining Hash Rate. Unlocking LHR Graphics Cards with Gminer"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this article we are going to show you how to test LHR unlocking on the popular mining program Gminer. The 2Miners pool team tested it with the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, but the principles are applicable to any LHR graphics card. Keep reading to see the results of testing.<\/p>\n

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What Are LHR Graphics Cards and Why They Appeared<\/h2>\n

For the last five months many GPU miners have been talking about the new term: “LHR”. Experts started discussing it actively in May 2021 after NVIDIA posted an article in their blog titled “A Further Step to Getting GeForce Cards into the Hands of Gamers.”<\/p>\n

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You can read the full article here<\/a>.<\/pre>\n
The article talks about decreasing hash rate on Ethash<\/a> for the newly built GPUs: GeForce RTX 3080, 3070, and 3060 Ti, to make them less appealing for miners. These GPUs became available at the end of May 2021. NVIDIA and their partners marked GPUs with a “Lite Hash Rate” or “LHR” identifier.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, in February 2021, NVIDIA already announced halving hash rate for the GeForce RTX 3060. You can read the full dedicated article<\/a> on the NVIDIA website.<\/p>\n
At the end of May 2021, NVIDIA announced the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. You can read the full announcement here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Although these GPUs weren’t marked as LHR, even before the release there were rumors online about a limited hash rate on Ethash. After the release of the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and their testing, the rumors about LHR were confirmed.<\/p>\n
Our Test Rig for the Mining Experiment<\/h2>\n
First we held preliminary testing to estimate the potential max hash rate and the impact of LHR.<\/p>\n
Our test rig consisted of the following parts:<\/em><\/p>\n