A year ago, NVIDIA attempted to shift the balance in the ongoing GPU crunch by discouraging cryptocurrency miners from buying some of its newest GPUs. To do this, the company introduced Lite Hash Rate (LHR) cards, with a hash rate limiter the was supposed to reduce crypto-mining performance. The technology handicaps the GPUs effectiveness
Source: Hot Hardware – NVIDIA’s GPU Hash Rate Limiter Deemed Pointless By Cryptocurrency Miners