Reports making rounds has it that Nvidia is set to launch a mining GPU sooner than is expected. The graphics unit is with features that cryptocurrency miners will find interesting and attractive. Some quarters speculate the Inno3D card is based on the gaming GeForce GTX 1080 Ti.
The lineup will be powered by a version of the older PASCAL chips which were installed in Titan-branded cards as well as GTX 1080 Ti. Unlike gaming products, the mining card is to offer custom configuration for faster performance and memory although it has no video output.
The Card which uses Inno3D’s Twin X2 cooler design with two fans and five heat pipes has no bracket for attaching to a mining frame has been seen on leaked images although according to some crypto mining blog, a standard PC bracket should be provided as an accessory .
The P102-100 GPUs are similar to Nvidia’s P104-100 cards in that both are equipped with CUDA cores3200 with base clock at 1582 MHz. with a physical memory of about 5 GB in size, GDDR5X type and 320-bit interface and 11 Gbps clock. Memory Bandwidth is 400 GB/s, built with PCIe Gen1 x4 bus support and two 8-pin PCI E connectors and maximum thermal design power is 250 Watt.
The P102-100 will offer mostly hashrates: ETH~47 mhs; ZEC~660 Sol/s; XMR ~879 hs while the Data provided by Inno3D is for reference only. Optimized GPUs for mining Ethash coins. As at the time of this report, there is no information on the price of the new graphics card.
Noting the fact that strong increase in sales of crypto segment last year has forced manufacturers to take measures adapting to the growing market demand. It is reported that no less than 3 million graphics card were purchased by crypto miners in 2017 at about an estimated $776 million.
Advanced Micro Systems (AMD) has announced intentions to increase production just as it is rumored that Nvidia is preparing to offer a new TURING card dedicated for mining applications.
however, more recent reports has it that companies fear decreasing demand caused by the market and regulatory risk just as tech sites announced that Nvidia had decided to postpone the launch of TURING till July and may plans to offer a mining GPU. In another development, AMD has also raised concerns at dropping card sales in 2018 only for a new player to announce their entry into the mining GPU market. Meanwhile hardware manufacturer Asrock is set to join the competition in April, the company may launch its own graphic processing unit which speculators say will be based on AMD chips.