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- 1GPU-unlock project probes FP/BF16 performance on RTX 3000 cards●GPU-unlock: FP/BF16 instruction issue rate on Nvidia 3000's cards
A GitHub project called GPU-unlock examines the FP and BF16 instruction issue rates on Nvidia's RTX 3000 series graphics cards, drawing attention on Hacker News. The work suggests these consumer GPUs may have untapped compute capability relevant to machine learning workloads, and commenters are debating what unlocking or measuring these limits could mean for cheap AI compute.
- 2Open-source USB tool unlocks Nvidia's FP16 GPU limiter▼Open-source USB tool unlocks Nvidia's half-speed GPU AI limiter on Windows — lifts GPU's FP16 math performance up to 65%, UEFI unlocker covers RTX 20, 30, and 40-series desktops and laptops
An open-source UEFI unlocker tool removes Nvidia's limiter that caps FP16 math performance on consumer GPUs, reportedly boosting it by up to 65 percent. The tool runs from a USB stick on Windows and supports desktop and laptop cards across RTX 20, 30 and 40-series. The news, reported by Tom's Hardware, is drawing attention because faster FP16 could benefit local AI workloads without new hardware.
Repos
- physicsdolphin/nv-uefi-unlocker UEFI pre-driver NVIDIA GPU unlocker for Windows Linux Hackintosh and all EFI-bootable system (Rust): SEC2 scrubber ->
- windows-GPU-UNLOCK/Windows-GPU-UNLOCK Windows GPU UNLOCK: RTX3090 UEFI port, Korean no-reset Windows boot guide, verified source and benchmark evidence
- impacifist/Windows-GPU-UNLOCK Windows GPU UNLOCK: RTX3090 UEFI port, Korean no-reset Windows boot guide, verified source and benchmark evidence
- Zagitta/gpu-unlock Your GeForce runs AI at half speed. This fixes it for 20/30/40 series cards. Up to 2× FP16 / BF16 / TF32 tensor throughp
- JustAResearcher/gpu-unlock-ada GPU tensor unlock source for RTX 4090 and experimental RTX 4070 Ti SUPER; firmware generated locally