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Open-source USB tool lifts Nvidia's half-speed AI GPU limiter

Original: An open-source USB tool unlocks Nvidia's half-speed GPU AI limiter on Windows. The tool runs from a FAT32 stick before t

An open-source tool distributed on a USB stick can remove Nvidia's artificial limiter that halves AI compute performance on some GPUs under Windows. The tool runs from a FAT32-formatted stick at every boot, patching things before the Nvidia driver loads. Reported by Tom's Hardware, the workaround has drawn attention because it bypasses Nvidia's restrictions without hardware modification, raising questions about how the company locks down its consumer cards.

Why now: It bypasses an artificial performance restriction Nvidia placed on consumer GPUs, a hot topic among AI users.

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• An open-source USB tool unlocks Nvidia's half-speed GPU AI limiter on Windows. The tool runs from a FAT32 stick before the Nvidia driver loads at every boot. Source: Tom's Hardware https://www. tomshardware.com/pc-components… · sipirtu

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