NVIDIA Unlocks Full Consumer GPU Power via Firmware Flag
Tests show NVIDIA halved FP32 accumulation on consumer RTX cards was just a firmware flag, now unlocked. Developers call it unprecedented, though ISA-level limits remain and would make AMD unstoppable if also opened.
2026-10-24 ~ 2026-10-25 · 3 related posts
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