NVIDIA un-nerfs consumer cards: 'you bought the card and get the whole card'
TheZachMueller · x · 2026-10-25
TheZachMueller on NVIDIA's unlock: for years buyers faced a choice between a nerfed card or paying for workstation/RTX 6000 tier. Now the card you buy is the whole card — 'this hasn't been possible before today.' He notes most of his focus is inference rather than training (where the unlock matters more), but even there it performs great.
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