MSI 3080 mining

Those of us who have built prized gaming rigs wouldn’t dare risk them for anything, even extra income. That’s why cryptomining can daunt newcomers—rumors about hardware degradation have made them fearful of killing their darlings. Lucky for them, mining doesn’t degrade your GPU any more than a lifetime of l33t gaming .

Like other Nvidia GPUs, the RTX 3080 can mine Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Ravencoin, Zcoin, and Cortex .

After getting feedback from miners on its forum, EVGA apparently released a vBIOS update that fixes the core downclocking issue. With the new BIOS installed, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti LHR users saw Ethereum hashrates jump to as high as 91 MH/s in optimal conditions .