To me it is crazy that NVIDIA somehow got away with telling owners of consumer grade hardware.that they cannot be used in datacenters.
To me it is crazy that NVIDIA somehow got away with telling owners of consumer grade hardware.that they cannot be used in datacenters.
My understanding is this was not enforceable in Europe, and maybe elsewhere
> My understanding is this was not enforceable in Europe, and maybe elsewhere
"Not enforceable" just means they can't sue you. It doesn't mean they can't say "We won't sell to you anymore".
Code 43 was a worldwide thing before we found a workaround.
Yep, I do GPU passthrough to virtual machines because I would not let Windows touch my bare metal. You have to patch your ROM headers and hide the fact that you're in a VM from the OS.
So even as an end-user, a single person, I cannot naturally use my card how I please without significant technical investment. Imagine buying a $1000 piece of equipment and then being told what you can and can't do with it.
They did it by limiting the supply of cards. Even if you are ready to pay 4x of MSRP, you can't buy 100 of the card at once. Many consumers bought 1 GPU at 2-4x of MSRP.