Nvidia CMP 50HX: MSI introduces dedicated mining graphics card with 45 MH/s

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After the first so-called “Crypto Mining Processors” of the type CMP 30HX and CMP 40HX, MSI is the first manufacturer to offer a dedicated mining accelerator with up to 45 MH/s based on the CMP 50HX the CMP-HX series launched by Nvidia for the mining of cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum (ETH).

45 MH/s for Ethereum & amp ; Co.

According to the official data sheet (PDF), the TU102 of the Turing generation clocks at 1,350 MHz, can be accelerated to 1,545 MHz by means of boost and can access 3,584 compute units, the MSI Nvidia CMP 50HX should have a hashrate of up to 45 MH/reach s. The GPU is flanked by 10 GB GDDR6, which is operated at 14 Gbps and connected via a 320-bit memory interface.

  1. MSI Nvidia CMP 50HX (Image: MSI)

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MSI Nvidia CMP 50HX
MSI Nvidia CMP 50HX

The mining GPU is positioned with its specifications technically between the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (test) and GeForce RTX 2080 Super (test) graphics cards and occupies a position above the CMP 30HX and CMP 40HX in the CMP-HX portfolio. There is still no trace of the most powerful CMP 90HX.

The first models of the CMP-HX series 30HX 40HX 50HX 90HX Hash Rate (Ethereum) 26 MH/s 36 MH/s 45 MH/s 86 MH/s TDP 125 W 185 W 250 W 320 W Power connections 1x 8-pin 1x 8 -pin 2x 8-pin 2x 8-pin memory 6 GB 8 GB 10 GB 10 GB Available from ✓ ✓ ✓ ×

With a firmware on PCIe-Gen3-x4 With a limited connection, the graphics card, which already comes with an I/O area optimized for airflow without image outputs, becomes uninteresting outside of the intended area of ​​application.

The manufacturer has not yet given any information on the price and availability of the MSI Nvidia CMP 50HX, which is powered by two 8-pin power supplies.

MSI Nvidia CMP 50HX (Image: MSI)

On the other hand, the mining brake 2.0 in When it comes to mining, GeForce models that have slowed down are now identified with the abbreviation LHR (“Light Hash Rate”). It was only in April that Nvidia raised its forecast for sales of dedicated mining hardware from 50 to 150 million US dollars.

Cryptocurrencies remain very volatile volatile

Since May of this year, the price of Ethereum has fallen from more than 4,000 US dollars to currently around 1,900 US dollars, as has the digital reserve currency, Bitcoin , gave way strongly and in the meantime lost up to 50 percent of their value.