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Whats stand for LHR and NON-LHR gpu card?

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I saw a bunch of video card called NON-LHR and LHR especially RTX series.What's the differences between them,and what card is better to choose for gaming,LHR or NON-LHR?I am not familiar with this abbreviation,and I have never seen anything like this...until today.
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LHR is gimped for crypto mining, though it has been bypassed with leaked drivers and software to run mine two different coins at once. Makes no difference for gaming.
 
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"Low Hash Rate" which reportedly has been removed with a 2022 driver.

It's still there, but you can split mine and make up most of the difference. Not that mining is profitable at all anymore.
 
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