NVIDIA blocks use of GeForce cards in datacenters

NVIDIA changes EULA, blocks GeForce cards from non-personal datacenter use and pushes Quadro/Tesla.

@anthony256

Published Jan 1, 2018 10:09 PM CST
Updated Nov 3, 2020 12:53 PM CST

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NVIDIA has just made some large changes to its GeForce EULA, where the company has now prohibited the use of their GeForce GPUs in datacenter deployment, except for blockchain processing.

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This shift will force datacenters into the arms of Quadro and Tesla products from NVIDIA which are much more expensive, instead of chewing up the precious supply of gamer-oriented GeForce GPUs. An extract from the EULA explains it perfectly: "No Datacenter Deployment. The SOFTWARE is not licensed for datacenter deployment, except that blockchain processing in a datacenter is permitted".

Now for the tricky part: NVIDIA's updates to their GeForce EULA will see anyone using GeForce GPUs for anything but gaming and "blockchain processing" breaking the law, and would open them up for potential lawsuits.

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Anthony Garreffa

Anthony joined the TweakTown team in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of graphics cards. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs. His addiction to GPU tech is unwavering and has recently taken a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.