Resistor hack turns a Nvidia GTX690 into a Quadro K5000 or Tesla K10
The corresponding reddit thread is quite insightful:<p>"It is far cheaper to make one very good chip for the highest market, and modify it slightly for lower end markets...<p>Now, this is the part you hate: this is the only viable alternative. There's no point demanding different designs for different market segments as that would significantly increase the cost you, the consumer, pays. You can demand chips be sold at lowest prices without being fused down, but then the company eats its own market, becomes unprofitable, and goes out of business at worst - or, at best, doesn't make enough money to fund further r&d as much as they want, which again hurts you, the consumer."<p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1aj3n3/not_cool_nvidia/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1aj3n3/not_coo...</a>