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That is interesting. Do you know if the Radeon cards throttle automatically when they get too hot? Did you have any custom cooling? I can't imagine they woul
by kbenson 6y ago
That is interesting. Do you know if the Radeon cards throttle automatically when they get too hot? Did you have any custom cooling? I can't imagine they would perform all that great at 140F if they throttles themselves, but them doing so may have kept them functional and error free at the expense of hiding poor performance, unless you have data showing otherwise (and you totally might, it seems like the person setting up that system might also check to ensure it's performing to spec :) )
- vvanders 6y ago140F/60C is not really out of band for a GPU, usually throttling starts around 75-80C.
- kbenson 6y agoYes, but they said ambient temperature, and I assumed that to mean the temperature inside the garage (I grew up with a detached garage that was not insulated, it got very hot in the summer, especially when it's over 100F outside, so this doesn't seem outside the realm of possibility to me). It would be significantly harder to disperse heat from the CPU and GPU in that environment.
- nijave 6y agoOpen system with a box fan probably has better cooling than a mediocre, closed case. Cursory searching says 105-110F isn't too crazy for a closed case
- shiftpgdn 6y agoNo custom cooling other than a box fan to move air around inside the garage. Honestly I didn't keep a close eye on them other than making sure they were connected to mining pools.
- kbenson 6y agoAh, well good to know they didn't crash at least. That's better than I would have assumed.