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There is also another point that I forgot, and that is a main point of the french fine I think. In itself, if explicitly warned and controlled by the user, thr
by greatgib 5y ago
There is also another point that I forgot, and that is a main point of the french fine I think.
In itself, if explicitly warned and controlled by the user, throttling to work better with an old battery would not be so bad.
But the thing is that, if your phone (or laptop) does not last long anymore on battery before shutting down, but otherwise works normally, you know that it is just the battery that is dead and that needs to be replaced.
But, if the phone becomes slower/sluggish, most non tech users will think "my phone is slow because it is old, it's normal aging, so I need to change it with a new one".
And worse, some will even think that their memory was wrong and that it is just that the new models are so fast and reactive that they realize how slow was their previous phone without them realizing.
This makes me think about the case of Windows. It is well known that a computer with Windows will go slower and slower time after time as the system get messy. Based on that, I can't count the number of persons that I have met that were thinking of changing their computer for a new one because the old one "became slow because of its age". When the real solution was simply to reinstall Windows to have a fresh system!
- zinekeller 5y ago> This makes me think about the case of Windows. A certain graphics card manufacturer has claimed that graphics cards (in continual use) reduces their performance by around 10% each year. Of course, its a near-myth, only saved by the fact that certain components (like fans and the thermal interface on certain cards) loses their performance due to factors beyond their control. The solution is obviously to clean the damn thing.
- prox 5y agoThat reminds me… Thanks!
- scns 5y agoAnd add new thermal paste, i can recommend Thermal Grizzlys' stuff. Disclaimer: contented customer
- hug 5y agoWhat's wrong with using normal thermal pastes, like toothpaste? Or Vegemite, if you're Australian, I suppose. http://www.dansdata.com/goop.htm http://www.dansdata.com/goop.htm
- iggldiggl 5y agoI'm not sure what the current situation is, but at least a few years ago my experience with both Nvidia and AMD was that when upgrading past a certain driver version, fps would tend to decrease again.
- sangnoir 5y agoDue to the large number of architectures and models churned out by AMD/Nvidia, when releasing drivers, they tend to concentrate on the performance of the latest and greatest cards, and throw a bone to the previous architecture. Older cards are absolutely neglected and may have perf regression after upgrading drivers.
- charwalker 5y agoLinus Tech Tips addressed this claim in a recent video comparing GPUs that were used for years to mine crypto vs like new identical or similar GPUs. Turns out it's barely 1% a year and that's likely a difference in cooling capacity from a dusty card.