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Yup. I would rather undervolt, than overclock. An extra couple of frames isn't worth being uncomfortable while gaming in the summer.
by dralley 5y ago
Yup. I would rather undervolt, than overclock. An extra couple of frames isn't worth being uncomfortable while gaming in the summer.
- omegalulw 5y agoThis, x100. Most people would know of overclocking but not undervolting, with the irony being that the latter can be far more useful for the average user. For example, I have a stock air cooled Nvidia GPU. Standard overclocking doesn't get me much because I get temp throttled. However undervolting, i.e., you boost clocks at lower voltages while not at higher voltages, leads to higher sustained clocks with _similar_ power/temps. This is a consequence of power generally being linearly related to frequency and super linearly (even quadratically) to voltage.
- uuyi 5y agoNot a gamer but when I swapped my Ryzen 3700X out for an M1 Mac mini the temperature difference on my legs was the best feature.
- charrondev 5y agoI noticed a different going from an i9 MacBook Pro to an M1 Pro model. It’s faster, much cooler, I don’t have to listen to fans blasting all days, and I even have a visible dip on in my homes electricity usage.
- uuyi 5y agoI sympathise. A colleague of mine has an i9 MacBook Pro and it’s horrible and noisy.