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AMD Ryzen CPUs fry twice in the face of heavy math load, GMP says
- Bender 1y agoJust my own anecdotal experience, I bricked an AMD mini-pc playing the game Starfield as have many others by using one of the fancy guns. One pull of the trigger and instant-brick. People on Steam said this was impossible, that is until it started happening to a lot of people. Instantly fried the integrated graphics. Now I just play on a SteamDeck. On a more related note I also cool the AMD mini-PC's using a small HEPA filter unit as their built in cooling is awful. As a bonus it stays dust-free. Another massive improvement came from disabling the CPU vulnerability mitigations. It is very noticeable on mini-PC's. 80% GPU down to 13% in a couple games which reduced heat a lot...
- magicalhippo 1y agoRelated post from a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45041743 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45041743 GMP damaging Zen 5 CPUs? (231 comments)