• kuerbiskernoel@feddit.org
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    21 days ago

    Does that actually shorten its lifespan? Aren’t GPUs made to run at full power without wear? (As long as they don’t overheat, but they thermal throttle before that)

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      21 days ago

      Aren’t GPUs made to run at full power without wear?

      That’s just textbook propaganda from hardware manufacturers.

      They can say it because technically the change from cold to hot damages components… Not the actual heat… Afaik.

      Also, thermal throttling tanks performance, especially in CPU’s. It causes massive hitching or even crashes.