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by MomoXenosaga 1497 days ago
Isn't thermal throttling good? Without that safety measure you'll break your PC.

I don't care if climate change kills millions of people. It impacts my summer gaming sessions. I need AC!

2 comments

Yes, but you would expect that the product was designed that this downt occur in "regular" conditions. Unfortunately many products unavoidably throttle themselves. This is likely because they run cool long enough to get good reviews and benchmarks so longer performance doesn't really matter to them.
Generally it means something isn't working right, and your performance under the throttling can be quite bad. Sometimes a small undervolt is enough to avoid the issue, increasing overall performance.