Re:Some MacBook Pro users complain about throttling issues
by infogulch on Thursday July 19, 2018 @12:52PM
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According to Lee, the i9 can't even idle without thermal throttling. I get having a chip with a higher max wattage than your cooling can support: that can still be pretty good for bursty workloads. But your cooling being so insufficient that the chip can't even idle? That's where the manufacturer is supposed to draw the line. I'm surprised that Apple even released this.
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Re:Some MacBook Pro users complain about throttling issues
by JonathonW on Thursday July 19, 2018 @01:04PM
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How do you show that it's "thermal throttling" at idle? Intel processors (at least, when managed under macOS) always downclock themselves when idle, regardless of how much headroom's available. You'll rarely (if ever) actually see the processor running at its quoted base frequency, even when plugged in.
Re:Some MacBook Pro users complain about throttling issues
by Karunamon on Thursday July 19, 2018 @01:24PM
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Windows too. Just watching the task manager on any recent Intel can show you that the machine spends most of its time way under its rated clock, until you really start loading it up.