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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by claudeganon on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @05:42PM (#25053060)
I was having issues with my 16” until I disabled Turbo Boost. I dunno if it’s specific to the i9 model, but it was running hot and processes were spinning out of control. Since disabling, it runs a lot cooler and I have pretty much zero issues.

http://tbswitcher.rugarciap.com/

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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by JBiserkov on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @11:41PM (#25055548)
Doesn't that more than halve the single-thread performance?

2.4 GHz vs 5.0 GHz on the i9-9980HK and

2.3 GHz vs 4.8 GHz on the i9-9980H

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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by claudeganon on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @11:32AM (#25059766)
Sure, but this has almost no impact on my daily use. If I really need to run something heavy locally, I just turn it back on.
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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by JBiserkov on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @04:32PM (#25063268)
Ok, so like a reverse Turbo button. You’re running an i4 most of the time (and that’s fine) and sometimes you crank it up to i9 (when the solo begins, to stretch this metaphor to the limit).
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Re:Introducing the next generation of Mac by claudeganon on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @08:28PM (#25065317)
Exactly!
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