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Re:Nvidia cripples cryptocurrency mining on RTX 3080 and 307... by krapht on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @06:58PM (#27202360)
? My CPU actually underclocks itself if I am running a heavy AVX-512 workload. Actually, back when I had it in a cheaper motherboard, my system would crash because the MB couldn't deliver enough power to the CPU.

But I agree with the first sentence. Lots of miner cards are undervolted because what matters is performance per watt, just like many server cpus.

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Re:Nvidia cripples cryptocurrency mining on RTX 3080 and 307... by johncolanduoni on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @09:05PM (#27203387)
It underclocks, but generates more heat in the AVX-512 case (that’s the whole reason for the underclocking). If miners are undervolting to reduce power consumption, heat generation is going to lower by necessity.
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