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Re:Intel says one of its 13th Gen CPUs will hit 6GHz out of ... by KronisLV on Monday September 12, 2022 @01:54PM (#32814171)
Currently using AMD Software Adrenalin Edition (on Windows): https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/software

Pretty average as far as bloat goes, ~150-200 MB of RAM used, about as much as JetBrains Toolbox takes up in the tray, or Mattermost, Discord or other apps like that.

Lets me switch between GPU power/fan profiles (Performance > Tuning) so I can run my GPU at 50% of its maximum power most of the time (as well as different fan curves), for longevity/noise related reasons, especially when dealing with badly optimized software/games.

The CPU just seems to do its own thing and throttles up/down based on system load, haven't really needed to tune it for any particular reason yet.

It's passable but you're right that things could be way better, more usable and user friendly! I guess in a way, when everything is bloated, nothing is. Wirth's law at its finest.

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Re:Intel says one of its 13th Gen CPUs will hit 6GHz out of ... by mastax on Monday September 12, 2022 @03:04PM (#32815202)
It can't control the speed of case fans though, no?

I suppose I don't care about memory usage for "bloat". I want it to be easy and pleasant to use, and to start quickly and unobtrusively. No 10 second long splash screen every time I boot.

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Re:Intel says one of its 13th Gen CPUs will hit 6GHz out of ... by pohuing on Monday September 12, 2022 @03:06PM (#32815235)
100% depends on your mainboard manufacturer and their software support. Once upon a time most Mainboards had Fans controllable through SpeedFan
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