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minus-squarech00f@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoI thought the efficiency curve for GPUs peaked before 100%. If electricity is your primary cost, driving the GPUs at lower loads saves money. So you might end up with GPUs that spent their entire life at a steady 80% load or something.
minus-squareEldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoThis was my understanding as well - that miners often underclock their GPUs rather than overclock them.
I thought the efficiency curve for GPUs peaked before 100%. If electricity is your primary cost, driving the GPUs at lower loads saves money.
So you might end up with GPUs that spent their entire life at a steady 80% load or something.
This was my understanding as well - that miners often underclock their GPUs rather than overclock them.