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submitted 8 months ago by CucumberFetish@lemm.ee to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] miss_brainfarts@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago

Oh, absolutely. The higher-end you go, the more the product is tuned for balls to the walls power with no consideration for efficiency.

As the extreme example, the 4090 can deliver almost 94% of it's full potential when limiting its power draw to about 70% and/or undervolting it.

(Not exactly sure about the numbers, but you get the idea)