Pemalite said:
And what were the Ambient temps? I am sure you understand the laws of Thermodynamics right? |
First off, those temperatures are impossible to hit for any long period as the Tegra X1 has a built in throttling function that kicks in at 75 C. That's precisely why Nintendo downclocked, so the system wouldn't have wobbling performance. Second, if it was getting that hot for extended periods you would see a ton more problems well before it warped your system. I had a laptop with a failed fan that ran at 70 C almost constantly and bounced to 80 C and you could feel the heat coming off that thing. I kept it going for almost a year and a lot of issues cropped up internally but the shell never showed any signs of distortion. If the system was getting hot enough to warp the structure, it would likely die before you noticed that. And lastly, if the system was running 70 C in dock and close to that in handheld, you would sure as crap feel that when you held it. With as small as it is, the surface temps would be ~60 C. That's literally hot enough to physically BURN YOUR HAND. And prolongued exposure to even 55 C would no doubt be uncomfortable and highly noticeable. So no, the people reporting this who use it almost entirely in handheld, no, no it could not have resulted from the system running close to 70 C. They downclocked to specifically avoid this. It has a fan tied to heat sensors to avoid this.
