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haxxiy said:

JEMC said:

That's very interesting. I wonder why they've decided o push it so much and screw up the efficiency numbers for so little gain.

To be fair, you can do the same thing to almost every CPU and GPU out there, specially in the case of the ones that are being loosely binned or have conservative power targets. Undervolting Ryzen CPUs yields particularly crazy results:

https://www.overclock.net/threads/why-you-should-undervolt-your-ryzen-3000-part-ii.1739796/

An example for Nvidia GPUs:

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/9idtco/rtx_2080_downvolt_the_easy_way/

30 - 40 W less power or better for same perf or small overclocks.

Yeah, I remember that Tom's Hardware did an article about undervolting AMD's Fury back in the day, but it still surprises me how conservative are all manufacturers to make sure that all CPUs and GPUs perform as promised.

And it also makes me wonder how bad has to be a chip to discard it even with those margins.

Mummelmann said:

Captain_Yuri said:
Alright got some more AIB info coming in.
*snip*

So, 2-2.5% increase in performance at the low cost of about 15% more consumption. I think Mr. Atkinson describes what we're all feeling about that.

I do wonder what the aftermarket Ti cards will require to pull off optimal performance.

Better not think about that right now or you'll get nightmares.

It also makes you wonder how much power the 3090 will use.