Blackbird upgrade (2)
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Some time ago I wrote how I upgraded my POWER9 workstation [1]. Then I
concluded that my new Radeon is running too hot [2]. As these cards are
quite cheap these days (and they are second-hand at best) I have
thought that it may make sense to get another one and test if it
behaves differently. So I got another one (for something like $10).
And it does. Instead of 85 degrees of Celsius (and even more during 3D
work) when idle it has about 68 Celsius (and up to 76 Celsis when doing
3D work). It's not as big difference as I expected but it's much
better. And my POWER9 machine is still way quieter than my wife's
Ryzen-based desktop. Bot cards have no fans.
References:
[1]
gopher://sdf.org/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2020_12_09.txt
[2]
gopher://sdf.org/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2020_12_12.txt