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17 May 2024 07:42:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Code gets the processor too hot?  
From: clipka
Date: 3 Apr 2013 13:53:38
Message: <515c6ca2@news.povray.org>
Am 03.04.2013 19:48, schrieb Kenneth:
> clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>
>>
>> A well-designed computer should be ok even at full throttle. However,
>> not all computers are well-designed with respect to thermal management,
>> and POV-Ray has a habit of making the CPU sweat like no other application.
>
> Yep, I've certainly noticed that; my old emachines single-core AMD64
> Athlon-based computer kicks into 'high gear' on some of my scenes. (I can even
> hear a subtle high-pitched whine--not from the cooling fan AFAIK, but, I'm
> guessing, from the CPU(?).)

Yeah, that's the CPU crying for mercy ;-)


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