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(?).)

> ... AMD CPUs have a reputation for failing
> catastrophically and suffering permanent damage.

Yikes! Didn't know that. But it seems that my system's fan throttles well
enough; happy to say that I've never had such a failure. I *do* clean the
machine's innards from time to time, though.

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