I'm not getting any better performance, just higher temps and snarky support. Back to phoenix I go, where my card runs full out without melting.
You do understand the temp rise is simply an indication that cgminer was working the card slightly harder. Nothing more.
I mean if you reduced the chip's clock by 2% to 3% then temps would fall would you consider that superior also?
Likewise if every time a round was finished cgminer idled for 2% to 3% of the round time temps (and hashing performance) would fall would that be a superior product?
cgminer is simply a more efficient miner. It drives a card as hard as it is possible w/ very little wasted clock cycles. If you want lower performance you can always lower clocks or intensity but it seems stupid to consider the less efficient miner to be superior because it is less efficient.
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