BobisaMiner t1_j3ohwj6 wrote on January 9, 2023 at 11:55 PM

Reply to comment by sonoma95436 in AMD says a “limited number” of 7900 XTX GPUs have a thermal throttling problem | Owners of cards with throttling problems are encouraged to contact AMD support. by chrisdh79

Sorry I wasn't clear. My point was heat in a cpu is a by-product by design and yeah it's always going to be 100% wasted. I guess it heats our rooms, that's something.

But in an ICE where heat(thermal energy) is what is converted to movement.

sonoma95436 t1_j3oy1wy wrote on January 10, 2023 at 1:47 AM

In a ICE expanding heated gas from combustion is converted to mechanical energy but waste heat is inefficiency. More direct heat to energy would be a steam engine which is external combustion although steam is released which is a waste heat.