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[โ€“] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can use GPU pinning to make the GPU run harder than necessary, and PowerTools plugin should let you do the same with CPU.

[โ€“] NGram@piefed.ca 12 points 3 weeks ago

This is the first time I've seen someone suggest PowerTools specifically to waste energy lol