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Your processor slows down to keep from overheating

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When a processor gets dangerously hot, it does not politely ask you to close your heavy programs. It violently slashes its own clock speed, intentionally running like garbage so it produces less heat. Your absurdly expensive piece of hardware will voluntarily cripple its own performance just to avoid committing thermal suicide.

Your processor slows down to keep from overheating
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