(07-01-2019, 06:53 AM)Shonumi Wrote: That's what I said, you need an extra hardware solution. A $2-3 heat sink or a $5 fan. It's still an issue that hasn't been brought up. Everyone keeps talking about the GPU. The A72 runs hotter than the previous A53, so even with cooling, your ability to overclock (and do it effectively) is cut back. Given Dolphin's pretty CPU heavy, and just about every SoC running Dolphin eventually runs into thermal throttling issues, I don't see why it should be dismissed so easily.
From what I've seen, a lot of heat sinks don't ultimately prevent the Pi3 from reaching 80C, but they do slow down the time it takes to reach that temp. You need fans or fans + heat sink to get temps below 80C under full load.
I mean yea a ~$5 heatsink and possibly a small fan is needed to prevent thermal throttling. Even the Pi3B specs recommended one to run the system. My current Pi 3b has a heatsink on it the size of the board and a small fan set to kick on when it hits 60c. There will be plenty of cheap and readily available solutions in time for the Pi4 as well. You also need to purchase a 5v 3a power supply (which is a more than a lot of phones ship with) so it won't undervolt and to buy a micro SD card to even boot it.