12-17-2016, 08:28 PM
Others (including atom) may have a different opinion on this, but I've never let hashcat nor the GPU firmware control the fan speeds for me, I always force them to 100% on boot and leave them there permanently.
82C probably won't damage your hardware anytime in the near future, but it is high enough to start to be alarmed. And it is also high enough to throttle the GPU, which of course hurts performance.
So my advice would be to manually set your fans to 100% before starting hashcat.
82C probably won't damage your hardware anytime in the near future, but it is high enough to start to be alarmed. And it is also high enough to throttle the GPU, which of course hurts performance.
So my advice would be to manually set your fans to 100% before starting hashcat.