First result that pops up for me.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/macbook-pro-15-mid-2017-thermal-throttling.811260/
Your forum links just has a guy asking whether the MBP throttle and two others telling him to watch Rossman videos. I see no evidence there that any throttling occurs. Moreover, I gave you links to a serious, respected review platform that shows that there is no throttling occurring on the MBP. This is in line with my own findings. I test all laptops we purchase, so far the 2016/2017 MBP has the best thermal behaviour of all of them.
Luis Rossman has plenty of videos which prove not only throttling, but plenty of other issues with several of the mbp from different models and generations.
Luis Rossman is a self-proclaimed Apple hater who uses his technical knowledge to manipulate the viewer. He is doing it by withholding relevant information. Like that time he demonstrated that the 2016 MBP suffers from USB WiFi interference, but conveniently failed to inform the viewer that this is a known issue with USB3 protocol that affects all hardware and all manufacturers. Which he, as a professional repairman should be aware of.
This is why I am not accepting Rossman as a credible source. I prefer to get my information by comparing what different reviewers and users say and then test the hardware myself to see what makes sense and what not.
But it just seems that everyone else happens to have less throttling,
Again, according to what critical source? I want to see some hard evidence, aka. tests that evaluate the performance under sustained high load. So far, the only people who do that is notebookcheck. And they make it very clear which laptops throttle and which don't.
... while having a more powerful processor/gpu
Again, what more powerful processor are you talking about? MBP is one of the rare models that ships with i7-7820HQ stock and has an optional i7-7920HQ upgrade. Most other laptops are stuck at 7700HQ.
.. while costing less
... which brings us back to the original topic of this thread. They cost less since they use cheaper components, simpler data buses and simpler mainboard design. And of course, Apple takes a healthy margin
If that were the case, then why sacrifice the temps for less fan noise? We all know what high temps do to electronics.
Do we? Urban myths are not really knowledge. If the manufacturer of the CPU says that it is safe to run it on 100 C, then I rather believe them than some random guy on a forum.
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