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The greenest American state has a programme in store for televisions, which involves making them 50 per cent more energy efficient by 2013.
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The greenest American state has a programme in store for televisions, which involves making them 50 per cent more energy efficient by 2013.
its only a short step before they do the same to PCs energy consumption. especially if they look at the 5970 crossfire review.
To be honest I doubt they will... maybe monitors, or speakers, or graphics cards, but PCs themselves will probably be a bit too tricky.Quote:
Originally Posted by stevie lee
They'll never be able to limit what you can build yourself, so all they could do is put Alienware and the like out of business by restricting them to sub 700W machines or something similar.
I think that would be fab idea. Maybe 10watts max for a graphics card etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by stevie lee
Computers are no longer computers, they are room heaters.
If they look at the 5970 Xfire review, they'll probably notice the significant idle energy savings made compared to previous generations, and do nothing :D /naiveQuote:
Originally Posted by stevie lee
You say that as if it was a bad thing! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by snootyjim
http://www.koupoukis.gr/wp-content/u...38b373c05b.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by shaithis
Alien says die, nonbeliever.
That is a bonus, as here in the UK you need heating in homes. With PC's, they heat the room themself without need for a radiator to be turned on, so the energy consumption would be the same if the room was just heated by the radiator. Energy is never lost, it is just transferred.Quote:
Originally Posted by abaxas
The only difference it the cost of that heat production. Gas central heating will be more efficient than a room full of PCs :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Badbonji
But yes, the concept is sound.
they should be able to do it as long as WLED screens become popular by 2011 and OLED gets to the mainstream by 2013.