2007-08-24 17:03:33
I wish mainstream CPUs / GPUs would focus on power
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by DrXym (126579) on Friday August 24, @06:12AM (#20341583)
I wish the EU would start rating PCs by their energy consumption, perhaps
accompanied by an energy tax for the worst categories. The amount of power in a
modern PC from CPUs & GPUs wasted as heat, fans etc. is just ridiculous.
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Re:I wish mainstream CPUs / GPUs would focus on po
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by DrXym (126579) on Friday August 24, @07:24AM (#20341917)
Everyone pays for the power they consume, be it gasoline or electricity. Who
cares?
Exactly. Who cares? People are generally selfish and sometimes you must do
things that benefit people as a whole instead of individuals. If slapping a tax
on the most energy consuming devices in some category causes people to buy the
more efficient ones, that is a benefit to every one. If you still want to buy
that device despite the tax then nobody is stopping you. But I guarantee that
for everyone who does than many more will choose one which doesn't.
It does not mean either that you're getting a crappier machine as a result.
While there is a relationship between CPU / GPU performance and power, I doubt
it is a 1:1 mapping. Some processors and GPUs are going to deliver more
operations per watt than others. Companies and consumers should be encouraged
to favour the more efficient designs over the less efficient designs and a tax
for the worst offenders in any class is one way of going about that.