Zarathustra[H]
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400 watts = 16 cents a day @ 5 hours of usage = $58 a year ( my power is 0.08/kwh )
200 watts = 8 cents a day @ 5 hours of usage = $29 a year
Wow your power is dirt cheap. Is that the fully loaded rate with generation transmission and all fees and taxes? Mine is almost 3 times as much
We are talking about $500 enthusiast level cards here, usually overclocked. The cost savings per year is literally meaningless, especially since most people are not gaming 5 hours a day every single day.
Exactly this. People have jobs, families other responsibilities. 5 hours a day of gaming is really a useage scenario for a very very small minority of buyers.