I mean the electrical kind not epeen in game kind.
I really feel the power draws are getting ridiculous on video cards. Every other subsystem is going down in power but we are forced ot conside rupgrading PSUs to ever higher wattage with a constantly shifting selection of power connectors.
CPUs have made huge strides, hell even RAM has made hug strides ala DDR2 in terms of becomign mroe efficient power wise.
I know the HardOCP people dont give a damn, they've made ocmments to that effect. But not only the cast of the PSU but also the cost of that expanded electrical draw, the heat issues it brings, etc. is just getting otu of control.
Intel/AMD have managed to continue building more powerful chips without building nuclear reactors; why is it ATI (AMD now) and NV get a carte blanche?
Is it the push to get us to photo realistic graphics? (we are pretty damn far). Mayhaps, 20 years down the line when we get there, they will focus on more pwoer efficient graphics systems.
What prompted this strange outburst you say? My power bill is what. I run an Antec 550w PSU. 550w/1000w x 0.17 (price per kwH) x 24 x 30 = $67 to run my computer. AND THAT 550W IS TOO WEAK TO PUT A NEW GRAPHICS CARD INTO ????? Now granted, I could program my computer into Energy Savings mode to reduce the total consumption (playing with that), still at $807/yr and hta tnot being enough, where will the line be drawn?
Im supposed to up to a 650 or 700w PSU, and waste more cash, just for the GPU. Not to mention the added expense of the PSU. Some of you may feel I am being cheap, and to an extent I am, but to be forced to spend $150 on a new PSU, and then an additional $240 per year JUST for the GPU?
Is it time for a Console as my priamry gaming machine? Maybe my cheap a** needs to go that way; cause this is getting silly b/w the h/w upgrades and the power. Whats worse is that current hardware has TONS of headroom, but the gaming software industry atm is too lazy/cheap to program for it, preferring to just thrash out systems with unoptimized games.
A Day of Reckoning will be coming soon, A Day in which PC game makers have no profit margin. Mark my words, the Moorlocks will rebel, espeically with consoels getting as neat as they are.
I really feel the power draws are getting ridiculous on video cards. Every other subsystem is going down in power but we are forced ot conside rupgrading PSUs to ever higher wattage with a constantly shifting selection of power connectors.
CPUs have made huge strides, hell even RAM has made hug strides ala DDR2 in terms of becomign mroe efficient power wise.
I know the HardOCP people dont give a damn, they've made ocmments to that effect. But not only the cast of the PSU but also the cost of that expanded electrical draw, the heat issues it brings, etc. is just getting otu of control.
Intel/AMD have managed to continue building more powerful chips without building nuclear reactors; why is it ATI (AMD now) and NV get a carte blanche?
Is it the push to get us to photo realistic graphics? (we are pretty damn far). Mayhaps, 20 years down the line when we get there, they will focus on more pwoer efficient graphics systems.
What prompted this strange outburst you say? My power bill is what. I run an Antec 550w PSU. 550w/1000w x 0.17 (price per kwH) x 24 x 30 = $67 to run my computer. AND THAT 550W IS TOO WEAK TO PUT A NEW GRAPHICS CARD INTO ????? Now granted, I could program my computer into Energy Savings mode to reduce the total consumption (playing with that), still at $807/yr and hta tnot being enough, where will the line be drawn?
Im supposed to up to a 650 or 700w PSU, and waste more cash, just for the GPU. Not to mention the added expense of the PSU. Some of you may feel I am being cheap, and to an extent I am, but to be forced to spend $150 on a new PSU, and then an additional $240 per year JUST for the GPU?
Is it time for a Console as my priamry gaming machine? Maybe my cheap a** needs to go that way; cause this is getting silly b/w the h/w upgrades and the power. Whats worse is that current hardware has TONS of headroom, but the gaming software industry atm is too lazy/cheap to program for it, preferring to just thrash out systems with unoptimized games.
A Day of Reckoning will be coming soon, A Day in which PC game makers have no profit margin. Mark my words, the Moorlocks will rebel, espeically with consoels getting as neat as they are.