New EU Energy Guidelines Could Cripple High-End Graphics Cards

[blibba]

I'm glad I don't live in the EU! Pretty soon they'll be telling you how much air you can breath in a single day over there.

I don't think the EU would grant the US membership, but you guys would benefit a lot if it did. Like I said, the benefits outweigh the occasional bureaucratic overload. Which affects you anyway, as card companies might not bother making cards that they can't sell in Europe.

 

[NHKS]

I think this news can be linked to the recent(Sep 2012) study - The Impact of Graphics Cards on
Desktop Computer Energy Consumption - by NRDC, CLASP & ECOVA. According to the study, data was gathered to support the establishment of effective energy consumption allowances (or “adders”) for graphics cards in the Version 6.0 ENERGY STAR computer specification.
The study does talk about the link between bandwidth & energy consumed.. I just googled this study and still in the process of absorbing it..
Here is the link to the study:
http://www.clasponline.org/Resource...esktop-Computer-Energy-Consumption_Report.pdf

Key findings from the study are as follows:
1. The power impact of each discrete graphics card varied significantly from computer to computer, indicating that a number of system-specific factors other than the card itself impact system power demand when a discrete graphics card is installed;
2. Power demand in idle mode generally increased as discrete graphics card frame buffer bandwidth increased; however, there were large differences between cards;
3. A new technology called ZeroCore Power Technology, which was featured in one high-end card, dramatically reduced power demand when the computer was in idle mode; and,
4. The additional power needed to operate a second discrete graphics card was approximately 25 percent less than that required for the first card in a particular host computer.

while i hope the market for high-end cards is not crippled.. high time for game developers to improve effciency / reduce overhead on software side?

 

[wiak]

damn you EU, i want my graphics card sweet and toasted!

 

[WhiteLotus]

Allows Cern to build the fucking Large Hard on Collider that takes I don't know how to much to power it.


Wont allow Joe down the road to buy a high performance graphics card.






FFS.

 

[Depth]

Cern answers deep founded questions about our universe

Joe wants the biggest and best computer he can get, because his epeen isn't large enough.


Not the best comparison but the EU are doing cuts everywhere. It's actually quite surprising that they just ban it outright rather than levying a tax for it.

 

[WhiteLotus]

Cern answers deep founded questions about our universe

Joe wants the biggest and best computer he can get, because his epeen isn't large enough.


Not the best comparison but the EU are doing cuts everywhere. It's actually quite surprising that they just ban it outright rather than levying a tax for it.

What about folding/crunching. Every little helps.

 

[Velvet Wafer]

Really... this only increases my murderous tendencies against bureaucrats...why the hell cant we just burn them like witches were once, on a big pile of wood and documents?

 

[Hilux SSRG]

Cern answers deep founded questions about our universe

Joe wants the biggest and best computer he can get, because his epeen isn't large enough.

Maybe Joe wants to play BF3 on a large/multi-screen monitor(s) at a respectable frame rate ? And be able to play the next two year's worth of new PC games?

EU is just "forcing" consumers to buy mid-range gfx cards on a quicker cycle rate. BS.

Why won't the EU restrict politician's mouths so that they spew out less garbage and work more efficiently.

 

[TheMailMan78]

In the meantime I think Ill go change out my 4.6 V8 from EFI to carbureted and do doughnuts in my drive way. I hate polar bears. EU needs to understand there are much bigger issues in the world then how many watts my GPU pulls from the wall. Thousands dieing in the middle east. Millions dieing in Africa and my 570 isn't power efficient. More feel good laws for the pillow bitters courtesy of the EU.

Really... this only increases my murderous tendencies against bureaucrats...why the hell cant we just burn them like witches were once, on a big pile of wood and documents?

Ya know as an American I am partial to the "Tar and Feather" approach to bureaucrats. However burning at the steak does have some appeal. Less clean up.

I think this news can be linked to the recent(Sep 2012) study - The Impact of Graphics Cards on
Desktop Computer Energy Consumption - by NRDC, CLASP & ECOVA. According to the study, data was gathered to support the establishment of effective energy consumption allowances (or “adders”) for graphics cards in the Version 6.0 ENERGY STAR computer specification.
The study does talk about the link between bandwidth & energy consumed.. I just googled this study and still in the process of absorbing it..
Here is the link to the study:
http://www.clasponline.org/Resource...esktop-Computer-Energy-Consumption_Report.pdf



while i hope the market for high-end cards is not crippled.. high time for game developers to improve effciency / reduce overhead on software side?

Millions of dollars wasted on a study to say "GPU's need power. More powerful the GPU the higher the power draw. Whats that you say? High end GPU's make up less the 2% of the market? Can we tax them for 50% of the market? Sounds like a plan". This is why I hate centralized governments.

 

[NHKS]

Millions of dollars wasted on a study to say "GPU's need power. More powerful the GPU the higher the power draw. Whats that you say? High end GPU's make up less the 2% of the market? Can we tax them for 50% of the market? Sounds like a plan". This is why I hate centralized governments.

true.. while energy efficiency is important, EU guidelines seem to target a minority of users.. and capping bandwidth is like saying all super-cars from Astons to Paganis should have engines capped @ 3000 rpm.. too much rpm = too much fuel consumption for these cars, no?

 

[TheMailMan78]

true.. while energy efficiency is important, EU guidelines seem to target a minority of users.. and capping bandwidth is like saying all super-cars from Astons to Paganis should have engines capped @ 3000 rpm.. too much rpm = too much fuel consumption for these cars, no?

Has nothing to do with anything man. There is no logic in it at all. Just making excuses for a new tax.