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True, however desktops are getting more efficient, too. You can have an impressive amount of computing power (GPU and CPU) with a couple hundred watts. Just a
by outworlder 10y ago
True, however desktops are getting more efficient, too. You can have an impressive amount of computing power (GPU and CPU) with a couple hundred watts.
Just a couple of years ago I had a 800w PSU to be able to run modern games. Now I have a mini-ITX machine with a 450w power supply with a lot of room to grow. I'd estimate actual power usage to be 50-60% the nominal capacity at peak.
It's hard to compete with a laptop in power consumption, of course. My CPU's TDP is higher than 35w. It's an I3, so Intel says 51W TDP. It will still run circles around the laptop's cpu.
- jacquesm 10y agoThe big competitor really is AWS, especially with their multi-gpu instances. For gamers not really an option to have their GPUs at the end of a wire but for a lot of other applications it makes good sense.
- fnj 10y ago> desktops are getting more efficient, too. You can have an impressive amount of computing power (GPU and CPU) with a couple hundred watts. Jeeze, my desktop, a full socket 1150 Core i3, is under 100 watts. Heck, I have a file server with twelve 3.5" hard drives and a 4 core socket 1150 Xeon that draws under 200 watts with everything spinning.
- kbart 10y agoPowerful GPU alone can draw 200-300 W of power.