Let's use some critical thinking here, okay? First, if a graphics card is using more than 60W power at *idle*, it's going to turn into a puddle of molten slag under full load.
Second, start thinking about who stands to *make money* here. Who's going to get a bonus (or a promotion) because of some silly limit like this? The 'agenda21' thing sounds like someone from a defense contractor wrote it, so they can sell more military equipment. But the funny thing is we have a competitive world market, and if AMD (or an up-and-coming Chinese chipmaker) figures out theres more money in 120W graphics cards, then that's what we'll have, and the EU can buy the slower limited versions and their players will get fragged more. On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 09:02:27AM -0500, Gregory Carter wrote: > Welcome to Agenda 21. > > http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/ > > It is a well known publication by the U.N. to de-industrialize the west. > > It's main goals are: > > 1) Stop or freeze/reduce the development of Urban centers. > 2) Reduce the use of technology in various areas in human > communities to prevent the spread of electrical consumption and > preserve woodland areas and water reserves. > 3) Reduce population through the application of genetically modified > foods, targeting high growth populations in Africa and other > undeveloped nations through the use of trade and GMO seed sales > controls. > > It not only means no GPU's in your future, it also means death for billions. > > -gc > > On 10/15/2012 12:13 PM, Dieter BSD wrote: > >Why not limit power directly rather than limiting memory bandwidth? > > > >The US has a gas guzzler tax for cars that use a lot of fuel. > >But light bulbs and now GPUs get an outright ban? > > > >http://www.techpowerup.com/173706/New-EU-Energy-Guidelines-Could-Cripple-High-End-Graphics-Cards.html > > > >Hmmm, maybe the 1% think Big Bird is using too much energy? > >_______________________________________________ > >Open-graphics mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > >List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
