Some time ago, someone wondered here about G5 power consumption. Today I measured all of my electronical equipments' consumption (I can be quite OCD :-), and here's my find. PowerMac G5 DP 2.7 GHz liquid cooled (Early 2005), with a Radeon 9600 XT graphic card, OSX 10.4.11 (# = Watts):
- Off = 17 - Just Finder (idle, no app loaded) = 160 - TenFourFox + Outlook Express (idle) = 170 - Outlook Express (using) = 170-300 - Entourage (using ) = 170-180 - Call of Duty 2 = 310 I was astonished to discover it sucks 17 Watts when off! :-o WTF! Does he think electrons are free?!? ;-D I wonder what the hell is consuming all that power when off... :-? Also interesting it's that, when using Outlook Express (within Classic), the burden on the CPU can be as intensive as playing Call of Duty 2! For comparison, my PC with a Pentium 4 3.2 GHz CPU and a Radeon 9550 graphic card, takes 7 Watts when off, 60 Watts on idle, and 135 Watts running 3DMark03 (an intensive graphic benchmark). Less than half the G5 (although that PC is a small form factor, thus designed for lower consumption). I got the G5 for free... but I'm afraid I'm repaying it through my power bills! ;-D -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
