Em Ter 26 Jul 2005 13:30, Samuel A. Falvo II escreveu: > On 7/26/05, Robert Thorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The future is now, and an opengl card is cheap (even in my > > That may be, but remember that the more transistors that transition in > a circuit, the more power they draw. That means more heat. That > means cooling fans, That means still more power draw to run the > cooling fans. Are you aware that my computer has no less than five > fans in it? That's five fans, sucking up at least 1.2 to 3W of power, > each. 15W is a significant amount of power -- just touch any 15W > incadescent lightbulb if you don't believe me.
Wow. I have a 1,66GHz AMD Sempron. And a GeForce 2 GPU. My computer have two fans, one in the processor, another on the power supply. I hate fans because of the noise. Five fans... > > If you have a fleet of electrical engineers, in a corporate situation, > that excess power draw can really add up to significant sums. The > heat load alone has repurcussions(sp?) in that now you need to run the > air conditioning longer to maintain a comfortable temperature for the > engineers (I work in a data center; trust me on this, this IS an > issue). This will become increasingly important as oil reserves dry > up even beyond their current levels. > You are 100% correct. The problem is, what kind of computer can I buy actually. Far away are the days that a computer became fanless...
