The article states that the Bandwidth would be limited but it also states that " The top tier "G7" is classified as graphics cards with 128 GB/s or above memory bandwidth." With or _above_ I don't see where they base the claim of limiting the Bandwidth on.
Besides as this Article explains (german original: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/EU-Obergrenzen-fuer-den-Energiebedarf-von-PCs-und-Komponenten-1731243.html) (google translated english: http://translate.google.de/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fmeldung%2FEU-Obergrenzen-fuer-den-Energiebedarf-von-PCs-und-Komponenten-1731243.html) this limit on power consumption for these grouped graphics cards only applies for Idle. So if the card is really doing something is may still use as much power as it likes. Am 15.10.2012 19:13, schrieb Dieter BSD: > > Why not limit power directly rather than limiting memory bandwidth? They limit power see above. > > 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 Only if they use more than 65W in Idle. > > Hmmm, maybe the 1% think Big Bird is using too much energy? This has nothing to do with the Election of the President of the USA. Best Regards Lars _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
