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Originally Posted by Undertoad
Meanwhile those are manufacturer requirements, it's no longer 1995, and the GPU is much more powerful than the CPU in gaming rigs.
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Which means transistors need many times less power. Any such unit radiating 300 watts typically required a bathtub of water. Why are computer cases cooled in a 100 degree F room by only one 80 mm fan? Because this is no longer 1995. Transistors consume much less energy; radiate less heat.
Your reasoning is subjective. Today, computers generate many times less heat with each transistor. An IC radiating 300 watts would be immersed in a bathtub of water (ie Dec VAX). Today, a GPU only needs a fan. Which means it is not radiating almost 300 watts. Note a difference. Also provided with a request for numbers are hard numbers. Because subjective reasoning is only speculation.
One can easily learn what the numbers are by measuring. So many did that to learn their computers mostly consume around 100 watts. Most computers rarely exceed 200 watts in full load operation. One actually got his gaming computer to consume 400 watts.
What is your desktop power usage while browsing these forums?
Again the question. If Philthy's picture of the beast on Facebook provided useful facts (not speculation), then it provided numbers. What are those numbers?