power consumption

Nvidia declares Moore's law dead Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error Written by Link Removed due to 404 Error Multicores are bull, parallel is the bomb Although one would think that Nvidia is keeping busy these days in trying to catch up with its red competitor, it...

The chaps at Hardware.fr have published a pretty cool power consumption test for 73 Link Removed. It's obviously in French so I'll post the pictures but to check it out for yourself go here: Dossier : La vraie consommation de 73 cartes graphiques (page 1: Introduction) - HardWare.fr

is taking the wraps off some major changes to its Catalyst drivers today. These monthly graphics driver updates usually focus on minor tweaks, bug fixes, and performance improvements, but this month and next month will usher in some singificant new features. Catalyst 10.2 should be avialbe...

More RAM for less power is forecast in 2010 Analysis DDR3 hits 1.2V at 1333 and 1.35V at 1600 By Link Removed - Invalid URL Monday, 30 November 2009, 15:23 WHEN LOOKING AT PC system power consumption, the usual focus is on the CPU and GPU, followed by the chipset, disk drives and such...

C3 stepping Phenoms shipping Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error Written by Link Removed due to 404 Error Monday, 30 November 2009 12:15 TDP stays the same, apparently AMD has started shipping C3 stepping Phenom II processors. The new stepping should allow for...

Microsoft has released an Link Removed which allows the 64-bit versions of Windows Vista SP2 and Windows 7 to take advantage of the enhanced C1E state on AMD multicore processors to lower power consumption by an additional 10%. Note that this hotfix update can only be provided upon request using...

I was wondering if any of you knew of an alternative to foldersize on XP that would work on Seven, I already lived for too long without it on windows Vista... It basicly showed the foldersize next to the foldername in windows explorer, at the same place as windows show the size of regular...

As the description states, it is best to run while the system is idle, much like the WinSat "Windows Experience Index" process. Running powercfg -energy, you end up with results like this: Enabling tracing for 60 seconds... Observing system behavior... Analyzing trace data... Analysis...

Hello, I recently bought a new notebook (HP 8530p) with a preinstalled Windows Vista Business 32-Bit. With Vista I measured a power consumption of 30W in idle mode and up to 60W during startup. When I start an application like Visual Studio is goes up to 40W for a few seconds. Then I...

Here is an excellent article by Xbit labs where they do real world testing on how much certain types of pc draw power. So if your either going to build a fast gaming rig or just a work station the answer to the power needs will be here.. Link Removed due to 404 Error

If your wondering how much power your system actually uses then read this excellent article by Toms Hardware.... How Much Power Does Your Graphics Card Need? : 3D Performance Requires The Most Electricity - Review Tom's Hardware

I have a Toshiba Satellite Laptop w/3G Ram, , Vista Home Premium x32, AMD Turion 64x2. I would like to know, if any loss of info or damage to hardware and/or software would occur by never doing a shutdown, but rather just logging off then pulling the plug. Very Curious!

My mother got the book on Vista, even with that, the whole computer is disgraceful. She was just trying to do something simple, the arguement of Vista kept on saying, You can't do that.. When she tried using Nero a window appear in full screen with warning and shutted her computer down. When she...