[rescue] x86 power question

Andrew Weiss ajwdsp at cloud9.net
Sat Nov 18 04:56:29 CST 2006


On Nov 14, 2006, at 11:19 AM, Peter Corlett wrote:

>
> That's scandalous. I'm trying to reduce the power consumption of my  
> computer
> kit, not add to it.
>
> How can a plain home PC possibly justify 1kW?
>

If you want a game box and don't want to own a console... a 16x PCIe  
card of super quality will pull down a good amount of juice.  I  
always like wiggle room on top so...

I have GeForce 7800GT's in both my Quad G5 and Nancy's Ultra 20.   
It's a good card.  Hers is the overclocked BFG edition.

Andrew



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