| haxxiy said: I'm legit buying a new case because I don't think mine will be able to cope with the heat output from the new GPUs. I know that'll probably be an unpopular opinion but PC components should be subject to the same power saving laws that lamps, air conditioners etc. have faced in the last few decades. People were consuming more power than whole countries to mine bitcoins a while back for God's sake. The idea that a single chip would need 250 - 400 watts to function no longer fits today's zeitgeist. |
Not sure what or how you would want to achieve regulating efficiency in computer components. Let's ignore for a moment that those components are already as efficient as possible out of sheer necessity, what would the end goal look like?
Do you want to restrict performance for regular consumers? What about professionals that need the performance? Would they need a license or would they just have to live with stunted hardware? Would you ban overclocking? What counts as overclocking? Set a maximum voltage?
Regulations are usually meant for widespread devices that are used a lot, which does not fit high end PC hardware. If you think about it there isn't a point in restricting power draw for enthusiast electronics because they're just that. Think about what other things people use for their hobbies that would have to be regulated.
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