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DonFerrari on 30 July 2021

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Kakadu18 on 30 July 2021

Well that sucks.



Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 30 July 2021

Sort of but not really...

What they are banning are some prebuilt PCs that use too much power during inactive usage that have not gotten certified to be used in Califorina and other States under the new regulation. This is NOT a ban on high end PCs. The OEMs such as Dell Alienware just needs to make a few minor adjustments to get certified under the new regulations and then they will be on sale again. You can still build a PC with high end components and you can still buy plenty of high end gaming PCs that are prebuilt. It's just the ones that are banned need to get certified for use under the new regulation which I doubt will take very long.



                  

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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 30 July 2021
CaptainExplosion said:
Captain_Yuri said:

Sort of but not really...

What they are banning are some prebuilt PCs that use too much power during inactive usage that have not gotten certified to be used in Califorina and other States under the new regulation. This is NOT a ban on high end PCs. The OEMs such as Dell Alienware just needs to make a few minor adjustments to get certified under the new regulations and then they will be on sale again. You can still build a PC with high end components and you can still buy plenty of high end gaming PCs that are prebuilt. It's just the ones that are banned need to get certified for use under the new regulation which I doubt will take very long.

Still incredibly stupid. They focus their strategy on gaming PCs, but not bigger polluters like oil, which just recently set part of the ocean on fire.

Technically PC is just one of the sections in a large list of things that it's covering but yea, there are certainly larger things they need to focus on.



                  

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Chazore on 30 July 2021
CaptainExplosion said:

Still incredibly stupid. They focus their strategy on gaming PCs, but not bigger polluters like oil, which just recently set part of the ocean on fire.

What's hilariously stupid to me, is how they are putting focus on just prebuilt PC's, and not the Miners who have GPU server farms that actually drain a load more power, have also caused a power grid outages as well (Like Arabia for example). 

Just another bunch of old fogies who don't know how shit works as per usual. 



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haxxiy on 30 July 2021

I've been saying for a long time that it was a matter of time until absurd 300W GPUs were taken a look at by regulators, especially with crypto.



 

 

 

 

 

Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 30 July 2021
haxxiy said:

I've been saying for a long time that it was a matter of time until absurd 300W GPUs were taken a look at by regulators, especially with crypto.

Ironically those are exempt. (Watch Jayztwocents video I linked above)

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