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Higher Ranged Power Supplies For All Systems

290 points posted to Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Desktops and Laptops by bundy88 Apr 11

Lets face it todays computers require much more juice then they used to, which is why standard power supplies just aren't cutting it anymore. From running better graphics and faster memory to top notch motherboards they all require more power consumption in order to run smooth. This is why I feel the new standard of power supplies should be at least a 550 watt or higher in all systems depending on the consumers requirements.

cestuila
Apr 12		 Have you heard of energy savings? :o
fargo
Apr 12		 dell has been dragging its feet way to long in this regard it just won't spend the money to comply, I was shocked to
see a 750w psu in the xps 630. the xps 420 is a good example ot a pc that needs a higher PSU
aikiwolfie
Apr 12		 To be perfectly honest I think PCs have all the power they need. The software that requires the most power hungry components, games, is generally very poorly written when it comes to truly taking asvantage of the hardwares capabilities. There isn't a single game on the market that fully takes advantage of the last two generations of GPUs or CPUs and yet developers want more powerful hardware.

They want this more powerful hardware because it allows them to be lazy and continue down the path of developing single threaded software instead of biting the bullet and investing in developing multi-threaded software. The current crop of CPUs and GPUs are more than powerful enough to do the things games developers want to do. The games developers just need to learn how to program better.
fargo
Apr 12		 I respectively disagree try using a 8800 ultra on a dell 375w psu! for that matter any high end gpu that is currently on the market and you'll end up with blue screen or artifacts regardless of gaming software
aikiwolfie
Apr 13		 You're missing my point. With better programing that takes advantage of advanced features like multi-threading, which has actually been around for sometime now, we don't need such power hungry CPUs or GPUs as the 8800. We can use something a bit more economical. It reminds me of the days when the only thing Intel could think of to get more performance out of a CPU was to ramp up the clock speed.

Now we know there's more to performance than just ever higher clock speeds. Better designed CPUs with software written to take advantage of their features gives us far better performance than just a higher clock speed alone can provide. More efficient CPU and GPU designs and better software programming is what we really need. Not just pumping more power into the system.
fargo
Apr 13		 I think I know what your getting at but try and convince the graphics industry, I think they have blinders on
all they can see is more powerful cards one after the other and the competition between ati and nvlidia just
feeds the fire. until this levels off gaming pc's will need a better than average psu
aikiwolfie
Apr 13		 There is no competition between ATI and Nvidia. If there was ATI wouldn't have been bought by AMD and they wouldn't now be turning to open source to save themselves. Consumers and marketing men drive demand. Not the engineers. They only respond.
fargo
Apr 13		 if theres no competitlion then someone should inform nvidia! personally having used nvidia I think ati
cards and drivers are better say what you will!!
aikiwolfie
Apr 13		 No competition as in the competition between ATI and Nvidia is like the competition between Nvidia and Intel on the graphics front. Intel are the largest and most successful chip maker on the planet. But Nvidia are still the graphics kings with no serious challengers right now. I see that trend continuing at least until the end of the year.
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