EU Could Cripple future graphics cards

#4431739

JohnMaclane

2012-10-15 14:23

Am i missing something, its only for discrete and Integrated isn't it, so won't affect us.

What do you think discrete means?

#4431754

BLEH!

2012-10-15 14:48

THis is getting ridiculous now, damn beaurocracy.. Sooner the UK has a referendum to get out of the EU the better.

#4431761

-=WolverinE=-

2012-10-15 15:02

It is such a blessing to be in the European Union - e place where dreams come true, where crime and poverty are nonexistent, where everyone's happy! /massive sarcasm So I guess devs and hardware manufacturors will focus on non-EU countries now...

#4431765

IPlayNaked

2012-10-15 15:08

Oh so now it's "could cripple". Original article @[Nordic Hardware Exclusive] stated EU cripples future graphics cards Of course this PRELIMINARY REPORT that NordicHardware's full-retard scribble points to, still has nothing to do with imposing 320GB/s Bandwidth upper limit. Let me repeat that: NH IS FULL OF $#&*, THERE ARE NO MENTIONS OF UPPER BW LIMIT IN THE REPORT WHATSOEVER

This is absolutely correct, nowhere in the linked report is any of this mentioned. But no one else actually reads these things. They just read headlines.

#4431774

Rich_Guy

2012-10-15 15:24

What do you think discrete means?

Yeah thats what i missed :P

#4431792

sirrith

2012-10-15 16:06

This is absolutely correct, nowhere in the linked report is any of this mentioned. But no one else actually reads these things. They just read headlines.

Its funny how that post went completely unnoticed by every subsequent poster until your quote. Seems like most gurus still can't read properly!

#4431798

Noisiv

2012-10-15 16:22

There is a mention of 320GB/s, in this working document, and only so far to classify PC with such GPU, and to actually exempt it from regulations (kWh/year) .

#4431801

Black_ice_Spain

2012-10-15 16:29

Am i missing something, its only for discrete and Integrated isn't it, so won't affect us.

isnt discrete what we have?

#4431803

IPlayNaked

2012-10-15 16:34

Its funny how that post went completely unnoticed by every subsequent poster until your quote. Seems like most gurus still can't read properly!

The most famous example is when they thought the start menu for Windows 8 had been completely removed. So many people "WELL MICROSOFT HOW AM I GONNA LAUNCH ANYTHING?"

#4431806

bemaniac

2012-10-15 16:37

DW guys we'll import our 8990s and 790s and overclock them in sli/xfire still and we'll use 1200watt psus because we can and because they tell us we can't. Stupid law gets ignored 🙂 I was straining with rage when reading this story and it became the first ever news story that made me fart accidentally.

#4431904

SamW

2012-10-15 20:19

Oh so now it's "could cripple". Original article @[Nordic Hardware Exclusive] stated EU cripples future graphics cards Of course this PRELIMINARY REPORT that NordicHardware's full-retard scribble points to, still has nothing to do with imposing 320GB/s Bandwidth upper limit. Let me repeat that: NH IS FULL OF $#&*, THERE ARE NO MENTIONS OF UPPER BW LIMIT IN THE REPORT WHATSOEVER

So we should take the bandwidth upper limit statement to be from an anonymous source.

NordicHardware has seen exclusive information

Yeah that is pretty much all we can take from the article. It is clear that the linked report is not the exclusive information they are talking about since it wouldn't be exclusive if it was. "Exclusive information" is pretty much the same as "anonymous source." So, I mean, that is standard fare for online news now anyways. Well, most of the time anonymous sources are full of...

#4431905

zaeb

2012-10-15 20:20

since im in the ****yest country in the europ were never gonna enter eu so fu.k the law.

#4431909

Moricon

2012-10-15 20:27

Stupid EU The sooner we get a vote on our place in the EU the better for the UK. I know how I am voting, 100% out! For this I am now going to add another HD 5850 along with my current two and burn extra power, SCREW YOU EU!

#4431911

Brasky

2012-10-15 20:30

Don't worry, I'll happily ship any graphics cards over to the EU countries for a nominal fee!

#4431935

Elder III

2012-10-15 21:06

If this was a TDP/Wattage limitation then I could at least understand the logic behind it; as it is, this makes very little sense at all. :/

#4431952

EspHack

2012-10-15 21:27

lol where is the pic... http://www.meh.ro/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/meh.ro5395.jpg aah.. here it is.. seriously wtf is going on, just makes me think about what kind of trolls are behind that bs, and how innocent they are at computer parts knowledge jezzus

#4431954

Rich_Guy

2012-10-15 21:31

Will hit the likes of OcUK massively 😀

#4431971

Lane

2012-10-15 22:04

There is a mention of 320GB/s, in this working document, and only so far to classify PC with such GPU, and to actually exempt it from regulations (kWh/year) .

Actually the difference is the 320gb/s will be included ( as it was initially the case with the 2009 law, but 320gb/s (G7 strutcute ) was excluded at this time. ) ... The article of NH is really misleading it seems.. basically what is take in account is idle, sleep, off value . ETEC = (8760/1000) * (0.60*Poff + 0.10*Psleep + 0.30*Pidle) where all Px are power values in the indicated mode/state as defined in the definition section, measured in Watts Complete PDF is here http://www.eup-network.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Computers-Draft-Regulation-subject-to-ISC.PDF ( huum maybe on guru3d the link is not write exactly search computers draft regulation subject to ISC

#4431996

Noisiv

2012-10-15 23:05

Actually the difference is the 320gb/s will be included ( as it was initially the case with the 2009 law, but 320gb/s (G7 strutcute ) was excluded at this time. ) ...

Yes it will be included. When and if gets added into Directive, and 30 months after that. God knows what happens in the meantime. Still, there is nothing there about GPU having upper bandwidth limit. But instead bandwidth is used merely as a mean of classification in energy consumption regulation, right? But you sound like you know more... Are you by any chance participating in these Brussels shenanigans :cop:

#4431998

no_1_dave

2012-10-15 23:14

This is an old report from back in 2009 that has since been dropped. How is this even news?