Measuring video game consoles' power
Measuring video game consoles' power
A while back I posted a link (in our links section, I think) to an online article comparing the energy use of some different game consoles, like PlayStation. Today I found another article comparing the current popular consoles: PlayStation3, Wii, and XBox 360. Turns out the Wii is a super-miser compared to the other two, but suffers some limitations for gaming:
http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-356-1.htm
Note that the reviewer used a WattsUp? Pro to generate graphs of the consoles' power consumption. It's also interesting that the writer ran the test in a country with 220V/50Hz, but wrote for a US audience, using US dollars as the currency. I wonder whether switchable transformers are more/less/equally efficient on 220/50 than on 110/60?
Another forum-post from AVSForum about PS3 power consumption:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=765937
Also:
http://electrimetric.blogspot.com/2007/ ... -xbox.html
http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-356-1.htm
Note that the reviewer used a WattsUp? Pro to generate graphs of the consoles' power consumption. It's also interesting that the writer ran the test in a country with 220V/50Hz, but wrote for a US audience, using US dollars as the currency. I wonder whether switchable transformers are more/less/equally efficient on 220/50 than on 110/60?
Another forum-post from AVSForum about PS3 power consumption:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=765937
Also:
http://electrimetric.blogspot.com/2007/ ... -xbox.html
Energy use of Mac Pros and MacBooks
Read this forum for some numbers and interesting interpretations from computer users on the power (and VA) usage of their desktops and laptops:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=512923
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=512923