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by owza
Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:39 am
Forum: Scientific discussions (Non-FAH)
Topic: PS3 Uses 5x more Electricity than Fridge [Not true]
Replies: 66
Views: 26791

Re: PS3 Uses 5x more Electricity than Fridge

Your assuming that the bill-payer is not using Green Energy Exactly, therefore I propose a simple and elegant solution that will ensure that scientific research can advance via distributed computing power and keep environmentalists, like myself, happy... ...which is an environmental message in the ...
by owza
Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:05 pm
Forum: Scientific discussions (Non-FAH)
Topic: PS3 Uses 5x more Electricity than Fridge [Not true]
Replies: 66
Views: 26791

Re: PS3 Uses 5x more Electricity than Fridge

I stand corrected, several sites have concluded that the PS3 consumes 200W on average for video game processing. The original PS3 model will use about 200 Watts while running Folding@home. A later model PS3 (with a 40 GB hard drive) will use about 115 Watts. I'm happy to inform the forum that I do i...
by owza
Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:45 am
Forum: Scientific discussions (Non-FAH)
Topic: PS3 Uses 5x more Electricity than Fridge [Not true]
Replies: 66
Views: 26791

Environmental Impact and Cost

The PS3 uses 350W, if used all night to process the Folding@home, at 8 hours a night, the pS3 would require 1,022W a year which would cause over 1tonne of CO2 to enter the atmosphere and cost each user $185 (AUD) per year. If you've read the user agreement, you'll notice that you won't even be recog...