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[bentanchorbolt]

Several US states are banning gaming PCs

Is there a gaming PC ban in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington? Here's the lowdown on what new power consumption laws mean for PC gamers with high-end rigs in these US states.

www.gamerevolution.com

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington are beginning to prevent gamers from buying high-spec gaming PCs due to power consumption regulations. Adding certain components to a PC can result in it breaching power consumption rules, effectively locking gamers in these states out of the highest settings and best gaming experience.

I thought it might be bull crap. but if you go to the Alienware website and checkout their R10 and R12 models, it explicitly states they will not ship those computers to any of those states, per the reason in the article.

 

[mitch1971]

Power Cap

 

[Skifi28]

I fully support this, the environment comes first.

*Written from my 800hp v8 monster truck*

 

[ManaByte]

We've already had this thread.

 

[bentanchorbolt]

We've already had this thread.

Tell the mods to lock this one. Simple solution to a problem that doesn't have to exist.

 

[justiceiro]

Well, at least gamers on those states will learn how to build their own computers.

 

[Kenpachii]

Should start banning electric cars also then.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

 

[SF Kosmo]

If it only impacts pre-built systems they are doing babby PC gamers a favor.

 

[M1chl]

Such a empty gesture, how many people have powerful PC vs how many people have AC and shit like that. Call me cynical, but it seems to me, that this is again one big virtue signalling from Comiefornia.

Not even fucking EU do this.

 

[Aarbron]

So, does this impact high end workstations? Or limited to just gaming.

 

[Bryank75]

 

[YCoCg]

Oh come on, PC gamers arn't wasting that much power are they...

 

[KungFucius]

Totally misguided. This could work for desktops, but not gaming PCs. FFS CA has a shit ton of engineers who need power hungry PCs for modeling, simulating, etc.

 

[SecretAgentHam]

This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen and I've seen some dumb stuff (CA resident).

 

[hevy007]

This is how the streaming revolution begins

 

[ReBurn]

I ain't even mad.

 

[Merkades]

Such a empty gesture, how many people have powerful PC vs how many people have AC and shit like that. Call me cynical, but it seems to me, that this is again one big virtue signalling from Comiefornia.

Not even fucking EU do this.

Man, do I ever agree with you... the first half, that is. I live in Michigan and one lady I work with leaves her AC on everyday (when warm to hot) just so it can be cool when she gets home from work. Another dude leaves his old ass PC on all the time just 'cause he is a Linux douche and his uptime if more important than life. Not even going to bother with the trucks and SUVs that are ubiquitous.

That said, I watched JayzTwoCents' video on this, and it seems that it targets sleep states, and I have no problem with that. I almost always turn my PC off when not in use, I went to the theatre today and turned it off for that 2 and a half hours. Also when sleeping and working unless I need it on (very rarely). Oh, and by off, I mean actual off. I have a high end SSD and it is literally sub half minute from cold to useable.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

Any bans to server farms? No?

 

[Marty-McFly]

This is actually pretty hilarious, PC gaming rig crew getting their Dragon Ball Z power level specs so high the government has to step in Hopefully they give complimentary Cheetos and RC Cola for their troubles.

 

[ShirAhava]

1200watt Power Supply purchase redeemed

 

[Unknown?]

These states are clearly funded by Sony.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

I think it is a very silly measure. What does electricity consumption have to do with it?

We are not talking about nuclear reactors

 

[j0hnnix]

PC Master No Race.

 

[small_law]

My understanding is that it's only for PC's that draw X amount of power while hibernating or sleeping. If you want something that sucks down a thousand watts of dinosaurs at full tilt, you'll be fine.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

do you have the link to buy it?

 

[Gamer79]

Bye Bye shitty data miners!

 

[BacklashWave534]

CA politicians write these laws while they sit in their private jets.

 

[Gamer79]

CA politicians write these laws while they sit in their private jets.

Some of them have yaht's that pollute more than thousands of cars each.

 

[Icymanipulator]

This bothers me a lot. It's a surface level bandaid for an actual problem.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Several US states are banning gaming PCs

Is there a gaming PC ban in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington? Here's the lowdown on what new power consumption laws mean for PC gamers with high-end rigs in these US states.

www.gamerevolution.com

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington are beginning to prevent gamers from buying high-spec gaming PCs due to power consumption regulations. Adding certain components to a PC can result in it breaching power consumption rules, effectively locking gamers in these states out of the highest settings and best gaming experience.

I thought it might be bull crap. but if you go to the Alienware website and checkout their R10 and R12 models, it explicitly states they will not ship those computers to any of those states, per the reason in the article.

This is pretty much fucked up. Maybe the guy is playing using his own solar electricity!

I think it's a problem with nVidia more than AMD.

These states are clearly funded by Sony.

Moneyhatting states.

 

[Fare thee well]

I mean let's be honest. I'd find excuses to save people from alienware too.

 

[BigBooper]

Maybe this will kill the rgb trend.

 

[ntropy]

i can imagine a (dystopian) future in which PCs will have to go through emission testing like cars

 

[FStubbs]

I mean, these companies would clearly have to sue over the PS5/Xbox Series X.

Also, next gen versions of those could get banned as well if this is a trend.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

What about those with solar panels, are they exempt?

 

[BaneIsPain]

Learn to code built

 

[LaughingStock]

A real man builds his own PC.

 

[Ailike]

My understanding is that it's only for PC's that draw X amount of power while hibernating or sleeping. If you want something that sucks down a thousand watts of dinosaurs at full tilt, you'll be fine.

Get out of here with that smart nonsense. We're here for knee-jerk outrage only!

 

[Azzurri]

Biden's American

 

[V4skunk]

This is how the streaming revolution begins

Not happening but if it does it will be artificially forced and will be all about control.

 

[LectureMaster]

Genuinely wondering how Resetera PC gamers react to this.

 

[Platinumstorm]

Biden's American

How is this Biden's America if it's a state's rights issue?

This seems silly to me when consoles are the bulk of that sort of emissions. I also live in one of those states, run on 100% renewable electricity, not sure why I should have to be penalized on that if I wanted to buy a prebuild [which I don't].

Additionally I average less than 400 kwh /mo in my household.

 

[hevy007]

Not happening but if it does it will be artificially forced and will be all about control.

It will happen whether you like it or not. Something will trigger it, this, that, something else not even related to the space..but it will happen.

 

[Corgi1985]

Oh come on, PC gamers arn't wasting that much power are they...

Maybe this law isn't all bad

 

[MayauMiao]

I don't like this kind of restriction. Very communist of them.

I also don't like gaming PC getting ridiculous with high power consumption.

 

[Shmunter]

China!

 

[dwish]

Maybe it will push Nvidia, Intel, AMD, etc to work harder towards lower power consumption?

 

[CaptainConlock]

A well-informed take that cuts through the fake news

 

[01011001]

A well-informed take that cuts through the fake news

so when do we ban Gamerevolution.com as a news source?