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		unknown Wrote:i've got mine hooked up to a solar collector. ty sun for my hats :3
pics or it didn't happen.
	
 
	
	
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		unknown Wrote:i've got mine hooked up to a solar collector. ty sun for my hats :3
I used to have solar powered kenex, I made a Ferris wheel that was green powered at the age of 10.
	
 
	
	
	
	
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		OmegaZero_Alpha Wrote:A computer playing TF2 will generally use about 400-500 watts.
Unless you specifically spent money one current-gen low-end parts.
lol wonder what a 1200watt ps with quad sli is costing meh overclocked to boot  :lol:
	
 
	
	
	
	
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		Did you DELETE some hats and kept the worse hats? YOU LOSE! Now you work for me! That's what happens when you lose your last rupee!
	
	
	
	
	
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		one minor problem with your calculations... textmode idling isn't going to come close to the same power consumption as idling with the renderer going.
	
	
	
	
	
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		Norrec Wrote:one minor problem with your calculations... textmode idling isn't going to come close to the same power consumption as idling with the renderer going.
It still renders everything or it wouldn't consume your video memory while it was running.
Why do you think that it helps it to go into Direct X 8 mode?
	
 
	
	
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		wtf are you serious? why would they do that? sorry, I'm not an idler so really have no clue. it would make sense to me to not even use the video card in text mode.