• @[email protected]
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      17 days ago

      Does it matter? The screen still has to display it, and GPU render it, even if no RT is involved.

      • @[email protected]
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        The GPU renders the map no matter if there is lighting baked in our not. It’s exactly the same operation. And depending on your display tech, brighter pixels might actually use slightly less energy.

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          But they still use energy.

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            117 days ago

            You can hardly argue that the lamp itself is using energy when “not a lamp” is using exactly as much energy