While PCs now offer graphics cards whose performance explode standards, the required computing power make more and more energy-efficient devices. So much so that in the United States, some states have prohibited their commercialization to the general public.
This is California, Washington, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon and Vermont. US clients have discovered in particular on the Alienware site, the Gaming branch of the Dell manufacturer, whose website specifies that some computers are prohibited to the sale "because of the regulations on the energy consumption adopted by these States ".
A decision that follows the entry into force of new recommendations on July 1 in California, and that some States also followed. Established in 2016 by the California ENERGY Commission, these are intended to reduce the energy bill.
Ensuring the environmental impact
If so far the computers used by part of the industry were regulated, since the beginning of July, the restrictions also concern "desktops and mobile game systems", in particular. And the tone should harden in California as early as December 9: "Computers with high-speed networking capacity, multi-screen laptops, cellular computers with cyclical behavior and monitors with high refresh rates. Also concerned, "reports the TrustMyscience website.
Used for gaming, but also for the cabinet of cryptomonnaium and often left in standby, the most powerful commercial computers are today in the line of sight of the organizations responsible for ensuring their impact on the environment.
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