power usage benchmark?

tg900 · 02-09-2005, 01:26 AM

Would anyone happen to know if there are any benchmarking utilities that can measure how many watts are being used up by the system?

dave597 · 02-09-2005, 01:56 AM

i didnt think they existed.

Leopold Porkstacker · 02-09-2005, 06:37 PM

The best thing to do if you want to get really anal-retentive about details, is to turn off every appliance in your house and just have the computer plugged in, and then watch your power meter on the side of your house.

Yeti · 02-09-2005, 06:45 PM

Nothing internally that I know of. But there are things like this

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Yeti VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,278	Nothing internally that I know of. But there are things like this