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Jelle Mees · Jun 23, 2008, 01:56 AM

I also don't understand how come in 2008, GPU's still use more and more power when idle. There is no power needed for 2D, my laptop has an onboard GPU wich is able run Vista smoothly and display 720p movies just fine.

System Name:	2.8GHz Quad-Core Core i5 / 4GB / 1TB HD / ATI Radeon HD 5750
Memory:	z
Software:	Windows 7 X64 Ultimate

Jun 23, 2008, 01:56 AM	#147
Jelle Mees Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Belgium ⇒ Limburg Posts: 650 (0.33/day) Thanks: 29 Thanked 127 Times in 95 Posts System Specs	I also don't understand how come in 2008, GPU's still use more and more power when idle. There is no power needed for 2D, my laptop has an onboard GPU wich is able run Vista smoothly and display 720p movies just fine.