He's not wrong.
from hydration9806@lemmy.ml to nonpolitical_memes@lemmy.ml on 25 Jan 01:44
https://lemmy.ml/post/25172997

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/37885464

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Linktank@lemmy.today on 25 Jan 03:23 next collapse

And produce real light!?

Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 25 Jan 11:58 collapse

Well yeah, since that’s how you can see them to begin with.

pastermil@sh.itjust.works on 25 Jan 15:24 collapse

Unless you turn your monitor off, then it’s just making sounds.

ComradePedro@lemmy.ml on 25 Jan 10:42 next collapse

Especially with ray tracing enabled

Coreidan@lemmy.world on 25 Jan 13:34 next collapse

So does your face

xilliah@beehaw.org on 25 Jan 14:24 next collapse

It’s the shadows that use it

Thcdenton@lemmy.world on 25 Jan 15:06 next collapse

-_-

magikmw@lemm.ee on 25 Jan 16:31 next collapse

Showerthoughts are leaking.

atrielienz@lemmy.world on 25 Jan 17:48 next collapse

Lol. Chris Morroco. I miss Bonne Appetite. Fuck Conde Nast.

kyoji@lemmy.world on 25 Jan 19:42 collapse

Depending on the kind of monitor you have this isn’t really true, the screen’s backlight will use the same amount of energy whether the rendered scene is all black or all white. Exceptions being technologies like OLED where individual pixels can be turned off/on

Scubus@sh.itjust.works on 25 Jan 21:14 collapse

I mean theyre still using real electricity. Theyre just not producing light at all times.

kyoji@lemmy.world on 25 Jan 21:24 collapse

While this is true, the meme suggests (to me) that, just as in real life, a lamp that is on consumes more energy than a lamp that is off. In addition, in the case of a monitor with a back light, every pixel in the scene will consume the same amount of energy (assuming all ‘pixels’ in a monitor panel consume the same energy) regardless of what is rendered.

Taking all that into consideration, not only does the lamp not consume anymore power when on, the lamp itself does not consume any more power than any other object rendered in the scene. I believe this is only true for when: 1) a monitor has an always-om backlight 2) it is not an HDR rated monitor and 3) we are only considering energy consumed during the production of light, not while rendering.

(I know the meme is not serious, but I’m having fun 🙂)

menemen@lemmy.ml on 25 Jan 23:15 collapse

Even if the monitor doesn’t use more electricity, they still take up some memory and cpu/gpu resources. Especially if the game has good shadows or reflections.