OK, now they officially think that we´re all rich.

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In the article t0rek posted, they said ATI and Nvidia would begin reducing power consumption in the later part of next year. According to it, they were so concerned with getting better performance, they let the power usage get out of hand.

As depressing as this news is, there is a small light at the end of the tunnel. Our sources tell us that after this next generation of GPUs we won’t see an increase in power consumption, rather a decrease for the following generation. It seems as if in their intense competition with one another, ATI and NVIDIA have let power consumption get out of hand and will begin reeling it back in starting in the second half of next year.