• BlueFootedPetey@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Do they use more than dark places in video games? Like if you are in dark room in the game, and you turn on a lamp in the game, are you using more electricity?

    My guess is no but I am not a programmer or electrician nor a physicist.

    • Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world
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      6 months ago

      I’d guess if you have an OLED panel it would because black pixels are ‘off’ it would consume somewhat of more electricity but I do not know

    • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 months ago

      If the light is not dynamic at all, no. If it has stuff like dynamic shadows it will require more processing power to render frames than if the light was off, which probably makes the CPU/GPU draw slightly more power