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minus-squarefallingcatslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·5 days agoThe GPU renders the map no matter if there is lighting baked in our not. It’s exactly the same operation. And depending on your display tech, brighter pixels might actually use slightly less energy.
minus-squarefallingcatslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoYou can hardly argue that the lamp itself is using energy when “not a lamp” is using exactly as much energy
The GPU renders the map no matter if there is lighting baked in our not. It’s exactly the same operation. And depending on your display tech, brighter pixels might actually use slightly less energy.
But they still use energy.
You can hardly argue that the lamp itself is using energy when “not a lamp” is using exactly as much energy