Your CPU may have slowed down on Wednesday

Re:Your CPU may have slowed down on Wednesday by fouric on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @03:41PM (#27596204)

Why does the eco-friendliness of the processor you're testing on matter at all? I can guarantee you that your users are not going to go out and purchase less power-efficient CPUs themselves just because you tested on a power-inefficient CPU yourself.

And, the amount of electricity that you, the developer, spend testing your code will almost always be eclipsed by that of your users if more than a dozen others use your tool.

So, again: why does it matter how power-efficient the CPU you're testing on is, as long as it's slow (to produce the proper throttling effect)?

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Re:Your CPU may have slowed down on Wednesday by pdimitar on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @04:01PM (#27596454)

You are right, they aren't related per se.

I was alluding to replacing the idea of holding on to a Pentium 4 with buying a modern, more eco-friendly, but ultimately just as anemic, CPU.

Not a perfectly representative test, sure, I just felt that it was a good compromise between "test your code on weak machines" and "be environmentally responsible".

So yep, I did conflate weak CPU with low-wattage CPU, you are right.

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