• BlueFootedPetey@sh.itjust.works
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    16 days 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.

    • teije9@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      16 days ago

      if you have an oled display, then if a video game is brighter it costs more energy because the LEDs turn on more.

      if have an lcd display, there’s a backlight that always has the same brightness and crystals blocking the light, which makes the image. meaning a brighter scene doesn’t take more power, since the backlight doesn’t use more energy.