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Debian 13 burning 10W playing 4K YouTube video on a Framework with max brightness 🫨 (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

That is an interesting take. Can I save a lot of battery by choosing 1080 instead of 2/4k for laptops in general? You don't really need 2k for prose text or programming anyway.

Edit: no https://superuser.com/questions/974045/does-changing-the-screen-resolution-affect-power-consumption

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Can I save a lot of battery by choosing 1080 instead of 2/4k for laptops in general?

    Yes. What your link states is that running a 4k monitor at 1080p won’t save you power (it will, but via gpu, not monitor draw).

    A 1080p monitor will require substantially less power than a 4k monitor, all other factors held equal.

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