Tesla cars are now gaming rigs - Steam has arrived on Model S and Model X

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Tesla's Ryzen CPU and Radeon GPU can now be used for gaming.



Read more about Steam being integrated into Tesla's Model S and Model X vehicles.

 

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You pull into a rest stop to get some food, come back and your car battery is suddenly on 10%.

The boy in the back smiling as he continues to play CP2077

 

[NeverBackDown]

You pull into a rest stop to get some food, come back and your car battery is suddenly on 10%.

The boy in the back smiling as he continues to play CP2077

Basically play while charging

Which defeats the purpose of charging when your "Car PC" is consuming hundreds of watts.

 

[meuvoy]

Basically play while charging

Which defeats the purpose of charging when your "Car PC" is consuming hundreds of watts.

I think you guys are totally utterly underestimating the power usage of an electric car and the rate of charge of its batteries.

The most high-end PCs will consume around 1KW per hour, the battery inside a model S stands around 100kw of capacity. It can easily power your entire house for a couple days even if your household uses more power than average. If you're being careful with energy usage you could have lights, electric stove, fridge and the other essentials for a week from it. Gaming won't make much difference at all.

Given you can easily get multiple dozens of percentage points with a half an hour charge at a supercharging station, the less than half a percentage point that gaming would use up during this time-frame is really negligible.

And yes by just driving your car around you use all this power in just a few hours. They're way more power hungry than any household electric device including gaming PCs and heaters. After all, they're carrying around literal tons of weight.

 

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I think you guys are totally utterly underestimating the power usage of an electric car and the rate of charge of its batteries.

The most high-end PCs will consume around 1KW per hour, the battery inside a model S stands around 100kw of capacity. It can easily power your entire house for a couple days even if your household uses more power than average. If you're being careful with energy usage you could have lights, electric stove, fridge and the other essentials for a week from it. Gaming won't make much difference at all.

Given you can easily get multiple dozens of percentage points with a half an hour charge at a supercharging station, the less than half a percentage point that gaming would use up during this time-frame is really negligible.

And yes by just driving your car around you use all this power in just a few hours. They're way more power hungry than any household electric device including gaming PCs and heaters. After all, they're carrying around literal tons of weight.

I understand it way better than you think. I am just poking fun at the concept of regular AAA title gaming while in a car.