power usage ATI R600 card

Vedran Miletić rivanvx at gmail.com
Mon Nov 2 21:46:38 UTC 2009


On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Lars Hamann <list at bistromatic.de> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've just checked the power usage of f10 + fglrx and
> f12/rawhide using xorg-x11-drv-ati and kernel 2.6.31.5-107.
>
> With xorg-x11-drv-ati the system uses 30 watts more than f10 + fglrx
> (100 vs. 130 watts). I'm using a RV670PRO [Radeon HD 3850]. See
> http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_66917802-6fe1-48e9-883b-b203e81d9a4a
> for details.
>
> Is this expected?
>
> Regards,
>  Lars
>
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I'm pretty certain power managemnt for R600+ is not yet implemented.
So, that would explain it.

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