power usage ATI R600 card

[Adam Williamson]

On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 22:41 +0100, Lars Hamann 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?

I believe so, radeon does not have much power management support yet
AIUI.

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