Hi. On 29/04/11 16:54, Martin Peres wrote: > Le 29/04/2011 02:56, Nigel Cunningham a écrit : >> Hi. >> >> On 29/04/11 04:35, Martin Peres wrote: >>> Le 28/04/2011 20:29, Maxim Levitsky a écrit : >>>> On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 20:24 +0200, Martin Peres wrote: >>>>> Le 28/04/2011 18:58, Maxim Levitsky a écrit : >>>>>> Interesting fact is that GPU temperatures rise to very high levels >>>>>> (~75C) even while doing CPU only work (like compiling kernel for >>>>>> example). >>>>> Let me guess, you're on a laptop? The temperature of the case goes up >>>>> when the processor is working and so, it cools the GPU less ;) >>>> Yes, but that doesn't happen while using nvidia to this extent. >>>> I think that GPU has many units running in endless loop doing nothing >>>> but consuming power (~5W) difference! >>> I really need to have a look at this. I have a power meter now (acpi >>> reports me funky power consumption figures because my battery is dead). >> Just been reading through your posts from last night, and wanted to let >> you know I'm interested and willing to test patches too. >> >> I have an 8600GTS based laptop, and have seen the same range of power >> usage (ie have seen 14W in the page - presumably when I was using the >> blob -, but can only get it down to 23W at the moment using Nouveau). >> >> Regards, >> >> Nigel > 9W! Well, you can try downclocking the card, but this won't get you down > to 14W. When fan management is done, I'll have a look at what the blob > does and try to find some magic there.
Yeah - I find 9W a bit unbelievable too. I'll try to find some time to give the NVidia driver a run again, but I'm a chronic over-committer, so won't promise I'll do anything real soon now! Nigel -- Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby improbable events occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is given credit. _______________________________________________ Nouveau mailing list Nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau
