On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Fernando Negro <fernando.ne...@mail.ru> wrote: > Hi everyone. > > I read on a 2011 article - > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nouveau_comp_2011&num=19 > - that my particular card, GeForce 8400 GS, overheats with nouveau. (So, I > never tried using if for long, before, as soon as possible, installing the > proprietary drivers...) But, because it's a 2-year-old article, I was > wondering if that problem could have been, in the meantime, solved?... (Can > anyone tell me if that is so, or not - or indicate me a place where I can > know that?)
There are actually several versions of the 8400 GS, the exact chipset would be a better indicator (if you're trying to compare to Phoronix results). It seems like the complaint in the article was that the passively cooled GPU was running at 80 degC. While that's quite warm, I'm pretty sure that's not nearly enough to be damaging. I had run my 9500GT (which started out with a fan that I later removed) at 90-95 degC with no apparent ill effect. If you do have a fan, there is some semblance of control in the latest kernels. Take a look at http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/thermal/nouveau_thermal for more details. There is also experimental reclocking support for the nv50 family chipsets (as well as nv40), which tends to be very much hit or miss. Works great when it works, but hangs the card when it doesn't. Take a look at http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/KernelModuleParameters/, specifically perflvl_wr. Note that this only provides manual control, not dynamic like the latest radeon and nvidia proprietary drivers. Hope this helps, -ilia _______________________________________________ Nouveau mailing list Nouveau@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/nouveau