Am Samstag 02 Juni 2007 20:03 schrieb Jeff Horelick: > Florian, > > That's not that big of a difference...Also, Gentoo/Linux does not have > powersaving for every device like Windows XP...it's writing to the hard > drive more often and it doesn't spin as much down when it's not in use to > help performance. Also, if i was you, i'd be worried about your system > using that LITTLE energy especially since you have a pretty hefty CPU, > video card, motherboard, 2 hardrives and al the rest of your components. > > On 6/2/07, Florian Philipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi guys! > > > > I've just tested the energy consumption of my PC. Aparently Gentoo > > consumes a > > quiet a bit more than Windows XP: 213 W compared to 188 W > > > > PowerNow is activated and works on both cores (tested). The same hardware > > is > > plugged in and works. I'll attach the output of lspci, lsmod and cpuinfo > > as > > well as my world-file just in case it's related to some software. > > > > Is there anything I've forgotten? Where does my energy go? > > > > A short overview of my hardware: > > > > AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ EE > > Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe (WLAN should be deactivated) > > 2048 MB DDR2 Corsair > > SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS > > ATI Radeon 1950 Pro (fglrx) > > 2 SATA2 HDDs > > 1 SATA1 DVD-RAM > > Floppy > > USB mouse, keyboard and printer > > TFT screen (connected via DVI)
Well, I've forgotten to mention that I didn't substract all peripheral devices. My new calculations (idle, nothing but the big black box under my desk): Linux 137W, Win 114W (20% or 18EUR / 20$ p.a.). It seems I can't disable my onboard WLAN completely and while Win deactivates it because I don't provide drivers, Linux gives it some power although no software is accessing it. By the way: Maximum output while testing with 3DMark 2006: 219W. I wonder why I had to buy a 400W power supply...
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