On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:16:33 +0200 Florian Philipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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... Maybe you can power off the wlan with a wireless-utils program, or maybe by unloading the kernel module? Have you set up power management, powersave frequency governors? Have you set up your disk(s) to idle quickly? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
