On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 09:15 +1000, Nick Hoffman wrote: > i've been following most of the threads relating to ATI's POWERplay > and have talked to a few people in OFTC #mactel-linux. several people > have said that switching to a lower power state using POWERplay does > *not* reduce battery consumption. if that's the case, what's the point > of POWERplay?
This only means that there is something around which consumes a lot more power such that switching the graphics adapter to a low power state (using ATI's powerplay) is close to invisible in terms of longer battery time... and yes, c2d owners powerplay (which works on c1d's) does not help here! Soeren ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
