Mine looks like this:
Option "Coolbits" "1"
Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "True"
Option "RegistryDwords" "PowerMizerLevel=0x3"
On 03/15/10 17:59, Chris Bandy wrote:
> I didn't see it mentioned, so check if PowerMizer is enabled and configured:
>
> http://linux.aldeby.org/nvidia-powermizer-powersaving.html
> http://tutanhamon.com.ua/technovodstvo/NVIDIA-UNIX-driver/
>
> I have the following options set in my Device Section of of xorg.conf:
>
> Option "Coolbits" "1"
> Option "RegistryDwords" "PerfLevelSrc=0x3333"
>
>
> -- Chris
>
>
> Konnor Jean wrote:
>
>> I have always used newest NVIDIA's own drivers, so that will not help me.
>>
>>
>> On 03/09/10 09:40, Henrik Wejdmark wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I had a similar issue running a Lenovo T61 with an NVIDIA GPU and using the
>>> nouveau driver. The GPU was running at full speed and drained my battery. I
>>> switched to NVidias own driver and voila power usage dropped from 30W to 17W
>>> during normal load, less when idleing.
>>>
>>> I made a note of it on Smolts wiki for Nvidia cards.
>>>
>>> OS: Updated Fedora 12 using Gnome
>>> Driver: NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-190.53-pkg2.run
>>>
>>> //Cheers
>>> Henrik
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
>>> Of Arjan van de Ven
>>> Sent: den 8 mars 2010 19:08
>>> To: Konnor Jean
>>> Cc: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: Extreme case of powerdrain
>>>
>>> \> Computer is running on minimal power, with most elements enabled (eg:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> expresscard, dimmed screen, no usb devices, disk in low-power mode,
>>>> audio in power-saving mode). Fans are idling, laptop is reasonably cool.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> wonder if your GPU just burning power like crazy though
>>>
>>>
>
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