W dniu 1 lipca 2010 16:28 użytkownik Alex Deucher <[email protected]> napisał: > 2010/7/1 Rafał Miłecki <[email protected]>: >> W dniu 1 lipca 2010 12:08 użytkownik Donato Capitella >> <[email protected]> napisał: >>> Thanks for replying Rafal. I don't happen to be very expert with xorg >>> power management, could you point to any relevant link? What options >>> in xorg could be related to my issue? Has someone had this problem >>> before? I could post here the output of some command to let you know a >>> bit more about how my card and driver are working, but I don't know >>> how. >> >> It's common problem, because by default GPU works in it's maximum >> performance mode (highest engine clock, memory, voltage). Even when >> you do not play any game, GPU won't downclock itself - it has to be >> done by driver. > > > The default clocks should be safe; that's why they are the defaults. > However, dusty fans and heatsinks and poorly cooled cases could cause > problems. The default clocks are not always the maximum clocks > supported by the cards. There are "overclock" and performance modes > that are higher than the defaults that we don't support at the moment. > The driver currently caps then to the default clocks.
I don't think Donato's problem is real overheating. That's what I thought first while reading subject, but then I realized it's just about higher temperature. -- Rafał _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
