Mario Goebbels wrote: > Is it currently possible to enable power management on graphics card? I'm > running an 8800GT on my desktop and noticed, no matter how much the system > idles, the card never powers down. > Is compiz or any other 3D application running? > Digging around a bit, I ran over Solaris source code[1] that suggests this > may only work with whitelisted systems until there's better support from > graphics drivers. Where are things right now with Xorg, Solaris and > specifically the NVidia driver? Would enabling autopm make my system break > while idling? > > AFAIK, framebuffer power management outside of S3 support isn't available on x86 yet.
The nvidia driver automatically puts the card into a lower power state when there are no 3D applications present. Start nvidia-settings and under GPU 0 choose PowerMizer. Does it list multiple performance levels for your 8800GT and is the performance level at the lowest setting?
