From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Huo9q-0000zD-UX for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:22:03 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l53BKl7s003046; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 11:20:47 GMT Received: from smtp10.unit.tiscali.de (smtp10.unit.tiscali.de [213.205.33.46]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l53BGekc030846 for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 11:16:40 GMT Received: from homer_gentoo64.phheimnetz (77.130.151.27) by smtp10.unit.tiscali.de (7.3.121) (authenticated as florian.philipp@tiscali.de) id 463B0ECC003E2123 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:16:39 +0200 From: Florian Philipp To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux becomes expensive ;) Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:16:33 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <200706021955.27607.f.philipp@addcom.de> <6c0a36ae0706021103p4ae06876y1c17787f8c1ab3f0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6c0a36ae0706021103p4ae06876y1c17787f8c1ab3f0@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3049148.lp17PznG6T"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200706031316.36376.f.philipp@addcom.de> X-Archives-Salt: 6c934cea-8557-4433-94ce-dbdcc618cf5e X-Archives-Hash: d732792277521291c34372d3d3855706 --nextPart3049148.lp17PznG6T Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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 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 hardwa= re > > 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=20 devices. My new calculations (idle, nothing but the big black box under my= =20 desk): Linux 137W, Win 114W (20% or 18EUR / 20$ p.a.). It seems I can't disable my onboard WLAN completely and while Win deactivat= es=20 it because I don't provide drivers, Linux gives it some power although no=20 software is accessing it.=20 By the way: Maximum output while testing with 3DMark 2006: 219W. I wonder w= hy=20 I had to buy a 400W power supply... --nextPart3049148.lp17PznG6T Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGYqMRCBEaaFO6I+ARAjXBAJ4m3wi/XXrwwog5w/+6KB6eHQXNgwCfViS3 Sqht+aQb9EAp3TZCby+M89g= =sTHd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3049148.lp17PznG6T-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list