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[217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id fb9sm11228910wid.2.2013.06.26.07.28.56 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 26 Jun 2013 07:28:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Intel SRT + SSD + SATA Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:28:50 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.8.13-gentoo; KDE/4.10.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <201306252010.27467.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <633f2cbffff9a20204200b09f0e44bbd.squirrel@www.antarean.org> <51CAA3A1.7090001@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51CAA3A1.7090001@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3240884.nXGe5VbqDt"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201306261528.53874.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: a05f9616-67b7-4efb-9e42-3268ddb809f1 X-Archives-Hash: 1f2a1942034ebc5d9d826637130532fe --nextPart3240884.nXGe5VbqDt Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wednesday 26 Jun 2013 09:17:37 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 26/06/2013 08:32, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Can you give me the full speclist of your machine with the part-numbers? > > I am checking if a new machine will fit my budget and your workload loo= ks > > similar to mine :) >=20 > It's a Dell Precision M4600, and you find it in the Workstation section > on Dell's website. It's since been superceded by the M4700 which is > really just a point upgrade. >=20 > CPU: > processor : 0 > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 6 > model : 42 > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz I am using the 1st generation of the same CPU on I guess an older dell stud= io=20 XPS: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60GHz > cpu prices vary hugely so I picked a mid-range i7 and used the saving to > get 16G ram and maxed out the storage. > ATI display to get away from nVidia, I think that was a mistake and next > time will be going back to nVidia whose power management actually works. > There was some uber-fancy active display on offer too, but I don't need > that Have you tried to change the default power setting for your video card? I have this card: *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: RV730/M96-XT [Mobility Radeon HD 4670] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 version: 00 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master=20 cap_list rom configuration: driver=3Dradeon latency=3D0 resources: irq:45 memory:d0000000-dfffffff=20 ioport:2000(size=3D256) memory:cfef0000-cfefffff memory:cfe00000-cfe1ffff and have this little file auto-switching my video cards fan from running no= n- stop: cat /etc/local.d/set_radeon_power_profile.start=20 echo auto > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_profile Apparently, the binary fglrx driver manages power switching more effectivel= y,=20 but with the radeon driver you'll need to switch it yourself. I can't reca= ll=20 what I might have had to enable in the kernel, but if you can't get it goin= g=20 let me know and I'll poke around my .config. > Battery life is shocking :-), make sure you get 9-cell high capacity > batteries, my standard 6 cell has *<60 minutes* life. The wife has one > too and her's lasts about 100 minutes using Windows I have the 9-cell battery and it lasts > than 60 minutes while playing vid= eo,=20 browsing, emailing, opening and closing spreadsheets, etc. despite being=20 almost 4 years old. Since I've set it to auto for video card power managem= ent=20 the battery last longer. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart3240884.nXGe5VbqDt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAABAgAGBQJRyvqlAAoJELAdA+zwE4Ye8DAH/iq8WCJ1ruZwwGtTZIpIb75J WoF//QEM/OKLIDwkl3rScu25/PjPBiwJa8OaPIf298/Pzdj60PeTkDo2P1tTAJV+ PSuOAfcJjMsochTgeBDMvd0cNVYt+WhMUjacqDqIsBNDtfs+PBo+yUpfxq8hZrdF WRWlEoAiwRisUSaVceZ7Cm8aoB8R6ty44utScU29YQz6X5CELnJVarG+HBVao/tH 3U4ROWj4wfHlg45QIqcl+I7z5HGYFqf1ZPRXEaguMQBn8/3t61x6iY5KKxBF2mWq 6JEr9vZbomDNCcHUm0iGU1rEM4fhBn1LbF33NYXIsuPLDLXDKCg0G47PLYSC5HQ= =TEUj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3240884.nXGe5VbqDt--