From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 80ACD138334 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2018 05:33:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 91C5FE0C1A; Sat, 8 Dec 2018 05:33:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from km35626.keymachine.de (text-idiomas.com [87.118.86.27]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 15267E0BA8 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2018 05:33:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by km35626.keymachine.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 119751129F5C for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2018 06:33:35 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at km35626.keymachine.de. Received: from km35626.keymachine.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (km35626.keymachine.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id yC+ZBhLbDsJg for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2018 06:33:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from grusum.endjinn.de (p2E5B52FD.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [46.91.82.253]) by km35626.keymachine.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 734F411258B3 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2018 06:33:33 +0100 (CET) Received: by grusum.endjinn.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id DF230170398; Sat, 8 Dec 2018 06:32:58 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2018 06:33:24 +0100 From: David Haller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CPU upgrade and LVM questions. Message-ID: <20181208053324.onj5hqjm6euq62kl@grusum.endjinn.de> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <492d8bf4-4b8d-f7f6-05d8-2473b6825fab@gmail.com> <2564246.RlOgSBAzYz@peak> <547c0f23-9430-a204-e0f1-ed7112688d92@gmail.com> <2992596.N1ky0R6RpM@peak> <7037b65d-f3f0-cd5a-de5a-c07a4784f4ba@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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: Organization: What? X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170609 (1.8.3) X-Archives-Salt: 20a52b60-fc6c-44a8-be1a-24d009dcadcd X-Archives-Hash: dd39dab743386f185692e1efcbf9af61 Hello, On Sat, 08 Dec 2018, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >On 08/12/2018 03:01, Dale wrote: >> I just noticed the video card that is coming requires a power cable.=A0 I >> never had one that powerful before.=A0 O_O > >You've been out of the loop it seems. GPUs have required power cables for >over a decade now. The GPU I use actually needs *two* power cables and pla= ces >a minimum wattage requirement on the power supply... :-P *Meh* I miss my Matrox Mystique (first model w/170MHz RAMDAC!) with a whopping 4 MB SGRAM, and not even a heatsink, just the plain naked chip, much less a fan, and it ran in a PCI slot, at about ~4.5W (or was it 5W?) theoretical max usage... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrox_Mystique https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MatroxMystique2MBcard.jpg I only replaced that ~10yearish ago because my new screen had a whopping 1280x1024 on 17", which those 4MB just won't do at decent bit-depth... *sigh* For 1152x864 on the CRT it was still good, but that screen just got too dark to see anything at all, so I had to replace it. Got a nice (expensiveish) PVA-TFT. Still very nice after ~10 years, even with CCFL it has darkend only minimally[1] :) And yes, I'm still fine with 1280x1024 on 17", TYVM :) I could even set up the spare monitor (same size/res) alongside, but I just don't need it. Now, I've got (again) a passive GPU for PCIe (max. 75W) w/o extra power. Main reason: the latest had a fan, which started to scream. As in almost not running. Cleaning did not help. So... No fan, no sound, and cleaning a heatsink is easy, as opposed to cleaning a fan + heatsink combo. And besides, a downward-facing heatsink does not tend to clog up as one that has a fan blowing onto it... -dnh, *darn* Time to clean-out the CPU-heatsink once again too :( CPU-temp and fan-speed are still ok though. [1] I started with IIRC ~30-40% "brightness" as preferred setting, and am now at ~40-50%... Which is good for a 10yr+ old CCFL, eh? :) --=20 "Waking up this morning was a pointless act of masochism" -- Girl