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 1HuY1k-0006Vx-QQ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:08:37 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l52I7KK7009025; Sat, 2 Jun 2007 18:07:20 GMT Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.172]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l52I34sm004333 for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2007 18:03:05 GMT Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id u2so507009uge for ; Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:03:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=sq2K1PPcjmMkF7I3QtOyevhU5d+5Prv13e13eJPvhXsmYuRcXT5vnaA5LeFrm2quL4eB1DI8GjSyr4sUaKuaqixFKeWzrkYDWIKnpBYIgTeW9fTFrGrXCCvT7lAehw3xuojKOxehJCVlXUXJl1hAQ7ITHJ0fNwKyB7Mm/7KJbcE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=IW06U/HtTHdPbaz1zFH58OMzMNvleOa+c55vThqF3d/ovqk9bHHE7Ps3C/bpsINScNoGkXxMMeNIN5QU1hHJrapXCKthrJZvwpC+AYFfvQ4LDN1GEWgK2u3rWo9y2eYwj7VjiOMKwXsyrKDmtJ4BokqzICwmHE41FNdBEiyCUSg= Received: by 10.78.170.6 with SMTP id s6mr1579381hue.1180807384247; Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:03:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.170.1 with HTTP; Sat, 2 Jun 2007 11:03:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <6c0a36ae0706021103p4ae06876y1c17787f8c1ab3f0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 14:03:04 -0400 From: "Jeff Horelick" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux becomes expensive ;) In-Reply-To: <200706021955.27607.f.philipp@addcom.de> 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/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_14140_26074023.1180807384220" References: <200706021955.27607.f.philipp@addcom.de> X-Archives-Salt: d23c98c4-d2fc-4307-87ec-3ed695969ae6 X-Archives-Hash: 3d48d0596f8eed2874cc5e115a620e1f ------=_Part_14140_26074023.1180807384220 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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 hardware > 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) > > > > > ------=_Part_14140_26074023.1180807384220 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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 <f.philipp@addcom.de> 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 hardware 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)





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