Re: [gentoo-user] Re: nvidia-drivers vs. nouveau

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 11.04.2012 23:14, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras:
>> What are your recommendations?
>
> Unless you need to use the console (nvidia-drivers don't provide a
> KMS fb console,) there's no reason to use Nouveau at the moment.  The
> binary drivers perform better and save much more energy.  With
> Nouveau, your GPU will be running full-on constantly.  NVidia's
> drivers will reduce clocks and voltages when the card is idle.

thanks, Nikos ... that's a plain vote for nvidia-drivers ;-)

> Other than that, you might want to use Nouveau in order to test it
> and file bug reports for it.

ah, you know .... short of time etc ....  :-)

Thanks!