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On 12/04/12 14:14, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: |
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> Am 11.04.2012 23:14, schrieb Nikos Chantziaras: |
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>> Unless you need to use the console (nvidia-drivers don't provide a KMS |
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>> fb console,) there's no reason to use Nouveau at the moment. The binary |
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>> drivers perform better and save much more energy. With Nouveau, your |
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>> GPU will be running full-on constantly. NVidia's drivers will reduce |
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>> clocks and voltages when the card is idle. |
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> Although I like the aspect of open source drivers I also like the idea |
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> of saving energy. So I stay with nvidia-drivers for now. |
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Nouveau, slowly but surely, gets better over time, including power |
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management. A good place to keep up to date with the progress of the |
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open drivers is the Phoronix news feed: |
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http://www.phoronix.com |
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It almost always reports on new features of the drivers. |
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