Approx 35W more power usage in multi-screen
Submitted by Steve
Assigned to Default DRI bug account
Description
When using multiscreen on the radeon driver, dpm is disabled. This means the adapter draws approx 35W more power due to no dynamic power management.
While I would love to continue to use this card + radeon driver (which works perfectly in all other regards), the extra heat generated make this not an option.
Multi-monitor configs are becoming more and more common - but they are almost unusable power / heat wise.
While this is probably a pipe-dream - what are the chances of getting some form of power management that isn't just "severely cripple the card"?