[ltp] Hot GPU

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010, D. Sen wrote:
> The GPU temperature seems to always be in the 70 to 80 Celsius range. I
> am using the 'ati' driver (not the proprietary fglrx driver). This seems
> overly high to me. Am I wrong?

IMO, it is overly high.  For comparison purposes, a X300 ATI (ThinkPad T43)
in a moderately hot climate (27°C ambient temperature) will stay at around
50°C using the open X.org drivers with the powersave feature "dynamic
clocks" enabled.

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  Henrique Holschuh