Re: power saving, monitor poweroff

2010-04-19 Thread Tim
On Sun, 2010-04-18 at 17:57 +0300, Dj YB wrote: > is thee a difference in terms of powersaving between manually > shutting down the monitor (pushing the button) and the screensaver > monitor powering off. That depends on your monitor. If it's power switch is a mechanical one, one that has two

Re: power saving, monitor poweroff

2010-04-18 Thread Dj YB
On Monday April 19 2010 02:12:14 Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: > Dj YB writes: > > is the blanking also power down the graphic card? > > I can't really measure that very easily. I understand some cards do > have provisions for running at a lower clock speed and lower voltage, > but I have no idea

Re: power saving, monitor poweroff

2010-04-18 Thread Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
Dj YB writes: > is the blanking also power down the graphic card? I can't really measure that very easily. I understand some cards do have provisions for running at a lower clock speed and lower voltage, but I have no idea if X11 (or some other mechanism) makes use of that yet. Sorry. -wolfga

Re: power saving, monitor poweroff

2010-04-18 Thread Dj YB
On Sunday April 18 2010 22:18:18 Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: > Dj YB writes: > > I am considering the best ways to save power while I am off the pc and > > in general. my question, is thee a difference in terms of powersaving > > between manually shutting down the monitor (pushing the button) an

Re: power saving, monitor poweroff

2010-04-18 Thread Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
Dj YB writes: > I am considering the best ways to save power while I am off the pc and > in general. my question, is thee a difference in terms of powersaving > between manually shutting down the monitor (pushing the button) and > the screensaver monitor powering off. moreover, is the graphic c

power saving, monitor poweroff

2010-04-18 Thread Dj YB
hello, I am considering the best ways to save power while I am off the pc and in general. my question, is thee a difference in terms of powersaving between manually shutting down the monitor (pushing the button) and the screensaver monitor powering off. moreover, is the graphic card keep on work