hello
got the chance to get an powermeasurement device for an day and do tests on my k6-2 system.
system specs1:
k6-2 500, 64mb Sd-ram, via mvp3 board, 40gb ibm hdd, s3-whatever 2d only card, 300watt powerdevice
win98se german + usp2.1 + dx9 + via driver
results1:
'off' = 2,2 watt
boot = ~65watt
idle(desktop) = 58 watt
idle(kcpucooler) = 37 watt (34% overall saving!)
(measurement of complete pc without monitor)
win98se seems not to do any cpu power savings (even when acpi enabled?) when the systems idles, so an kind of softwarecooler should be used.
kcpucooler (free and small and robust)
http://www.kt2k.com/software.php?id=8
greets
ps: for comparision my second system
system specs2:
amd64 3000+(venice), 1gb ram, nforce3 board, 250gb samsung hdd, 120 gb hdd, geforce5700 fx, pci ide extension card, 350watt powerdevice
win98se german + usp2.1 + dx9 + nforce driver+ amds gemback powernow driver
results2:
'off' = 6,4 watt
boot = ~110watt
idle(desktop+amd software) = 82 watt
idle(kcpucooler) = 75 watt
(measurement of complete pc without monitor)
CPU Power Saving in Win98SE
hello,
you could bring your wattage even more down with a K6+ series cpu. you then just need a tool to detect idle status which in turn sets the cpu-multiplier down to 2x.
I am using the mother of all "swiss knife" tools, "power pro", which you can download here. this tool can do a thousand very nice and usefull things beside beforesaid detection of idle status.
for on-the-fly changing of the hw-multiplier you can use k6speed, which you can download right from the downloads section here at k6plus.
you could bring your wattage even more down with a K6+ series cpu. you then just need a tool to detect idle status which in turn sets the cpu-multiplier down to 2x.
I am using the mother of all "swiss knife" tools, "power pro", which you can download here. this tool can do a thousand very nice and usefull things beside beforesaid detection of idle status.
for on-the-fly changing of the hw-multiplier you can use k6speed, which you can download right from the downloads section here at k6plus.
RE: certainly it is saving power
Wellcome aboard Kathy.
Superpuppy 3
K6-3+ 450 ACZ (6x100)
DFI K6BV3+/66 Rev B2 (2 Meg) w/ 2x28mm Chipset Fans
2x256 Meg PC 133 Hynix SDRAM
1x 20G Maxtor (7200)
2x 80G Maxtor (7200) Ducted w/ 2x486 Fans Mount
52/24/52/16 LG CDR/RW/DVD
8/4/3/12/24/16/32 LG Super Multi
ATI 9000 aiw Radeon AGP
SB Audigy 1 MP3 Sound
CMD 649 IDE Controller
NEC USB 2 Card
K6-3+ 450 ACZ (6x100)
DFI K6BV3+/66 Rev B2 (2 Meg) w/ 2x28mm Chipset Fans
2x256 Meg PC 133 Hynix SDRAM
1x 20G Maxtor (7200)
2x 80G Maxtor (7200) Ducted w/ 2x486 Fans Mount
52/24/52/16 LG CDR/RW/DVD
8/4/3/12/24/16/32 LG Super Multi
ATI 9000 aiw Radeon AGP
SB Audigy 1 MP3 Sound
CMD 649 IDE Controller
NEC USB 2 Card