Radeon HD 6950 Cayman power testing of different Linux driver configurations. Testing for a future article on Phoronix.com by Michael Larabel with several GPUs. Swap buffer wait was disabled but color tiling was not forced due to issues with some GPUs and certain OpenGL workloads. There's also a system power monitoring problem with the WattsUp power meter so no AC Power results...
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Radeon HD 6950 Power Management,
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Higher Results Are Better
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"Low",22,22,22.1
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Lower Results Are Better
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Lower Results Are Better
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"Timed Idle - GPU Frequency Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
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"1080p H.264 Video Playback - GPU Usage Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Stock",
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"High",
"DynPM",
"OpenArena 0.8.5 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Stock",219.6,219.3,219.4
"Low",73.2,73.3,73.1
"Med",157.7,156.6,157.4
"High",218.1,217.4,217.3
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Lower Results Are Better
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"Warsow 0.61 - CPU Frequency Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
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"OpenArena 0.8.5 - CPU Frequency Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
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"1080p H.264 Video Playback - CPU Frequency Monitor",
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Lower Results Are Better
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Lower Results Are Better
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Lower Results Are Better
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Lower Results Are Better
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"Warsow 0.61 - GPU Temperature Monitor",
Lower Results Are Better
"Stock",
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"DynPM",
"Catalyst",
"Warsow 0.61 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"Stock",32.6,32.8,32.7
"Low",22.7,22.8,22.7
"Med",30.4,30.6,30.7
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Lower Results Are Better
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"Warsow 0.61 - GPU Voltage Monitor",
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Lower Results Are Better
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Lower Results Are Better
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Lower Results Are Better
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Lower Results Are Better
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