power usage ATI R600 card

[Lars Hamann]

Hi all,

I've just checked the power usage of f10 + fglrx and
f12/rawhide using xorg-x11-drv-ati and kernel 2.6.31.5-107.

With xorg-x11-drv-ati the system uses 30 watts more than f10 + fglrx
(100 vs. 130 watts). I'm using a RV670PRO [Radeon HD 3850]. See
http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_66917802-6fe1-48e9-883b-b203e81d9a4a
for details.

Is this expected?

Regards,
  Lars