Re: GNOME 3.8 and the "new" Classic Mode using 3D acceleration

[Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl>]

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 09:22:44PM +0100, . wrote:
> So now that GNOME 3.8 has "Classic Mode"[1] I'll see how loud my
> notebook's fan gets, since from the picture it seems that it uses 3D
> acceleration. 3D acceleration was always something which gets my (and my
> friends') notebook fan very loud and decreases battery time. 3D for
> desktop, at least for older notebooks, is unnecessary (I don't know if
> > =Sandy Bridge notebook are louder too when using 3D). 

GNOME uses only the most basic features of a GPU. There is no reason
that this would noticeably increase the power usage. I assume you're
using the nouveau drivers. They lack the ability to control the fan,
etc. If you'd use a recent Windows version on the same laptop you'd
notice that with the same hardware and more graphical effects, the power
usage will be better than GNOME 2.x.

-- 
Regards,
Olav