Re: GPU Temp. for 2 video cards

Bill WIlson schrieb:
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:20:29 -0500
> Bill WIlson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>>> On my System (GF6600) nvidia-settings make none output for GPUCoreTemp.
>>> But the tool nvclock from http://www.linuxhardware.org/nvclock/ make
>>> this output. Can gkrellm read this value?
>> No, but I'll try to get it added in.  I should be able to get to it tomorrow.
> 
> I've run into a problem with this.  nvclock eats a big chunk of CPU and it
> adds 4 seconds to the gkrellm start up time.  Running it at the sensor check
> interval puts more of a load on the CPU than I want gkrellm to do.  Maybe
> you can confirm this on your box in case there's something unusual about
> my setup?
> 
> I get:
> 
> ~$ time nvclock -T
> nVidia Geforce 7600GS
> => GPU temperature: 75C
> 
> real    0m1.991s
> user    0m1.870s
> sys     0m0.117s
> 
> and on another box it goes up to 3.6 seconds real.  If you get similar results
> you can get an idea of the effect this would have in gkrellm by running:
> 
> $ while true; do nvclock -T -c 2; sleep 4; done
> 
> and watch the gkrellm CPU chart.  I get over 1 second 100% CPU bursts
> every 5 seconds - ouch!  This is nvclock 0.8b2-1 from Debian.
> 
> Do you see this?

No.

nvclock 0.8b2 on openSUSE 10.2x86_64 with kernel 2.6.20-360-default
AMD Athlon64X2/3800/512kB

Achim.Theobald@achim:~> time nvclock -T
nVidia Geforce 6600
=> GPU temperature: 60C

real    0m0.138s
user    0m0.000s
sys     0m0.136s


Cu

Achim

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