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Huh interesting. Are these displays all the exact same model?
There’s a relatively new feature in the amd gfx display abstraction layer called freesync power optimisation. This feature leverages panel VRR to help mclk idle low at the desktop. This was introduced for single display use with RDNA 2, and expanded to dual display along with RDNA3s MALL advancements. I’m not sure if this is expanded further with RDNA 4 but I can try to find out.
This isn’t true for Vega 10 and 20 due to their use of HBM2. In general what you’re describing is a comparative weakness of GDDR as a technology. I don’t think there’s anything to suggest there’s an inherent issue with idle power on older gen asics at >60 Hz save from the typical limitations with VBI compatibility in an array of panels or display bandwidth thresholds. In the case of VBI compact issues, modifying EDIDs can indeed help.
That’s kind of curious. I don’t think 3D_FULLSCREEN should inherently determine idle mclk behaviour in and of itself. Is this just a single 1440p display at 120Hz? Is VRR enabled?
huh, I generally expect Vega10 based GPUs to idle at ~3W TGP (not inclusive of other board power losses like VRM). Can you tell us what you display setup is? Can you get a reading of your idle mclk using something like CoreCtrl?
video playback will likely kick the asic out of idle. What’s your power use at true desktop idle?
Generally speaking, vega 10 (56, 64) and 20 (radeon vii) are able to achieve decently low desktop idle with varied display configs due to the memory technology they employ.
Can you tell us which distro and display config this is with?
I’m also in 3D_FULLSCREEN on NV21XT but my idle mclk is 96 MHz. TGP (not to be confused with TBP which is only communicated on RDNA 3 and up) is 6 watts at idle with my browsers open. GNOME 47 + Wayland, 2560 x 1440 @ 180Hz + 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz, VRR enabled on both displays. This is with Fedora 41, kernel 6.13.6-200.fc41.x86_64
For context, the GPU index (0,1,2 etc) will depend on the number of video adapters you have in the system. If you have a CPU with integrated graphics, there’s a chance this will be registered as 0000 whereas the dGPU will be 0001.
Ah right. Appreciate the info!
Oh right. When I first heard about Lemmy, I tried to join .ml because it was the first instance I was made aware of. I think it was being rate limited at the time due to that whole reddit exodus thing, and I wasn’t able to get through, but. .world let me sign up so here I am.
I’d like to think that members of a given instance have their own opinions. It’s sad to hear about how territorial lemmy is.
I’m not familiar with the first subreddit, what was that about?
Appreciate the explanation. I’ve seen some remarks about the instance in passing, I’ve just never paid close enough attention to how communities have interacted with each other in the past.
What’s the story with this place?
That’s on me. I come here for tech and cute stuff and it’s easy for me to miss announcements pinned at the top 😓
Sorry I’m not sure if it was reverted; I was completely unaware of it even being proposed.
fucking hell the amount of effort that would take on popular communities is insane. Was totally unaware of this policy change.
OLED is practically contingent on HDR colour space for optimal experience. You wouldn’t want to limit yourself to SDR on that type of display.
Iirc, Acton donated to signal, they didn’t go on to make it as an alternative. Signal existed long before he left, and even longer ago as open whisper systems’ TextSexure, which was a means of SMS / MMS encryption.
OWS was founded by moxie back in 2013
That’s fair. I quickly tested standard notes with it firewalled on my phone. it can be used offline and can be set up to require a passcode or biometric verification. Most significantly, the sync server can be self hosted, in case you do decide to pursue this avenue in the future.
The client apps are available on all platforms, including linux distros, though the desktop apps use electron and feel somewhat sluggish (it uses React Native for android and iOS which feels almost equally bad).
I’ve not attempted to use this completely offline but it seems to work acceptably. Bear in mind that the client apps can have subtle nags to subscribe to extended mode, which aren’t present when self hosting.
That said, the default user flow emphasises on the use of an account with an email address, and I’m not sure that’s what you want. I’m wondering if KeePassDX could be used for secure note taking, not sure if keepass entries have some kind of character limit though.
I’m curious about the cross platform requirement given the offline one. I’m wondering if Standard Notes or something similar can be used in a purely offline mode.
I’d hope that practically anything on Android today would suffice given the typical enforcement of either FBE/FDE. Do you specifically need an app that is password protected in addition to Android’s device security, or is this more of an ask for desktop counterparts?
Signed. Thanks for sharing
I don’t believe FPO was expanded to >2 displays, though having identical panels would eliminate VBI complexities. Will be interested in understanding how this behaves with rdna 4.