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AMD Has A Crucial Linux Optimization Coming To Lower Power Use During Video Playback
There have been ongoing reports from a variety of users and systems around high power use during GPU-accelerated video playback with current-generation AMD Ryzen 'Phoenix' laptops
There have been ongoing reports from a variety of users and systems around high power use during GPU-accelerated video playback with current-generation AMD Ryzen "Phoenix" laptops. Fortunately, an optimization is coming to benefit Phoenix and forthcoming Strix Point laptops with noticeably lower power consumption during video playback. There are also Git branches available of the VCN dynamic power gating for Linux 6.9 and 6.10 kernels to facilitate in easier testing.
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