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I hope this fixes my 7900xtx’s 100w idle power issue…

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea the idle power draw is fine if I only attach one monitor. But I have 3…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not much can be done about that. If you're not hitting a vertical blanking interval compatibility issue, you're likely hitting a bandwidth constraint requiring maximum mclk at idle to sustain those displays.

With that said, the idle power improvements have hit various display configurations, including many dual monitor setups.