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1 year later, 7900XTX still has >100W idle power draw. AMD still has not made a statement (alien.top)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The amount of carbon this has undoubtedly put into our atmosphere is really my main concern. Yes I know you can do hacky workarounds to fix this, but how many of their consumers did this? Roughly none. What a waste of our planets resources.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Considering my PC is on usually like 12-16h a day (I work from home) and my 4090 eats about 17W at idle (1440p 240Hz + 1080p 240Hz or 4K 120Hz), I wonder if it is already cheaper compared to if I got a 7900xtx instead.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Doing a little calculator check, you probably only saved around 50 to 100 bucks depending on how expensive electricity is in your area. Of course this number will only increase over time. Looking back, i’d probably recommend a 4080 over a 7900xtx to my brother. He can’t even run it full speed because of the massive heat it produces (400w) full load and the idle power use.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Electricity in EU can easily be 0.4$ per kWh depending on the country. If we assume 80w difference, 14h per day and 0.4$/kWh u get about 140$ per year.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

But you don't sit 14h per day doing nothing, don't you? You can consider only idle (doing literally nothing), browsing and watching movies for this power draw, so it may be max 8h if you work at home, but maybe 2h if you use your PC primarly for gaming so the cost would be ~20$. It's still wasted money and it shouldn't happen, but realistically it's nowhere near 140$.