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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 (2 children)

What triggers this high usage?

I use a 3440 x 1440p LCD screen at 165hz

Asrock Phantom Gaming OC 7900xtx

Idle power draw ranges between 10-30W

I don't get the high usage you mentioned

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

I believe it occurs most commonly with dual monitor setups

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

Because a dual monitor setup is pretty common.... it sounds like any setup that is more than 1 monitor - when at least one or more monitors are more than 60 hz - then it happens? I dunno if resolution impacts anything - if they have more than one monitor, these days, it seems that at least one is higher than 1080p.

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

I think it's when you use 2 monitors witha dif refresh rate and/or resolution

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

I've got the triple threat, 3 monitors at different resolutions and refresh rates. 1440p 144hz, 3440x1440p 165hz, 4k 120hz. Idle power draw is 120w. The fan doesn't shut off unless ambient temp falls below 72f/~22c.

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

Did you try the latest AMD driver and using free sync?