Very High power usage while gaming!?

[76561199170272001]

I never noticed this before, until after I installed the new gpu. Task Manager shows Power Usage = Very High with every game I run! Is this normal for a 3080 Ti?

Even after undervolting it, the coil whine has lessen, but the power consumption is still High!

I spent alot of money on this, and don't want it to start burning out/dying in a few weeks!! 😟

[Cathulhu]

Use V-Sync to limit the frames rendered to the amount your display can handle. That reduces load on your GPU.

[76561199170272001]

Cathulhu původně napsal:

Use V-Sync to limit the frames rendered to the amount your display can handle. That reduces load on your GPU.

That defeats the whole purpose of owning a high-end gpu, does it not? I'm already limiting myself by undervolting as is.

[Ettanin]

The RTX 3080 Ti uses, in standard clocking and voltage, up to 350 Watts. Its idle consumption is about 15 Watts per screen.

I recommend capping frames to the framerate your screen(s) support if you wish to save on power consumption.

[Cathulhu]

MAMA původně napsal:

Cathulhu původně napsal:

Use V-Sync to limit the frames rendered to the amount your display can handle. That reduces load on your GPU.

That defeats the whole purpose of owning a high-end gpu, does it not? I'm already limiting myself by undervolting as is.

Why should it? Why waste power on a futile task like rendering frames your display can't show anyway?
Want to use its full potential, play a game that uses that.

[76561199170272001]

Ettanin původně napsal:

The RTX 3080 Ti uses, in standard clocking and voltage, up to 350 Watts. Its idle consumption is about 15 Watts per screen.

I recommend capping frames to the framerate your screen(s) support if you wish to save on power consumption.

OK, I'll try capping my frames to see if that works...

[Muppet among Puppets]

MAMA původně napsal:

Cathulhu původně napsal:

Use V-Sync to limit the frames rendered to the amount your display can handle. That reduces load on your GPU.

That defeats the whole purpose of owning a high-end gpu, does it not? I'm already limiting myself by undervolting as is.

Undervolting is not limiting anything. Apart from energy that is not necessary to be used.

Capping fps is not limiting anything. Apart from images you never see.

[Satoru]

I mean you'd sort of expect you GPU to be used while gaming. That's literally the point of it

Why would you not want the GPU to be used. Its lke having a Ferrari and then driving it 5 kph

Like why are you suddenly all concerned about high GPU utilization. Like this was hapening before you know. You just never noticed it.

[Cathulhu]

Still, there is no need to rev it up to 8000 RPM when 6000 is enough for the task at hand.

[MancSoulja]

Your GPU will use as much power as it needs, you can’t “burn it out”. This isn’t 1990. You GPU will throttle if it gets too hot, the only way to burn a modern GPU out is to flash a modded BIOS and flood it with unecessary voltage.

[76561199170272001]

MAMA původně napsal:

Ettanin původně napsal:

The RTX 3080 Ti uses, in standard clocking and voltage, up to 350 Watts. Its idle consumption is about 15 Watts per screen.

I recommend capping frames to the framerate your screen(s) support if you wish to save on power consumption.

OK, I'll try capping my frames to see if that works...

No change.

[rawWwRrr]

MAMA původně napsal:

I never noticed this before, until after I installed the new gpu. Task Manager shows Power Usage = Very High with every game I run! Is this normal for a 3080 Ti?

Well.... yeah... the 3080TI is an energy hungry piece of equipment.

MAMA původně napsal:

I spent alot of money on this, and don't want it to start burning out/dying in a few weeks!! 😟

You could bury the needle with it cryptomining for years and never burn it out unless the fans die and it forgets to underclock itself when the temps get out of control.

MAMA původně napsal:

Cathulhu původně napsal:

Use V-Sync to limit the frames rendered to the amount your display can handle. That reduces load on your GPU.

That defeats the whole purpose of owning a high-end gpu, does it not? I'm already limiting myself by undervolting as is.

If you are resorting to undervolting or possible capping frame rates, then why spend the money for 3080TI? It's like disabling half the cylinders of a Ferrari engine because it's too powerful for you to drive.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Satoru původně napsal:

I mean you'd sort of expect you GPU to be used while gaming. That's literally the point of it

Why would you not want the GPU to be used. Its lke having a Ferrari and then driving it 5 kph

Like why are you suddenly all concerned about high GPU utilization. Like this was hapening before you know. You just never noticed it.

Rendering images you never see,
is like buying a second card that renders images that you dont see.

I dont need that card.

[Satoru]

Muppet among Puppets původně napsal:

Satoru původně napsal:

I mean you'd sort of expect you GPU to be used while gaming. That's literally the point of it

Why would you not want the GPU to be used. Its lke having a Ferrari and then driving it 5 kph

Like why are you suddenly all concerned about high GPU utilization. Like this was hapening before you know. You just never noticed it.

Rendering images you never see,
is like buying a second card that renders images that you dont see.

I dont need that card.

Please note the OP is

1) complaining about "high usage" in task manager which again basically just means that 'the gpu is being used" and the task manager also frequently doesnt' report gpu utliziation properly anyway so using that as a metric is irrelevant. Complaining your GPU is consuming power is pointless if the task manager is the thing you're using to measure that, because the task manager doesnt actually measure anything useful with regards to power draw. Its only useful via relative measures not absolute measures. Its a relative measurement compared to your idle state. If you a rendering any game at all the power usage will be 'high' in task manager with your GPU. No matter how much they cap the FPS or anything. Even very light GPU games will draw 'low' or 'medium' pwer according ot task manager. Any actual 3D game is going to pull high no matter what you do


2) complaining this is going to 'damage' their card. which again you can run a gpu at 100% all day every day for years and not damage the card in any way as long as its cooled properly. While you can run a 10 fps game with no cooling and destroy a GPU in a few hours

The OP is misunderstanding lots of things with their hardware

If they're getting coil whine they should RMA the thing

But kneecapping your GPU because you're afraid of 'harming it' is silly. You cant harm you GPU by using it. Your GPU will happily run at 100% utilization for a decade and be fine.

[Muppet among Puppets]

rawWwRrr původně napsal:

If you are resorting to undervolting or possible capping frame rates, then why spend the money for 3080TI? It's like disabling half the cylinders of a Ferrari engine because it's too powerful for you to drive.

Undervolting:
If it affects the hardware running,
it was TOO MUCH. Then its bad, for the data.

Undervolting is meant to reduce voltage to the spot where YOUR hardware still runs normal. Its meant to reduce heat. And thats achieved by leading less electric through it.

Undervolting is like driving a ferrari without pouring fuel out of the window. The amount varies per hardware item (lottery)

[Muppet among Puppets]

Satoru původně napsal:

Muppet among Puppets původně napsal:

Rendering images you never see,
is like buying a second card that renders images that you dont see.

I dont need that card.

Please note the OP is

1) complaining about "high usage" in task manager which again basically just means that 'the gpu is being used" and the task manager also frequently doesnt' report gpu utliziation properly anyway so using that as a metric is irrelevant

2) complaining this is going to 'damage' their card. which again you can run a gpu at 100% all day every day for years and not damage the card in any way as long as its cooled properly. While you can run a 10 fps game with no cooling and destroy a GPU in a few hours

The OP is misunderstanding lots of things with their hardware

I see.
To add:
Taskmanager usage "high" is not a technical warning in general.
Hardware monitors that show 100% gpu in a game is also no warning, for a grafic card that is the expected thing (if the game is good).
You need to watch temperature, and make sure the power supply can deliver enough, or it can go dangerously wrong (physically).