GPU power consumption

[sneakyboo]

Hi,

How can I manage the GPU power consumption on-the-fly on a desktop?I would like to minimize my GPU power consumption when I'm downloading.


regards

 

[Petsku333]

It depends what Gpu and what operating system you have. Could you link your system specs or atleast the two?

 

[nforce4max]

If you really need and the system doesn't already downclock the card on the fly you can do it manually by having different profiles in afterburner or riva tuner.

 

[jaguarskx]

All video card have built-in power management.

See following article:

Power Consumption of Contemporary Graphics Accelerators: Spring 2010

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/gpu-power-consumption-2010.html

 

[sneakyboo]

@everyone: thnx for replying

A coworker asked me if there was such a tool and I wondered why I did not thought of that before. I only wanted more consumption for overclocking.

I have 2 systems: a desktop E6800 with 8800GTX and an ALienware with HD 3750 crossfire .

The ATI may use the ATI PowerPlay™ power management technology.
So the riva tuner is a ATI Powerplay equivalent for Nividia Cards?