Question red devil pulling 80 watts on idle??

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so i am noticing whenever i open steam my red devil 7900xtx pulls 80 watts on idle with a locked refresh rate of 24htz wtf is there a workaround for this this is insane so many bugs with this gpu i tried multiple drivers and the same issue persists someone help please
 
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Make and model of your PSU and it's age?

i tried multiple drivers
Which ones did you try and where did you source them from? Did you use DDU to remove your prior GPU drivers? Manually installed all drivers in an elevated command?

On second thoughts;
Please list the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
CPU cooler:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model. BIOS version for your motherboard at this moment of time.
 
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Do you have multiple displays?

its meant to be fixed but it seems not. I only idle at 39 on a Red Devil 7900XT


have you tried swapping vbios via the switch? I don't think it would help but worth a try. It comes from factory in OC mode by default.
 
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just one monitor but my red devil 7900xtx
Lutfij said:
Make and model of your PSU and it's age?

i tried multiple drivers
Which ones did you try and where did you source them from? Did you use DDU to remove your prior GPU drivers? Manually installed all drivers in an elevated command?

On second thoughts;
Please list the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
CPU cooler:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model. BIOS version for your motherboard at this moment of time.
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System Information
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Time of this report: 1/5/2024, 20:00:14
Machine name: DESKTOP-JOFP8C5
Machine Id: {26386DDA-F278-47DE-8253-CE29DD05708A}
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (10.0, Build 19045) (19041.vb_release.191206-1406)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: B650 AORUS PRO AX
BIOS: F8c (type: UEFI)
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core Processor (16 CPUs), ~3.8GHz
Memory: 32768MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 31896MB RAM
Page File: 15686MB used, 20816MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: 240 DPI (250 percent)
System DPI Setting: 144 DPI (150 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Enabled
Miracast: Available, with HDCP
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DirectX Database Version: 1.0.8
DxDiag Version: 10.00.19041.3636 64bit Unicode and i have a evga 1000 watt gold psu
 
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In the meantime, there are a few things you can do to reduce the power consumption of your GPU at idle:

  1. Turn down the refresh rate of your monitors.
  2. This will reduce the amount of work that the GPU has to do.
  3. Use a power management software like MSI Afterburner to set a custom idle power limit for your GPU.
  4. This will force the GPU to use less power at idle.
  5. Unplug your monitors when you're not using them.
  6. This will completely disable the GPU and save even more power.
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https://community.amd.com/t5/graphi...power-and-high-vram-speed-on-idle/td-p/625907 - its an ongoing problem

I know you only have one monitor but some advice applies. Refresh rate seems to play a part in it.

Have you tried clean installing the Drivers using DDu in safe mode, boot back into normal mode and reinstall latest?

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Thank you for the support the high idle power has improved with clean install on another drive and keeping 99 percent of applications closed I’m still having a issue where when playing games at 144htz sometimes changing it back to 60 or 24 causes me to black screen and it reverts back to 144 only fix is to restart pc is there a program that allows me to lock in my wanted refresh rate without windows super annoying and I don’t wanna wear out my drives from restarting multiple times
 
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LG... i don't need to look up codes, I have an Ultragear myself - https://www.lg.com/au/it-monitors/lg-32GK650F-B so it shouldn't be the cause... though mine is only 2k @144 hz

Unless you have Hyper RX enabled, you could use Radeon Chill to restrict max refresh rate to 142 and minimum to 140 but it doesn't restrict minimum really, it can go below that... I have helped people where that happened... but it might help the idle usage. Its mainly useful to avoid screen tearing.

Do you have Freesync enabled?
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I don't get why reducing refresh rate would cause black screens as it should reduce power draw and not overload it or anything. Its strange.
 
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its fine weird thing i had to do was format windows on another drive and ran the amd clean up utility to cleanse the microsoft amd display drives for good and change the registry key in my windows so it never corrupts my OS and makes my card run hot again ugh pain in the ass but its all good for now hopefully in future updates high idle power will be completely fixed ir irrelevent in the next line up of rdna gpu familys but i am satisfied thank you for the support!
 
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