[SOLVED] What should rx 580 power comsumption be watts

[PrinceTexasLoaf]

Hello, I have a powercolor 2 fan rx 580 and if I'm playing an intensive game that power usage is usually 141 watts the most I've seen is 146 watts even in the most stressful possible scenarios is this normal and a good wattage or should the wattage be higher? motherboard is msi b450m gaming plus

 

[TJ Hooker]

Software measurement of power typically isn't very accurate or doesn't capture the full power draw of the card.

Are you having any actual issues?

 

[tennis2]

That's probably a bit low unless you're manually undervolting, but within reason. It's probably best if you tell us what the core frequency is.

 

[PrinceTexasLoaf]

That's probably a bit low unless you're manually undervolting, but within reason. It's probably best if you tell us what the core frequency is.

well I run it at stock voltages and power limit it isn't underclocked and I usually run it at 1350 mhz core or sometimes 1450 mhz core but I have been having quite unsatisfactory performance I just feel as if my card should be performing better

 

[PrinceTexasLoaf]

I have also been noticing pretty rare artifacts that sometimes happen on the web like for a second there is a white bar just fast another time some days ago there was this purplish manilla bar that disappeared fast my card is under a year old and was bought new

 

[PrinceTexasLoaf]

should I raise power limit on my gpu, will it be safe for my motherboard msi b450m gaming plus like what is the max wattage the motherboard can take

 

[TJ Hooker]

Graphics card power has virtually nothing to do with your motherboard. What exact power supply do you have? How exactly is your graphics card under-performing?

 

[PrinceTexasLoaf]

Graphics card power has virtually nothing to do with your motherboard. What exact power supply do you have? How exactly is your graphics card under-performing?

well its just weird like when I play minecraft my performance sucks even though my render distance is at like 20-22 chunks I have my settings heavily lowered and I have 3066MHz 16gb ram and a ryzen 5 cpu I honestly feel like my performance was just as good with my old 1050 ti

 

[PrinceTexasLoaf]

and my powersupply is a corsair one and its a 650w one

 

[PrinceTexasLoaf]

but what wattage for graphics card does my motherboard support up to

 

[PrinceTexasLoaf]

actually this gpu is way better than my 1050 ti but it just feels like its under performing cause the wattage was measured using amd software and I just felt like my performance is just okay but still better than 1050 ti

 

[TJ Hooker]

Like I said, your motherboard doesn't have anything to do with your graphics card power. You can use any card you want as long as your PSU is sufficient.

Corsair makes a number of 650W power supplies, what exact model do you have?

Please run www.userbenchmark.com and post a link to your results here.

 

[tennis2]

All motherboards supply 75W to a dGPU. That's all. The rest is handled by the PSU.

You need to monitor GPU frequency during gaming. THAT is what GPU performance is based off of.

My RX480 runs 1400MHz at 1150mV and draws about 130-140W in the process (IIRC, reported by GPUz). Or I can crank the voltage and get much higher wattage at 1400MHz and performance is the same.

Minecraft doesn't require a RX580 anyway, so there's no reason it should be any/much better than a GTX1050Ti. You're probably getting multiple hundreds of FPS on your (assumedly) 60Hz monitor, correct? Minecraft is so graphically simple, that you're almost always CPU-limited. A simple test here is to monitor CPU vs GPU usage (%). Most likely your CPU is at 100% and your GPU isn't anywhere close.
TL,DR - play more graphically demanding games.

 

[PrinceTexasLoaf]

All motherboards supply 75W to a dGPU. That's all. The rest is handled by the PSU.

You need to monitor GPU frequency during gaming. THAT is what GPU performance is based off of.

My RX480 runs 1400MHz at 1150mV and draws about 130-140W in the process (IIRC, reported by GPUz). Or I can crank the voltage and get much higher wattage at 1400MHz and performance is the same.

Minecraft doesn't require a RX580 anyway, so there's no reason it should be any/much better than a GTX1050Ti. You're probably getting multiple hundreds of FPS on your (assumedly) 60Hz monitor, correct? Minecraft is so graphically simple, that you're almost always CPU-limited. A simple test here is to monitor CPU vs GPU usage (%). Most likely your CPU is at 100% and your GPU isn't anywhere close.
TL,DR - play more graphically demanding games.

well I was getting around 44 - 76 fps non locked with stutters / lag spikes that would freeze for 0.5 seconds roughly not at max settings either

 

[tennis2]

1 or 2 sticks of RAM? What MHz?

 

[PrinceTexasLoaf]

1 or 2 sticks of RAM? What MHz?

two sticks of ram 3066MHz and here is my benchmark https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/21657671
note I turned up power limit by 5% (still stock voltages) and instead of consuming 141Watts it consumed 154 watts

 

[PrinceTexasLoaf]

and is it safe to lets say turn up power limit by 10%? with my current motherboard and my psu is a corsair vs650
non orange

 

[PrinceTexasLoaf]

max my cpu consumes is 96 watts

 

[PrinceTexasLoaf]

here is my power supply https://www.newegg.com/corsair-vs-s...tion=vs650&cm_re=vs650-_-17-139-228-_-Product

 

[TJ Hooker]

Can you run CPU-Z and post screenshots of the Memory and SPD tabs?

Edit: Did you use DDU to fully uninstall your 1050 Ti drivers?

 

[PrinceTexasLoaf]

here is my graphics card https://www.newegg.com/powercolor-radeon-rx-580-axrx-580-8gbd5-3dhdv2-oc/p/N82E16814131720 it says thermal design power is 220w

 

[PrinceTexasLoaf]

memory (google drive) spd (google drive)

 

[TJ Hooker]

It looks like your RAM is only rated for 2133 MHz. Did you test for stability when you OC'd to 3066?

 

[PrinceTexasLoaf]

what stability test

It looks like your RAM is only rated for 2133 MHz. Did you test for stability when you OC'd to 3066?

what stability test do you run, the most stress I put on it was running a minecraft server and giving it 14gb of ram

 

[PrinceTexasLoaf]

i dont wanna do a test that takes hours