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Latest AMD Radeon 21.6.1 Drivers Apparently Fix High Idle Power Consumption

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2021/06/22 08:00:10 (permalink)
Latest AMD Radeon 21.6.1 Drivers Apparently Fix High Idle Power Consumption | TechPowerUp
 
Anecdotal reports of fixed idle power consumption for AMD's graphics cards are filling the internet following the release of their latest Radeon drivers, version 21.6.1. Besides introducing support for FSR (which we have already tested with a new special image comparison code from our resident W1zzard with great results), users are reporting reduced power consumption on idle or low-intensity workloads - something that we had already covered in our latest AMD reviews, which showcased higher power consumption compared to NVIDIA.

Users are reporting drops from around 30 W to ~8 W - nothing to scoff at, and getting AMD's offerings in line with NVIDIA's on that particular metric. While this remains anecdotal evidence for now, rest assured that we will be testing these new drivers so as to definitely claim an improvement (or the absence of it).
 
This fix did take some time but AMD did indeed appear to fix it based on my own personal observations of my AMD graphics card. 

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    Re: Latest AMD Radeon 21.6.1 Drivers Apparently Fix High Idle Power Consumption 2021/06/22 08:14:10 (permalink)
    Great news for those who own AMD GPUs😁👍

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    Re: Latest AMD Radeon 21.6.1 Drivers Apparently Fix High Idle Power Consumption 2021/06/22 12:28:24 (permalink)
    Didn't really do anything for my 6900XT it still idles around 25-30w with these drivers. Not that I particularly care though as it really doesn't bother me. 

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