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3060 Ti FTW3 Ultra higher than expected power consumption when idle?

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2022/01/03 14:19:13 (permalink)
Not sure if this is expected power usage for this card but when checking GPU-Z's "Board Power Draw" reading its showing 26-27W consumption at idle (No programs open) Is this a little high?
I also tried it with only 1 monitor enabled and its at 16-17W idle
 
Both monitors are 1080P (144Hz & 60hz secondary)
 
Dual monitor:

 
 
Single monitor:

 
Just curious, Thanks.
post edited by JWhitton - 2022/01/03 14:34:43

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    Re: 3060 Ti FTW3 Ultra higher than expected power consumption when idle? 2022/01/03 20:07:03 (permalink)
    Looks perfectly normal to me. It's going to draw more power of course when driving more than 1 monitor. The RTX 3060 Ti in my secondary system also draws about 15-16w idle with a single display. 

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    Re: 3060 Ti FTW3 Ultra higher than expected power consumption when idle? 2022/01/04 14:10:41 (permalink)
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    Looks perfectly normal to me. It's going to draw more power of course when driving more than 1 monitor. The RTX 3060 Ti in my secondary system also draws about 15-16w idle with a single display. 




    Oh yea I expected higher consumption with dual monitors I was just curious because my previous EVGA RTX 2060 6GB only consumed 7-8W with single monitor and 12-13W with dual monitors, obviously the 3060 is faster but guess I didn't expect higher power consumption at idle. 
     
    No big deal tho, Thanks for the reply 

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