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Guru3D.com » News » Latest AMD Radeon Driver Reduces Power Consumption RX 6000 Cards with YouTube

Latest AMD Radeon Driver Reduces Power Consumption RX 6000 Cards with YouTube

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/16/2021 09:37 AM | source: computerbase | 12 comment(s)
Latest AMD Radeon Driver Reduces Power Consumption RX 6000 Cards with YouTube

AMD last week released the Radeon Adrenalin 21.8.1 drivers. After installing the drivers, the RX 6600 XT's video card consumed very little power when watching YouTube videos and using two monitors. 

There have been no noticeable changes to the clock speeds, but the power consumption of the RX 6700 XT, in particular, has been significantly decreased. For example, when watching a YouTube video in 4K at 60 Hz, it consumes only 18 watts, whereas it used to consume 30 watts when done previously. With the new driver, the RX 6800 non-XT no longer consumes 40 watts when performing the same task but rather 33 watts. Unfortunately, the differences between the HDR image on YouTube and the original image are not significant, as shown in the findings of computerbase.

However, even when the computer was idle or two monitors were being used, the consumption remained alarmingly high. As previously stated, the improvements when watching YouTube content only apply in specific circumstances, such as 4K at 60 frames per second, which is specifically mentioned. Although it is not known what exactly causes the relatively high consumption, it is possible that further improvements will be made.



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Agonist
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#5938587 Posted on: 08/17/2021 12:05 AM
waste of energy
having more than one display is already adding up to power consumption and heat production,I don't need the card to put out extra +20w 24/7 on top of that.

if you compare 3080 and 6800,320w typical vs 250w typical power consumption,the 6800 will draw and heat up the room significantly less in one hour.But in 1h gaming/4h desktop usage the power draw and heat output will be the same if 6800 doesn't downclock with multiple monitors.
what an absolute waste of engineering they did for rdna2 gaming efficiency.

Cry more ROFL.
My GTX 970s, etc did the same as my R9 290s did with triples.
Seriously, you act like the Vram clocks being at max adds 90w idle. Your a clown.

cucaulay malkin
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#5938662 Posted on: 08/17/2021 09:59 AM
Cry more ROFL.
My GTX 970s, etc did the same as my R9 290s did with triples.
Seriously, you act like the Vram clocks being at max adds 90w idle. Your a clown.
is there anything more pitiful in this world than internet alpha male wannabes ?

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