3080 Efficiency question

Pkirk618

Pkirk618

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I notice my card stays at a constant 1785 core clock all the time. Don't these GPUs downclock when not being used?
Asus Tuf3 080
 
Depends on your driver and power settings. I don't know which specific settings do what, but if you've gone in and selected "maximum performance" power plans your card may not downclock.

What are you using to monitor clock speeds?
 
I tried asus' GPU tweak. Then tried MSI afterburner -- was a constant 1785 and total draw from the wall was a constant 200w. currently reinstalling nvidia drivers and uninstalling all GPU overclocking software at the moment. Using optimal setting in CP.
 
Hey van, not sure if a reboot fixed the problem. I was at maximum performance initially before I posted here. After I noticed the constant core clock, that's when I made it optimal again -- yet that didn't fix the problem. Did the whole uninstall/install and now all looks good, but "now" is after a reboot too. Clocks going back down to 210 at idle and draw from wall is half. Not used to this card yet. Been with AMD far too long. If I need to OC this card, I might need to reevaluate things.
 
Pkirk618 said:
Hey van, not sure if a reboot fixed the problem. I was at maximum performance initially before I posted here. After I noticed the constant core clock, that's when I made it optimal again -- yet that didn't fix the problem. Did the whole uninstall/install and now all looks good, but "now" is after a reboot too. Clocks going back down to 210 at idle and draw from wall is half. Not used to this card yet. Been with AMD far too long. If I need to OC this card, I might need to reevaluate things.
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Glad you got it sorted. Just a heads up - if you do decide to OC the card, don't expect miracles. The 3000 series are juiced to the hilt from the factory.
 
VanGoghComplex said:
Glad you got it sorted. Just a heads up - if you do decide to OC the card, don't expect miracles. The 3000 series are juiced to the hilt from the factory.
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can't imagine needing to is really where my head is at. I'm coming from a 7700k and Radeon 7 to an i9 and this so I'm still in the "wow" phase. Not quite at "what else can this do" yet :) I'll set my expectations.... :) Thanks bro.
 
Also with afterburner, it can show you what app is calling for hw accel. Hit the "i" button and scroll to where it says Active 3D process...
 
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