power consumption
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Intel Provides Driver Fix for ARC Power Draw Issue
Intel’s Arc A7 GPUs were found to suffer from high idle power consumption which was amplified when using multi-monitor setups where the GPUs were found to be reaching almost 50w of power when idle. And now Intel has released a fix with a driver update. Power Consumption Fix Intel previously…
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AMD CEO Lisa Su Has Set Her Sights on Energy Efficiency
Advancements In Power Efficient Computing One of the biggest talking points with enthusiast PC building hardware at the moment is power requirements, primarily with the newest Nvidia Graphics cards with the high-end RTX 3090ti and 4090 reaching an almost 500W TDP. Consumers are desperate for more power-efficient components, especially with…
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Intel Says GPU Efficiency/Power Consumption is a Higher Priority than Performance
It has been exactly 2 months and 1 day since Intel’s long-awaited Arc Alchemist graphics cards were finally released onto the market, and I daresay that the fact that many of you have probably already forgotten about them clearly indicates just what a, relatively speaking, flop they have been with…
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ASUS Says Intel’s DLVR Power Technology Will Never Be Enabled On Raptor Lake CPUs
Back in early 2021, a new Intel feature leaked online known as DLVR. While we didn’t know what this was at the time, it was shortly after confirmed that this acronym stood for Digital Linear Voltage Regulator which effectively represented a brand new technology looking to make power delivery to…
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ASUS PSU Figures Recommend a Minimum of 750W/850W Output for Radeon 7900 GPUs
With AMD’s Radeon 7900 series of graphics cards set for release on December 13th, based on the official figures provided by Team Red during their unveiling, it seems pretty clear that in terms of power consumption, Team Red’s GPUs should be notably more benign than Nvidia’s current offerings. – With…
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Intel Confirm Fix to Stop Arc GPUs From Gobbling Up Power While Idle
With Intel’s new Arc series of graphics cards now (sort of) officially available to purchase, while they have largely been praised as a solid entry-level gaming graphics solution, a common complaint among early adopters is that when the GPU is idling, it is drawing an unusually large amount of power.…
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New Nvidia 4080 Spec Leak Suggest a (Thankfully) Lower Power Consumption
Somewhat bizarrely, leading up to the release (well… launch) of Nvidia’s 40XX series of graphics cards, the biggest talking points haven’t been what level of performance we can expect from them. Or exactly how much VRAM they’re going to come with. – Instead, it has pretty much been encompassed by…
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Nvidia 40XX Leak Suggests Much Lower Than Previously Feared Power Consumption!
Unlike the lead-up to the release of the 30XX graphics cards back in 2020, the key focus of attention for the upcoming Nvidia 40XX series has not been about how much VRAM they might be coming with. It has, instead, almost exclusively been focused on power consumption with many sources…
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Intel 14th-Gen Laptops To Feature Huge Boosts to Battery Consumption
With Intel’s 14th-gen Meteor Lake laptop processors not expected to debut until at least early 2024, there is, of course, still the small matter of their 13th-gen Raptor Lake models to get out of the way first. – It seems, however, that despite there still being relatively little information about…
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AMD Confirms Radeon 7000 GPUs Will Require More Power!
Immediately prior to the release of current-gen graphics cards, one of the most consistent debated subjects was exactly how much VRAM they were going to come with. This time around though, with the AMD Radeon 7000 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 series just a few months away, it seems that…
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Nvidia 4080 Rumoured to Have a TGP of 420W with ‘99%’ Certainty!
It feels like something of a total contrast leading up to the launch of the next generation of AMD and Nvidia graphics cards that the prominent subject of conversation has not been about how much VRAM they’re going to come with. – It has, instead, almost exclusively revolved around how…
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Seasonic Wattage Calculator Adds AMD Radeon 7000 GPUs – 650W/750W PSU Minimum?
For the last few months, information has consistently appeared online suggesting that the upcoming AMD Radeon 7000 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 series of graphics cards would require significantly more power than their respective prior generations. – With some sources claiming figures in excess of 600W TGP, the bottom line…
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Nvidia 4XXX Series is (Again) Rumoured to Be Exceptionally Power Hungry!
Ever since the start of the year, there have been consistent rumours suggesting that the upcoming release of Nvidia’s 4000-series of graphics cards was likely bringing with them an ‘issue’ that could potentially create a problem for many gaming PC owners. – Namely, when compared to prior GPU generations, this…
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Intel Raptor Lake’s New DLVR Tech – Better Laptop Performance For Less Power?
While laptops are certainly getting more and more potent in their configurations, this does often come with a notable problem for users. In its simplest terms, the stronger the components get, the more power they require. And the more power they require, the less time they’ll run off their batteries.…
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AMD 21.4.1 Driver Hugely Improves Non-Gaming Power Usage?
With the release of the latest AMD Radeon Adrenalin 2020 21.4.1 graphics card drivers last week, while it certainly came with the highlight of an updated version of AMD Link, you would’ve been forgiven for thinking that there wasn’t anything benign lurking within that AMD either didn’t know or forgot…
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