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Why is my RX 6800 pushing 330w?
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Hi, a while ago I made a comment on this here
it seems that Radeon Software and other applications like GPU-Z are reporting incorrect GPU power consumption figures on 21.9.2.
This cannot be observed on the 21.8.2 WHQL driver. I validated this with some benchmark runs (gaming and synthetic) and a socket wattmeter to measure any difference in total system power consumption (for which there was none between the two aformentioned drivers).
I wouldn't worry - this isn't a case of new world bricking your GPUs like from a few months ago with those EVGA 3090s.
Hopefully this reporting bug can be fixed
ID: heoldj8ID: hep757aI generally observed a persistent offset but there were also reporting spikes. None of this was true to the power usage from the wall in any case.
Your GPU won't be using more power under load on 21.9.2
ID: hepdxsqCan confirm. 6900xt red devil reporting numbers way above normal via all software monitoring. I WISH those were true numbers but I haven't jacked around with watman yet.
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Did you increase the power limits?
ID: hemsw7bIts a stock card, fan curve has been changed to be more aggressive.
ID: hen70q7Reference design or partner card?
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Check HWinfo64.
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This is the game that killed those bad 3090s, right?
ID: heon0wz24 total EVGA cards died…And EVGA has fully admitted it was a manufacturing flaw.
That story is about the most overblown overreaction ever concerning pc flaws.
ID: henj2qlwhich game is it
ID: henjcbnNew World
ID: henjckfNo, every card has firmware/driver limits and New World shouldn't be held responsible for EVGAs failure.
It's bad form to have uncapped fps menus, but the cards dying was due to a defect, and triggered by a near firmware limit power draw. It's up to the manufacturer or AIB partner to ensure their limits and quality standards.
ID: hepikdgEVGA breaking was a manufacturing problem not a software problem from New World.
ID: hen1yiv[deleted]
ID: henm7b8So the answer is just yes, the person you replied to specified that the 3090s were bad.
ID: hencvuhThis. IIRC they even 'fixed' it by capping the menu items that were supposedly going uncapped.
It's kind of like the entire game engine is being developed as they make the game. lol
ID: heoh5rbNo. It was a bad batch of GPUs with bad soldering. It could have died at any point. The timing just made it so it was New World that was popular at that moment.
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Limit your fps.
ID: hen5gooLimited to 60hz using rtss
ID: henkxcrJust use Radeon chill. Have mine set with lower bound of 119fps and upper limit of 164fps. This keeps it near the refresh rate without dropping so low that I'd notice it in games.
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Probably a senso
related bug -
New Drivers seemed to have messed up any program measuring power consumption. I've separately noticed on my 6800xt weird readings, and random high spikes that are higher then my cards TGP limit. It seems confirmed by others to be reporting error.
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This is post 21.9.1 driver The cards are in fact pulling a lot more power than before My 6800xt spikes to 370 during benchmarks after 21.9.1
ID: hen90bdCan confirm, 6800xt pulls on spikes 400w.
It pulled max 310 on the last stable driver (2-3 months ago)..
Dunno what changed!
ID: henagk7400W? Do you have an aftermarket card with a higher power limit?
ID: henhk73If this is true then there are big overclock potentials for the card as power limit was the limiting factor for (non AIB OC cards) to essentially oc 6800xt’s to 6900xt performance
Edit: some searching and seems to possibly be a reporting issue with the new driver, someone with a wall meter should check it out though
ID: heoyq7pMore than likely your power consumption is not accurate.
Yep, I can confirm - also checked with my Kill-A-Watt. Same power draw as before.
Then it might be just a reporting error, thanks for clarifying.
The software is broken and is reporting incorrect values. It has no bearing on how much the card is actually using. 21.9.1/2 drivers are bugged that's all.
What game is that?
New World, also happens in Hunt: Showdown, Kena and Lost in Random, it aint specific to the game.
Has started happening since 21.9.1
(I'm currently on 21.9.2)
Same for me. I had to roll back to 21.8.2. You'll also notice that idle power consumption is higher with 21.9.1/2.
GPU’s run wild in loading screens. Use a frame rate cap if it annoys you.
For whatever reason, radeonchill doesn't work in loading menus for me. Particularly old games where the frame rate will be 500-1500.
FRTC is still there, it's in global settings now though, you unfortunately can't set it per game.
But if you cap to 300fps, you'll keep the card from running wild whilst still allowing decent load times (many old games have load times tied tobottnecked by framerate...)
Transient power spikes are meaningless, unless you have a terrible PSU. Your card is not drawing 330W sustained.
What does Hwinfo64 say?
What everyone else said. Every new driver update i run timespy on my 6900 reference card. Afterburner reported over 400w and hwinfo64 reported 419w. All i did was a small 300w in more power tools and +10 on the slider. Give it time.
21.9.2 known issue. The card isn‘t actually drawing that much.
MonkaS
I've been seeing some reviews saying these cards can have spikes of up to 350w, I guess it's within normal spec.. (for the card)
28amp draw on the 12v rail sounds normal.
Use Radeon Chill, set it to the max and min refresh rate of your screen.
Basically, the card is pushing max fps on the loading screen. At least it isn't dying like the EVGA cards.
wrong telemetry reporting data
also it seems that you raised the frequency of the update interval
the card can't overtake the power limit set in the vbios
Software numbers are always off, you need a power meter plug thing to get a better idea or go full on and get some kit to check power use.
Most hardware consuming menu in the world.
引用元:https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/pxdmym/why_is_my_rx_6800_pushing_330w/
Does it always report incorrect figures, or is it just random spikes sometimes? I have a 6600 XT and I'm wondering if my current power usage on 21.9.2 is higher than normal or not.