Nvidia 3080 extra power consumption, real world cost?

[Chris Ecob]

You can also undervolt if you want efficiency. My GB Gaming OC runs quite happily at 800mV 250W 1860MHz.

 

[r7slayer]

I remember the old days when light bulbs used 100W.

My RGB does.

 

[gpuerrilla]

I remember the old days when light bulbs used 100W.

If you hold onto them they will be like a 3080 and rare as hen's teeth, proper scalping again.

 

[gpuerrilla]

I can save a lot more than that just by showering 1 minute less each day

Come on Grim, its every other day for you surely!

 

[Blackjack Davy]

A few polar bears, that's about it.

Per card?

I also find sometimes on a cold day when using the PC I don't need to put the heater on so I actually save a tiny bit of money.

Which you'll lose when you have to turn on the AC in the summer

 

[Kaapstad]

Which you'll lose when you have to turn on the AC in the summer

Don't have AC in my house.

I have worked all my life in factories where they have very hot ovens.

I also have no problem sleeping during the day even in the middle of the hottest summer days.

 

[Stephen Garner]

I eat salad twice a week now to save on the electricity instead of cooking
Winner winner salad dinner

Laughs in Lettuce

 

[blueacid]

Well, the going rate per kWh is around 15p/unit these days (bit more bit less). Using a kilowatt for an hour will cost 15p. So if a new card uses an extra 100 watts, that's 0.1kWh per hour when gaming.
So if you game for 10 hours a week, and 52 weeks a year, that'd be 0.1kW x 10hrs x 52w x £0.16 = £8.32

 

[otester]

You can sometimes get it even less if you use a lot of power by going for a low kWh price but higher standing order charge.

 

[blueacid]

You can sometimes get it even less if you use a lot of power by going for a low kWh price but higher standing order charge.

Well yep, I'm on Octopus' Agile tariff so the rate changes every half hour! But by avoiding the 4-7pm peak it's working out cheaper.
But that's by the by, in the same way people might not game for 10 hours a week, or might take some weeks off - it's just showing how to substitute in whatever values are appropriate for each individual.

 

[4k4uNuNu]

Well, the going rate per kWh is around 15p/unit these days (bit more bit less). Using a kilowatt for an hour will cost 15p. So if a new card uses an extra 100 watts, that's 0.1kWh per hour when gaming.
So if you game for 10 hours a week, and 52 weeks a year, that'd be 0.1kW x 10hrs x 52w x £0.16 = £8.32

So for a heavy user (5 hours a day) you could be looking at 30 quid a year extra electricity (though maybe saving a little on heating costs, heh).

If you're paying 800 for a 3080, which looks likely atm, and another 100 for a good quality PSU (if you don't have one) and a few years (the usual warranty) of an extra thirty quid in bills...

You're getting close to a grand and not that much of a better deal than a 2080ti? Unless you can secure one of these for 650 and have a decent system already, this launch just looks worse and worse.

 

[blueacid]

Well yep you'd offset any heating costs, because all that energy wil largely become heat. So if your system is drawing 450 watts then that's about 1/4 of a fan heater worth of heat. So that'll be why the room warms up somewhat when gaming!

 

[tony888]

You can also undervolt if you want efficiency. My GB Gaming OC runs quite happily at 800mV 250W 1860MHz.

Nice, I only managed to pin mine to 1830MHz at 800mV