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My 3080ti causing my "problems"?

Zeebedy said:
the thing is, sometimes when I boot up Windows, the wattage and usage drop right down..is it still possible for these variations to happen randomly with two screens, at different boot up times??
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2 Screens stops it from going into power saving mode. Maybe sometimes it takes a while for it to detect the second screen or you have one switched off sometimes.

If you are using 2 screens it will use more power than normal as standard. I don't know why it does this as theoretically 2 screens should be no different to once screen with minimal difference especially as a desktop. Gaming then obviously more pixels means more power but not desktop.
 
OK, thanks for all the help guys..

I mean its running fine, in desktop or gaming..so I will keep an eye on it, but as long as I wont damage my card etc. im overly fussed.

At the end of the day, its a four year warranty, Gigabyte so UK based, so not he end of the world. :)
 
Zeebedy said:
OK, thanks for all the help guys..

I mean its running fine, in desktop or gaming..so I will keep an eye on it, but as long as I wont damage my card etc. im overly fussed.

At the end of the day, its a four year warranty, Gigabyte so UK based, so not he end of the world. :)
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Be careful re Gigabyte right now - After a hack, they lost all their support data and its still a mess!
 
OK guys, im stumped, I have just booted up my PC and now its all changed in AfterBurner..my idle is now not constant at 100W but now down to what I feel it "should" be..?? PLEASE SEE YELLOW GROUPING ON THE IMAGE AT THE BOTTOM.

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Just installed Project Cars 3 and had a quick go (just to make sure my XBOX controller was working with the PC ok, in prep for FH5) and when I finished and quit the game, my GPU and MEMORY is maxing out, EVEN under low usage?

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I wish I didnt have AfterBurner installed as my paranoia always gets the best of me! :mad:
 
Zeebedy said:
Just installed Project Cars 3 and had a quick go (just to make sure my XBOX controller was working with the PC ok, in prep for FH5) and when I finished and quit the game, my GPU and MEMORY is maxing out, EVEN under low usage?

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I wish I didnt have AfterBurner installed as my paranoia always gets the best of me! :mad:
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I'm willing to bet you are running a whole host of programs that use hardware acceleration.

Chrome, Discord, Epic Games Store, Battlenet, etc. You have to literally shut down everything every single application.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
I'm willing to bet you are running a whole host of programs that use hardware acceleration.

Chrome, Discord, Epic Games Store, Battlenet, etc. You have to literally shut down everything every single application.
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cheers sonny. If that’s the case and is normal, I will let sleeping dogs lie.
 
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