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Nvidia Quadro P620 High IDLE power consumption

Boomstick777

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Hey guys, is there a way to bring down the Quadro consumption at IDLE? It's supposed to be circa 6w but it's using around 17.5w. It's on a 4K display at 60hz. Latest Quadro drivers. PCIE power management set to maximum power savings.

 
do you have a second monitor plugged in? I think there was a thing where nvidia cards use more watts when a second display is connected, even if it's not powered on

Could be worse my board power draw is 38-45watts on a 4090
 
Thanks arknor, I'm just using a single 4K monitor at 60hz. I did find a thread where other people 620's report 17.6 w in IDLE, maybe this is just for this HP variant. I can't seem to find a HP BIOS Update tool either, to try that. I can see Dell have one but not HP. Like you say, it isn't massively high power usage, but would prefer it to be around 6w ideally.

Other things I've tried are disabling hardware acceleration: and turning on optimal power in Nvidia settings...
 
Boomstick777 said:
Thanks arknor, I'm just using a single 4K monitor at 60hz. I did find a thread where other people 620's report 17.6 w in IDLE, maybe this is just for this HP variant. I can't seem to find a HP BIOS Update tool either, to try that. I can see Dell have one but not HP. Like you say, it isn't massively high power usage, but would prefer it to be around 6w ideally.

Other things I've tried are disabling hardware acceleration: and turning on optimal power in Nvidia settings...
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This is an issue with the Arc cards, where there's a difference between idle power between manufacturers and no firmware update available.

You could try some of their tips, you never know...
www.intel.com

High Power Consumption when Intel® Arc™ Graphics Card is...

Configuration required to enable an idle low power consumption profile for Intel Arc Graphics Desktop cards.
www.intel.com www.intel.com
 
Tetras said:
This is an issue with the Arc cards, where there's a difference between idle power between manufacturers and no firmware update available.

You could try some of their tips, you never know...
www.intel.com

High Power Consumption when Intel® Arc™ Graphics Card is...

Configuration required to enable an idle low power consumption profile for Intel Arc Graphics Desktop cards.
www.intel.com www.intel.com
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Thanks Tetras, you might be thinking of the Arc thread? This is for an Nvidia Quadro P620 that won't go under 17.5w even at IDLE. Supposed to go as low as 6w, might just be the HP version of the card stays at 17.5w..
 
Boomstick777 said:
Thanks Tetras, you might be thinking of the Arc thread? This is for an Nvidia Quadro P620 that won't go under 17.5w even at IDLE. Supposed to go as low as 6w, might just be the HP version of the card stays at 17.5w..
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I'm pretty sure the tips in the post I linked are something you can do with any card. I suspect it might just save you a watt or two (if anything), but you never know and should only take a minute or two to try.
 
nvidia app shows wattage without needing to open gpu-z btw ;)
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I just confirmed that unplugging my second monitor thats not even turned on dropped my GPU power usage to 30 watts.

dropping from 3440x1440 @144hz > 1920x1080 @ 60hz only seemed to save 2 watts.


so I guess there's not much you can do to lower it.
 
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