Switch from nvidia card to intel graphics for power saving?

[Cru54d3r]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if there is anyway to easily switch between my graphics card (currently a nvidia 970 - consumes roughly 76w idling) and the integrated gpu with my processor (currently an intel 6700k)? I appreciate this will require me to move the displayport cable over myself.

I'm thinking the vast majority of the time I'm not doing anything processor intensive and I'd like to reduce my power consumption and switch to the intel hd graphics when im just browsing, running plex, etc

Can someone point me to anything that might help with this? Or would I have to unplug/unseat my nvidia card in order to switch it off? Hoping there might be some way to stick it in to some suspend mode/power saving mode

Thanks!

 

[Cru54d3r]

76w gpu idling power req is roughly 22p a day (24hours on) that £6 a month for something I am not really using. I'll keep in mind the under/clock volt.. guess i could just set two different profiles (low use/gaming) within afterburner.. hadnt though of that.. thanks!

 

[Cru54d3r]

There's no way that GPU uses 76 watts at idle, it should be between 10 and 20. Where are you getting 76 from?

https://www.anandtech.com/show/8568/the-geforce-gtx-970-review-feat-evga/15

Am i misreading that graph (first bar chart) - perhaps that is total system draw?