I’m sure I’m one of the first consumers actually running the RTX 3090 on Linux, so I understand that all the issues may not have been caught. And we definitely have one here. Idle power usage is over 100W at all times. That’s insanity. I know this is a power-hungry GPU, that’s all well and good, b…

I also have the bug with 1x1440p monitor at 165 hz and 2x1080p monitors also at 165Hz on my 3080. Bringing the frequency to 144hz on the 1080p monitors fixes the issue and the card idles again. Any other setting does not work. ±----------------------------------------------------------------------…

The weird thing for me is that your secondary gpu consumes the same amount of power as the one used as the main gpu. In my and also in your case, it consumes more! I mean its a server but usually on desktop the second gpu sits around 3-5 watts while being idle. There is absolutely no load on that g…

That’s not even in the same order of magnitude as the original problem I reported here. I had two monitors and my power draw NEVER dropped below 100W. Now I idle in the 35-40 range.

I can’t believe that this issue has been going on for so many years and still hasn’t been resolved (Linux 2080ti).

I can’t believe that I was drawing 117W from the wall last 2 years 12-16 hours a day for nothing. Unbelievable! I have 2x 4k 60Hz and 1x 5120x1440 240Hz connected to RTX3090 and to add more fun, lower refresh rate on Odyssey G9 doesn’t always mean less power draw: 240Hz - 117W 120Hz - 50W 60Hz -…

Again, I’m the original reporter, and the current situation is nowhere near what I reported back over a year ago. I have 2 1440p 165Hz monitors and at idle (but still running at 165Hz) they only draw 30-50W. Even right now with a GPU-composited and accelerated browser open I’m at 49W. Make sure al…

I’ve provided a workaround. Stop resurrecting this old thread because you can’t be bothered to try it.

I would rather see the issue fixed than use some ghetto workaround, it benefits no one to promote the behaviour of neglecting these issues…

[BUG Report] Idle Power Draw is ASTRONOMICAL with RTX 3090

Graphics / Linux Linux

BlueGoliath September 28, 2023, 12:23am 57

https://github.com/BlueGoliath/PStateModify

Use this to reduce power usage at the desktop.

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[BUG Report] Idle Power Draw is ASTRONOMICAL with RTX 3090

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