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253W is only 2 amps in the US, thats like 10-20% of a breaker’s capacity
by thehappypm 4y ago
253W is only 2 amps in the US, thats like 10-20% of a breaker’s capacity
- simlevesque 4y agoWith the GPU it's going to reach 51% at this rate. That's all it takes to require one per computer.
- hnuser123456 4y agoJust realized everyone's gonna have to turn their power targets down when running a LAN party. I gave my brother my old 2080ti, something would coil whine when he played Battlefield. We turned the card's power target down until the whine went away. We found at 35%, the whine stopped, and the performance difference was not easily discernable with a basic FPS counter just flying around a MP game. Opportunity for software that dynamically adjusts CPU and GPU power targets in the middle of various games, learns the game's power/performance profile and whether it's CPU/GPU bottlenecked, and optimizes perf/watt while maintaining a given FPS target?
- dralley 4y agoThat's what Radeon Chill is.
- xeromal 4y agoI believe the new 4x nvidia series uses 450-500W. Throw in 2 monitors and a speaker system and you're coming close to overloading your 15amp breaker.
- alasdair_ 4y agoPeak draw for even a current-gen graphics card is well over 500W. There are rumors that a 4090 will need as much as a 1500W power supply to run it. That's almost a complete 15A circuit just for the PC once you factor in cooling, speakers, monitor etc. I already have issues where the breaker would pop with my current gaming PC if it fully spins up and I had to get a 20A circuit put in to handle it (mostly because there is more than one computer on the circuit).
- neogodless 4y agoThere are cards like that. But you don't have to buy those cards. I play my games in QHD on a Radeon 6700XT 12GB, which tops out at about 165W.
- grapescheesee 4y agoI can't lie, the idea of needing a 30amp dedicated CB makes me feel happy as a nerd. Makes my power company happier..