Quote from: taylub on February 07, 2017, 10:39:22 PM

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Quote from: rpg on February 07, 2017, 07:18:00 PM

use msi afterburn. i've been able to lower the 290x to 125 watts average as per gpu-z. In my case i'm more worried on the fan noise so this voltage lowering brought the temp to the mid 60s and the fan to 60%, this while maintaining the sols at 337 to 347

What you see on gpuz is not the total power consumption of the card. 125w for the gpu only is possible but with the rest of power components on the pcb the real consumption is much more(about 200w). Check with wattmeter if you don't believe.

Agreed, but the numbers for the GPU are still absolute so any savings you see on GPU level are still 'real' power savings.

In theory this is true but it is possible that only the asic power is dropping while the rest of the package is going up to make up for it. Use hwinfo instead of GPUz, it will show you multiple power readings. You can usually add the core power and "GPU Chip Power" together and thats your actual at the wall wattage. (your results may vary!)

Basically there is more than core voltage, asic values and TDP. These are the things commonly thrown up on these forums because they are the easiest to understand/adjust.

Well it is lower from 160 and the temp from the 80s to low 60s. If you have a 290x reference you would know how important that is.