If I set the overclocking power limit in SMOS to 200 it will use that power limit for a larger card like my 1070 and then apply a default power limit to smaller cards. I think my 1050ti get's applied a 75 watt power limit automatically (which seems to work fine) and it will apply a 140watt limit for the 1060 6gb. Under this setting the 1060 produce about 300 sol's and use 2.45 watts according to the SMOS console window.

When I drop the power limit on the 1060's to underclock and save some energy the exact opposite happens. I will set the power limit to 75 watts for the 1060's and they produce less sols as expected but the console says they are using more watts. now they show up at 260-280 Sol's but are using 3.65 watts according to the console.

How is that possible? Lower power limit, fewer sol's (that part makes sense), but more watt's. Clearly I am not an electrical engineer.

Is the console watt reading and AVG watt display accurate?

To make things more confusing when I allow simple mining apply the default wattage to the 1060's cards the cards run hotter and the fans spin at a loud 80% or higher and draw the lower 2.45 watts. When I set the power limit to 75 watts. The cards run cooler and the fans spin at around 30% which makes sense (cooler = lower fans) but the cards are drawing about 1 watt more when compared to the card running with the fan screaming away 80%+. That doesn't seem possible. A card that is cranking it's fan to the max uses fewer watts than a card with the fans barely running?



Any explanations to this weird watt usage and tips to have these cards run quiet and efficient would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Heali