The best game to test power and GPU utilization is Black Desert. Turning off the "low power option" completely maxes out GPU resource utilization on any architecture and can actually go over the BIOS power limit.
My GPU reports ~210-215W in that game
I have games, but isn't really my thing unfortunately.
I slid the core slider to max 2750 and power to +5%. The PPT limit dropped to 195w, which it hits the target frequency, but still only 166w at best.
In my opinion, the driver doesn't understand I want full power for all benchmarks, not just select few. Lol
Point taken. Although, I find it weird to compete in a benchmark that doesn't stress your hardware to the fullest.
Many of the 3D benchmarks have cpu physics and it taxes well my 13700K
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The GPU is taxed as well, not all benchmarks obviously.
Further more, I enjoy both NV and AMD.
Comparing a 3060 to this 6700 xt, the NV card doesn't seem to have this type of issue. The GPU is utilized 100% even on legacy, or benchmarks you'd thunk not taxing.... it makes a big difference.
You don't wanna see the numbers from my 3060 benchmarks and then compare them to our AMD cards. It would t be pretty.
