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NVIDIA Fixes RTX 2080 Ti & RTX 2080 Power Consumption. Tested. Better, But not Good Enough

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@W1zzard In future, plotting the observed GPU and memory clocks on the idle power usage graphs would be quite useful to determine if the cards are downclocking correctly and/or whether there is a power bug.
 
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Hi guys, I have a Vega64, quite happy with it actually, bought it at the low introduction price;) Just want to ask, it says 2nd BIOS in the FAN NOICE LOAD graph, what is that - anyone?
 
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JB_Gamer said:
Hi guys, I have a Vega64, quite happy with it actually, bought it at the low introduction price;) Just want to ask, it says 2nd BIOS in the FAN NOICE LOAD graph, what is that - anyone?
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That chart is from TPUs RX Vega⁶⁴ review.

The Radeon RX Vega 64 comes with a dual BIOS switch, which lets you toggle to a secondary BIOS that runs at a lower power limit of 200W as opposed to the 220W on the default BIOS.
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JB_Gamer said:
Hi guys, I have a Vega64, quite happy with it actually, bought it at the low introduction price;) Just want to ask, it says 2nd BIOS in the FAN NOICE LOAD graph, what is that - anyone?
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It's an alternative BIOS that runs the card slower so it doesn't consume as much power and thus produces less heat and noise.
 
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