Hi peeps,
My GPU (RTX 3060 is drawing *all* of its power from the x16 slot). For example: if the card is using 150 watts -- all 150 is being drawn from the slot. (According to common knowledge this should not be allowed due to the slot supposedly being hard limited to 75 watts? I thought anything above 75 should come from the 8 pin direct from the PSU?
Just wanted to check if this is dangerous or not, (or if I'll probably be okay)?
I am also curious about the two below questions (but they're not crucial - only a bonus or for discussion):
1) why the card allows this to happen? (Or is the 75 watt limit for the x16 slot just a myth)?
and
2) Why do they bother reporting false power draw (wattage) data for x16 slot and 8(6+2) pin? [Example: In GPU-z it might say 40 watts for the slot and 110 watts for the 8 pin]; clearly this is NOT the case so why the need for false reporting (which only serves to further confuse people during troubleshooting)? If there aren't genuine (real) sensors that can physically report the true breakdown for power draw between slot and 8 pin then how does such popular software get away with effectively *making this up* (probably based on some rudimentary calculation that I could do myself).
Thank you,
Nicholas Peyton
My GPU (RTX 3060 is drawing *all* of its power from the x16 slot). For example: if the card is using 150 watts -- all 150 is being drawn from the slot. (According to common knowledge this should not be allowed due to the slot supposedly being hard limited to 75 watts? I thought anything above 75 should come from the 8 pin direct from the PSU?
Just wanted to check if this is dangerous or not, (or if I'll probably be okay)?
I am also curious about the two below questions (but they're not crucial - only a bonus or for discussion):
1) why the card allows this to happen? (Or is the 75 watt limit for the x16 slot just a myth)?
and
2) Why do they bother reporting false power draw (wattage) data for x16 slot and 8(6+2) pin? [Example: In GPU-z it might say 40 watts for the slot and 110 watts for the 8 pin]; clearly this is NOT the case so why the need for false reporting (which only serves to further confuse people during troubleshooting)? If there aren't genuine (real) sensors that can physically report the true breakdown for power draw between slot and 8 pin then how does such popular software get away with effectively *making this up* (probably based on some rudimentary calculation that I could do myself).
Thank you,
Nicholas Peyton