From my limited amount of testing that I have been able to do as the drivers are only a few days old.
- Having both my monitors plugged in and at max hz doesn't lock the memory frequency to max or 909mhz anymore which is good... What is less good is as a result of that now the memory frequency while idle fluctuates so much (from lower than 100mhz to max frequency) that I end up having a few watts MORE power draw than I did when it was locked to 909mhz on the memory. Old power draw was 42-44w, new is 46-48w
- The most testing I've done is in FFXIV so I'll be mainly talking about that but I have seen the same sort of tendency in BF 2024 and to a lesser extent RE4:R (I'll talk about that at the end) While just sitting in an empty zone in FFXIV my 7900XT used to draw 110-120w. Now it pulls 125-135w, unless I click on something on my second monitor (off of the game) then it draws 115-120 which is more normal. However, a few second after I click on the game again it bumps the draw back up to ~130w. .......Why AMD?
Generally in BF 2042 the power draw that I've seen is around that 15-20 watts more than normal but with that game it is so hard to tell if it is the pvp match or not that I wouldn't put too much stock in it being a pattern.
- Now onto a very big issues that I might be the only one that has this happening to.. With each driver version it seems that my max frequency (shader clock) has been going down. I used to be able to get a stable 2950-3050 in RE4:R at 400w. Now I get high 2750-2850 with the same power draw. This is starting to get ridiculous and I'm really wondering why I even bought an AIB card if it is going to preform the same as the reference save maybe a few degrees on the hotpot with cooling.
CPU: 5900X
RAM: 32GB TEAMGROUP T-Force Dark Za @3600mhz
MB: Asus X570-P
GPU: AMD Radeon 7900XT XFX Merc310 Black
OS: Win 11 22H2
PSU: RM1000x
Monitor: LG 27GN800-B Ultragear (2560x1440 144hz), Second Monitor: ViewSonic (1920x1080 75hz)
