The original post: /r/buildapc by /u/Comfortable-Tap-9991 on 2025-03-06 15:19:13.

According to nvidia’s statistics overlay, my RTX 3080 is drawing over 40 watts.

The thing is, I have no applications running. Simply idling at the desktop screen (which I have set to display a pure black background because OLED).

That seems ridiculous to me. The hell does it need this much power for?