How to check power usage?

[Carz728]

I currently own a Vega 56 running on a corsair cx550 just wondering if there is a way to check how much power is being used. Also the fan is pretty noisy on my gpu when it gets to full load which is pretty much all the time. It makes sort of like a buzzing noise is this normal.

[TechyBen]

I just ordered a wall socket tester from Amazon... Will take a week or so to get it delivered and tested. So I'm gonna see if it is accurate enough to tell me power use that I can measure.

 

But for now, you can check AMD and Toms Hardware. They often post power usage stats on the websites.

 

I know EVGA offeres power stats on their software (EVGA Precision) for NVidia cards too. Not used the AMD cards with them, so you would have to check...

[Dissitesuxba11s]

36 minutes ago, Carz728 said:

if there is a way to check how much power is being used

Get a killawatt.

36 minutes ago, Carz728 said:

Also the fan is pretty noisy on my gpu when it gets to full load which is pretty much all the time. It makes sort of like a buzzing noise is this normal.

That's coil whine. Which Vega 56 do you have?

[Carz728]

I have a gigabyte Vega 56

[Dissitesuxba11s]

14 minutes ago, Carz728 said:

I have a gigabyte Vega 56

If its really not tolerable, probably try to RMA it.

[Bogica]

Get a digital wall socket tester. However, it will measure full system power use. Have you tried using MSI Afterburner and turning on the power consumption measurement. For example, my RX 570 4GB when properly tuned pulls 70-80W, which is confirmed when I did proper testing and calculations using the wall socket tester. You can see it in the image below.

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[Carz728]

27 minutes ago, Bogica said:

Get a digital wall socket tester. However, it will measure full system power use. Have you tried using MSI Afterburner and turning on the power consumption measurement. For example, my RX 570 4GB when properly tuned pulls 70-80W, which is confirmed when I did proper testing and calculations using the wall socket tester. You can see it in the image below.

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No I haven't tried that but I will now Thanks 

[Bogica]

 

10 minutes ago, Carz728 said:

No I haven't tried that but I will now Thanks 

I just took a screenshot. This is what it looks like.

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