unr41dus3r Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Hi everyone, quick question, i am thinking about to add a graphics card into my unraid server. It would be a 7900XT and as i know the idle power consumption is high. Would this be the same if the VM is not running and disconnect from the unraid system (only in use if vm is running) Best regards Quote Link to comment
Solution ghost82 Posted May 13, 2023 Solution Share Posted May 13, 2023 I think it wont change anything. You say it's disconnected to unraid but in real it's not, because it's always connected to a driver, nvidia, amd or vfio. 1 Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Don't know if it applies to your specific setup, but I've seen anecdotes of needing to keep a VM running to keep the power consumption of a graphics card low. Apparently some cards stay in high power mode until told to simmer down by their drivers, which in Unraid generally means inside the VM if you are using the card for VM's. 1 Quote Link to comment
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