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Originally Posted by lordsmurf
Right now, it has mild load, and is only at 25. I have a Noctua on it. I think the TDP of an average fancy graphics card is something like 2x-3x that of a CPU. At best, a graphics card would be in the 30s or 40s when "idle", maybe higher. And I put that in quotes because there's really no "idle" on graphics cards, compared to CPUs, it just gets hot or hotter.
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TDP is mostly irrelevant for the idle/load power consumption, it just tells you how much the chip can handle.
Idle consumption of a 1060/70 for example is about 5-7 W, see
here.
Anyway, I give up. I suggest you try to gather some facts before posting.