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I haven't been able to find an answer to what seems like a simple question and I've done numerous Google and Forum searches on it.
If I am doing something like .. downloading a torrent (Which I would Never, Ever do) .. and I don't have any browser windows open and shut my monitor off .. will my video card stop running?
I just don't want the card running if it isn't being used.
You used to be able to save a decent amount of power by selecting the "turn off monitor" option or whatever it's called in power settings with older video cards (the one's with VGA ports). This used to shut down the RAMDAC. However, modern video cards often don't have VGA ports, thus don't have RAMDAC.
You can't really turn off the video card... unless we're talking about nVidia Optimus.
The video card never shuts down as long as the PC is booted and running. Settings allow for video output to be cut off after a certain amount of time if you so choose, but the card is still powered up.
What difference does it make if the video card shuts off or not if the PC is running anyway? What's the point?
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