u/GroufTeamWars

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Limited power draw in games

Hi! I am new to this eGPU page and in general.

For about a month and a half I've been using the Aoostar AG02 eGPU dock with thunderbolt 4 with RTX 5060 which is 145 watts card. I have noticed in some games like Forza Horizon 5 and 6, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and some other games, that I use 99% - 100% of the GPU which is normal. I am not bottlenecked by my CPU (Intel Core Ultra 7 155H) or RAM (32GB DDR5), but I have noticed the power draw is about 50 - 70 watts, and get frames around 30 - 50, even though the GPU can give more. In the other games I play, I don't have that problem. I have tried with an older GPU (RTX 2060) that I was using until recently, but the result was the same.

I was wondering if this can be fixed, or I should stick to heavy DLSS and framgen. I would be glad if somebody could explain the issue here and offer some assistance.

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u/GroufTeamWars — 8 days ago