Powercolor Red Devil 6800xt weird power read out while Idle

[tone]

I can quite explain, but when the GPU is idle, HWinfo does not report for a certain amount of time GPU sensor goes grey then comes back white with updated info. If there is a load on the GPU, it consistently reports no grey reset read-outs; it works as it should. I have tried stable and beta release.

Here is a link. I did a video of what it does.

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[Martin]

That means the readout is failing because the GPU doesn't return correct data.
It's a known issue on the 6xxx series, but no solution yet. Could be related somehow to idle/low power state and perhaps a future driver update will fix this.

 

[tone]

Thanks for the info; also, I notice that it only shows one GPU fan when there are three. Is it driver related or software?

 

[Martin]

None of the known functions for AMD GPUs seem to support individual fan RPM, so I assume they all are driven at same speed.