[continued from previous message]   
      
   would be 2+3W or 5W for the two DIMMs. If four DIMMs were present 2+3+2+3   
   (that uses two different channels, and two DIMMs are "active" at the same   
   time).   
   If you feel the DIMMs, the power is 2.5W time-averaged on each DIMM.   
   So that's part of your motherboard 50W hand-wavey estimate, throws in some   
   DIMMs.   
      
   The physical evidence is, those idle numbers are on the high side. They   
   are numbers for "Idle Windows Desktop", not S3 sleep. At S3 sleep, refresh   
   draws 1 watt per DIMM (measured). The DIMM is in auto-refresh mode then.   
   And in S3 sleep, all the DIMMs use the same power, as none of them can be   
   in the active state then.   
      
   Summary - I don't like that the video card companies don't just give a TDP   
             for the card, and have the customer do the math. At least then   
             we could justify our PSU purchases and "how much is enough".   
      
      Paul   
      
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