I have though of measuring the watts that go through the cables, but if I am not mistaken, the motherboard is also supplying power to the cards, so you would be missing that part, right? I was thinking that maybe there is a program that gives you a measure (even an aproximation). I have used gpu-z to get the current and voltage but for a overcloacked 5870 with 99% load it tells me that its using 100W, while this card should be taking around 200W, so Im obviously doing something wrong.
Measure when the miner is off and your screensaver is active: Base consumptionMeasure when the miner is in full gear: Maximum consumption
Calculate GPU/NB/CPU/PSU/ETC watt consumption: Maximum consumption - Base consumption
That's clever, at least I will know the extra-charge that the GPU adds from idle to 99% load, and what to expect from adding new gpu's.
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CPU-Z shows current values? Where?!
Second screen, but I am probably doing it wrong as I said. There is the voltage and amperage and some forum posts found with google said that was the consumption.
