VGA (PCI-Passthrough) Power Consumption if VM is off

mcflym

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Hi,

if i passthrough a graphic card to a VM and shut down the VM, will the graphic card shut down too (=no power consumption)?

Thanks in advance
 
Hi,

if i passthrough a graphic card to a VM and shut down the VM, will the graphic card shut down too (=no power consumption)?

Thanks in advance

how can graphic card shutdown if its still in running PC?
For exact watt-difference betwen vm-on, vm-off plug your host on UPS or wattmetter.