how much power does my video card pull at idle?

[magreen]

Hi

I'm trying to consider whether to leave my x2 3600+ system on idling all the time as a server or to let it go to sleep to save electricity. It's got an underclocked 2600XT graphics card at 594 core/594 mem (down from 800 core/700 mem).

I don't have a kill-o-watt -- any idea what my system draws in total at idle, and what the video card alone draws at idle? It's a stock clocked x2 3600+ Brisbane, with 4x1gb of memory and a 7200 rpm hdd... no frills.
Thanks.

 

[error8]

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: error8
http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

Just FYI that thing dramatically over-estimates power usage.

 

[magreen]

Yeah, that psu calc is a no-go. In addition to it not even being accurate for its intended usage, I'm interested in idle power draw, not how big my psu has to be to handle maximum power draw.