How to turn off the video card while downloading files from the Internet?

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Electronics

How to turn off the video card while downloading files from the Internet?
Guys, hello. How to turn off the video card at night to download files from the Internet? The fact is that I have water cooling and I would not want to waste the pump's temporary resource. Please do not write that the pump has a large resource, I have a Chinese pump and I am very afraid that it will fail, just tell me how to turn off the video card for a while? Thanks in advance)))

Answer 1

for some reason, the wheels in the car do not change on the go, maybe this will lead you to the idea of ​​solving the issue

Answer 2

See for example in CPUz or Speccy in the "graphics" section whether there is support for Performance level.
i.imgur.com/fbWRibg.png
If there is, then downclock the video card to low frequencies, the temperature will drop there and you can lower the pump resource, if it is regulated of course.
To completely disable it in Windows, I have not heard about this.

Answer 3

I am very afraid that she will refuse,

It seems to me that even if you found a way to turn off the card, your fears would not go away.
The only real solution to your problem is to buy a "normal" pump if you're so afraid of noname's. Well, or think only about baseball (c), but you can’t do it anymore.

Answer 4

turning off and on - most often at these moments the mechanics die.
The pump can run uptime 24/7/365/10. BUT!!! After turning it off, it simply won't start.
It's like with a hard drive... Works non-stop for 10 years. Turned it off, turned it on - but it can't start.
So here ... The main wear is at the time of on / off, and not the work itself.