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    [M17X R4] Battery life better without enduro !?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by titi974, Jan 30, 2013.

  1. titi974

    titi974 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, it's been a long time that I wanted to ask you guys one question ... Why on earth is my battery so short when I enable enduro to only be on the HD 4000 ?? It should be better as far as I have understood !
    I mean, when I'm only on the ATI 7970m I can get around 3h of battery life, but on the HD 4000 I only get 2h... any solution guys ? BTW I'm on windows 8.
    Thanks in advance !
     
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    I had this problem too, which is why I implemented manual graphics switching. I now get 5-6 hours of battery life on intel 4000 only.
     
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    Can you help me or explain me how you did this ? because I really don't understand why there's less battery with the hd 4000 enabled than with the 7970m only enabled... that would be really useful for me as I use it at my university during classes to take notes ^^' (yeah yeah I know it's an Alienware xD)
     
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