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    Games throttle when on battery

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Soundedtrack, Jun 4, 2012.

  1. Soundedtrack

    Soundedtrack Notebook Guru

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    When trying to run any game while on battery, the games run very poorly. I am in high performance mode, and Precision X tells me my GPU clock is 73/800 even with the game running, and will not change. When plugged in, it plays games no problem, and I get 60+ FPS in all my games with 3d vision enabled. Why is this? The 3d vision is an amazing experience by the way, I am completely satisfied.

    My specs
    i7 3610QM
    16gb Corsair Vengence
    1gb GDDR5 GTX 675
    120hz 3d vision enabled display
     
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  2. SlickDude80

    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    This is completely normal. The 675 uses too much power and can't run properly on the battery
     
    SlickDude80, Jun 4, 2012
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  3. nkdv

    nkdv Notebook Consultant

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    yup, the 9cell battery can only give it so much juice. The M14x R1 had lots of trouble with people trying to max out performance on battery and having their notebooks shut down on them within seconds of trying that.
     
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    This is completely normal, don't worry about it. Here are some tips to optimize your gaming experience.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jun 4, 2012
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  5. Soundedtrack

    Soundedtrack Notebook Guru

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    If anyone knows, what is the maximum that can be drawn from the battery?
     
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    zoolian982 Notebook Deity

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    Soundedtrack, it is "Impossible" to run most newer games at full power on battery.
     
    zoolian982, Jun 4, 2012
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  7. Tsunade_Hime

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    All laptops will throttle down the GPU/CPU down to unusable levels to protect the battery, it cannot handle the power draw all at once, you would destroy the battery. My R2 idles @ 1 hour, game play would kill the battery in like 10 minutes on full blast (if you could run it full blast on battery).
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jun 4, 2012
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