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    question about cooling setting in alienware fusion.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by dandan112988, Sep 24, 2013.

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    I was customizing a profile for battery life.. setting max processor state to 10 percent, ect and I noticed a system cooling under processor power management.. the settings are active or passive... Which is better for cooling/ performance , and which for batterylife? Thanks!
     
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    Passive is better for battery life. if you want better cooling, go for active, however, this would drain your battery as the fans would kick in when it reaches a certain temperature. given that we're using high performance systems, I would trade battery life for performance and better cooling
     
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    Got it, thanks for the reply. I use the laptop alot away from an outlet when not gaming for work... School . And I need two profiles... One for gaming I power and one for battery life. Good think this rig gets 6 hours of life with maximum power saving settings.

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    That's awesome! I'm glad you get that much out of it. You could let the community see the settings just in case anybody wants/needs it.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Sep 25, 2013
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    hm. how do I post the settings here? in short, I make sure the proc maximum clocks are very low, but high enough that I dont feel much lag, alienFX off, screen brightness to lowest or 1 bar and try to keep the main system fans off. I've managed around 6 with those
     
    dandan112988, Sep 27, 2013
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