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    Alienware M11x R3 - poor gaming performance on battery power

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Batfink, May 9, 2011.

  1. Batfink

    Batfink Newbie

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    Hi all,

    The moment I try to game on battery power with this R3, framerates drop through the floor. I've tried setting High-performance Nvidia processor to being the preferred processor, prefer Max Performance in Power settings etc but nothing seems to force the Nvidia GT 540M to stay at maximum clocks.

    Is this normal behaviour? I seem to remember the R2 maintained its performance on and off battery power.
     
    Batfink, May 9, 2011
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  2. Kaybree Lady

    Kaybree Lady Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes mine too, you have to change the settings in AlienFusion. Set battery to high performance under the graphics settings.
     
    Kaybree Lady, May 9, 2011
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    I would suggest not using AlienFusion unless they fixed the bugs with it on the R3s... but on my R2 AlienFusion was eating up at least 20% of my usage. Just click the battery and click the high-performance bubble.
     
    MasivB, May 9, 2011
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