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    Google Chrome eats ALOT of battery life

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by mohaa7, Apr 24, 2011.

  1. mohaa7

    mohaa7 Notebook Evangelist

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    I noticed that if I leave google chrome on, i get around 15,000 discharge rate.
    However, if I close it and leave it on idle, it goes down to around 12,000 discharge rate.
    I whitelisted google chrome in order for GT335M to not kick in
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    Any good browsers that don't really eat much battery life that people have tested?
     
    mohaa7, Apr 24, 2011
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Just curious, but do you have the GPU stuff in Chrome enabled or disabled? (check about:flags)

    Also, "switchable Intel GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics" -> Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, or GMA HD (or GMA5700MHD).
     
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  3. mohaa7

    mohaa7 Notebook Evangelist

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    As said in my first post, GPU stuff in Google Chrome is disabled.
    When I use Google Chrome, NVIDIA TEST TOOL indicates "NVIDIA GPU: OFF".

    By the way, the following is the screenshot of my task manager.
    I don't know why there are many Google Chrome processes.

    http://img822.imageshack.us/i/75027432.jpg/
     
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    What you wrote is that Google Chrome will be instructed to use the Intel GPU (that is, if Chrome's GPU acceleration is enabled).


    I believe Chrome has separate processes for each tab you have open so that if one of them crashes, the rest are not affected.
     
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  5. mohaa7

    mohaa7 Notebook Evangelist

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    Well, I just checked about:flags and found that GPU Acceleration is disabled !
     
    mohaa7, Apr 24, 2011
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    DavyGT Overclocker

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    IE9 is supposed to be " the most power efficient browser". I don't use the browser when I'm on battery though so I don't know for sure.
     
    DavyGT, Apr 24, 2011
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    GaresTaylan Notebook Consultant

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    I have problems with Chrome on my Macbook Pro at work as well - which stinks because I kind of like Chrome (in some ways).

    I have been an avid user of Opera on Windows and OSX for quite some time. Every now and then Ill come across something that doesnt play nice - but I like the UI and find it to be quite fast.
     
    GaresTaylan, Apr 24, 2011
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    k42jv Notebook Enthusiast

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    Wow, thats really surprising, I'm getting 10,000 mW discharge right now, 3 tabs open, and downloading about 1mb/s... I dont know what exactly your problem, but I have always know google chrome as the most lightweight browser. In my experience, firefox and IE9 have both used more energy than chrome.

    I idle at around 8,000 discharge rate, so I think maybe there are some other things running in the backgroud? Anyway, I hope you figure something out!
     
    k42jv, Apr 24, 2011
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  9. MasivB

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    "according to microsoft's own testing" :D
    interesting find though because I do agree with Chrome being inefficient for battery mode
     
    MasivB, Apr 25, 2011
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    unclewebb, Apr 25, 2011
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