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    M11x R3 + Battery Bar

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Bman2309, May 1, 2011.

  1. Bman2309

    Bman2309 Notebook Geek

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    Hi,
    I've got a request for any m11x r3 owner to see what discharge rate in mW (Milli-watts) when their laptop is;

    Idle - everything off (bluetooth, wifi, screen brightness)
    general use - wifi on + surfing on web
    gaming - (game in windowed mode so you can see reading)

    Use battery bar to do this
    Osiris Development - BatteryBar, the most accurate battery meter for Windows
    hover cursor (or click on) over the little icon on taskbar to see 'discharge rate'

    In comparison my M11x r2 got
    idle | around -9 000 mW
    General | -14 000 to -17 000 mW
    Gaming | depending on game anywhere from | -30 000 to -42 000 mW

    Thanks heaps to anyone how does this.
     
    Bman2309, May 1, 2011
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  2. Goombaypunch

    Goombaypunch Notebook Consultant

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    battery bar shows 9200 average for me on i7 m11x r3
     
    Goombaypunch, May 1, 2011
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  3. Iceman82

    Iceman82 Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks goombaypunch. When you say average, what tasks had you been doing to get that reading? Had it been mostly idle with a little basic browsing use, or vice versa?
    I would really appreciate some more Idle|General|Gaming figures like Bman showed. If the R3 really has average (browsing with wifi) mW usage at the same level as the R2 idle levels then I'll be quite happy :)
    That would help confirm several people's 7 hr plus battery life estimates at general usage levels.
     
    Iceman82, May 2, 2011
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  4. Bman2309

    Bman2309 Notebook Geek

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    Ok now that i have a R3 here are the results:

    In idle its very much the same, The R3 gets 8.3Watts average (with a ssd and everything off). However where it differs is in general use, where it is lower. The R2 got about 16W whilst everything on and surfing the web and the R3 never really goes above 13W. The same with movies... R2 got around 14W, the R3 gets about 12W. Gaming is the same, and also depends on the game.

    So, to answer my question
    idle | around -8 500 mW
    General | -11 000 to -14 000 mW
    Gaming | depending on game anywhere from | -30 000 to -50 000 mW (generally 40 000)

    In all very similar life, but i think the R3 has it over the R2 slightly.
     
    Bman2309, Jun 22, 2011
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  5. DivineAura

    DivineAura Notebook Evangelist

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    Ahh so R3 has a more power-optimized CPU and a better GPU which is awesome o_O
    For my R2, I get around 11k mWh while idling, 12~13k mWh while listening to music (lid closed,max power saving) and around 45k mWh while gaming.
     
    DivineAura, Jun 22, 2011
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  6. irishsumo

    irishsumo Notebook Consultant

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    Hi Bman, any chance you could post the battery life times you are seeing for the different scenarios - gaming obviously not that important as fragging on the move makes it hard to aim using a mouse!
     
    irishsumo, Jun 22, 2011
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