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    Playing on Battery

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by theKriton, Sep 28, 2011.

  1. theKriton

    theKriton Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello all,

    I got my m11x r3 yesterday and I am already in love with it. :)

    However I got a small issue that I cant find a solution for and I am not sure even if one exists.

    If I play games on battery, the fps drop dramatacally and I cant find anything on the configuration to fix that.

    Would like some input please :)
     
    theKriton, Sep 28, 2011
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  2. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    Go into advance power settings, set GPU to be at max while on battery.
     
    ejohnson, Sep 28, 2011
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    ^ THAT

    or click High performance as the battery plan.

    Also another option is in nvidia control planel under manage 3D settings. Set power management mode to 'prefer maximum performance'
     
    MasivB, Sep 28, 2011
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  4. deadboy90

    deadboy90 Notebook Evangelist

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    Here, step by step:
    right click on the little battery icon in the corner, then choose the power plan you want to use (Power saver, balanced, but high performance is best for gaming) and click on change power settings to the right of the different power options. Then click advanced power settings, and a box should pop up. scroll to the bottom of that box and find the plus box next to graphics processor. two options should come up: "on battery" and "Plugged in", on battery should say "Balanced mode", change it to "High Performance" and you should be good. just a warning, it will reduce your battery life by a bit.
     
    deadboy90, Sep 28, 2011
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  5. theKriton

    theKriton Notebook Enthusiast

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    thx for the tips :)

    Got it working :D

    Just a note: Just chaning to "High Performance" power theme would not work for me, as even that theme was not configured to use full GPU. But what Ejohnson said did the trick.
     
    theKriton, Sep 30, 2011
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