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    G53SW Battery Life

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Frap, May 27, 2011.

  1. Frap

    Frap Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey everyone,

    I am going to be getting a laptop for college in the fall, and am wondering what the battery life for the G53SW is? I don't want to get a laptop with anything less than 4, and I hear the asus is 2 hours at max. Does it have optimus?

    Thanks
     
    Frap, May 27, 2011
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  2. IgnisDR

    IgnisDR Notebook Geek

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    2-2.5h on batery save mode ; }
    30 min of gaming (tested on Dirt 2)
     
    IgnisDR, May 27, 2011
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  3. tijo

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    No optimus on the G53SW though the 2.5h mark seem a bit low to me. If you can find a way to agressively downclock you GPU and kill all the lights you might be able to get to 3 hours, just enough for a lecture. I can't guarantee it though since i don't have a G53 to test it on.
     
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  4. Hrogi

    Hrogi Notebook Consultant

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    I do not have a G53 only the G73. These laptops are not built to work on battires....

    Or buy 3 battiers...

    Look at a IBM Think pad.. they have a new 15 inch with 25 hour batter life...
     
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  5. IgnisDR

    IgnisDR Notebook Geek

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    if you want looong batery life look at Apple MacBook (Air -10 hours of work or 30days of standby) or Lenovo ThinkPad (its no longer IBM)
     
    IgnisDR, May 27, 2011
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    .. I haven't heard that much battery life on a thinkpad that size! I use lots of t410/420 and s models with work. Is that standby time? Either way im perked to test on my next system!
     
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    Hrogi, May 28, 2011
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