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    gaming on battery?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by link626, Sep 25, 2012.

  1. link626

    link626 Asus GL502VM, Lenovo Y580, Asus K53TA

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    pardon my ignorance, but does the G series with GTX gpu allow full performance gaming on battery mode, or does it throttle big time ?
     
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    I can do it on my G73JH, dunno about the others for sure, i'm guessing that it's a yes, but DON'T, it's one of the best way to shorten the lifespan of your battery.. Also, i don't think that the battery can't supply the same amount of power as the charger so if the game fully utilizes both the CPU and GPU you'll likely run into throttling and/or other problems.

    I may not have a G series, but i can always check on my older Asus laptop with a nVidia GPU if you want.
     
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  3. Yiddo

    Yiddo Believe, Achieve, Receive

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    Quite easy to do just pop into your advanced battery settings and switch from balanced to high performance in the Nvidia "Graphics Processor" section. But as Tijo says it will drain fast and will cause advanced wear to the battery, but batteries are meant to be killed :) :)
     
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    dstrakele Notebook Consultant

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    dstrakele, Sep 26, 2012
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  5. Mobius 1

    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I have Throttlestop with BD prochot disabled and running at full 2.9GHz (4 cores loaded), also I have my GT 630M (well not a GTX) overclocked.

    Both runs great on battery and using the Power4Gear High performance (tweaked settings a little), no throttle with BF3 or a LAN game.


    Battery runs only for 40 minutes though :p

    Always run on charger, a gaming notebook is not designed to operate on battery power, it's designed so that you can easily carry your rig anywhere :)
     
    Mobius 1, Sep 26, 2012
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