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    FPS drop

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Jovaras, Jun 13, 2008.

  1. Jovaras

    Jovaras Notebook Guru

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    Hello,
    I have a problem. WHen I unplugg charger from my XPS M1530, my fps in game drops down. And it drops by a great amount. Is it normal?
     
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    yes. your laptop went into power saving mode
     
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  3. Jovaras

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    Screen becomes dark, but I bring it to the brigh tagain, but FPS is still low.
    Could you please tell me how do i turn off power saving mode?
     
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    ok click on your power icon bottom right of your desktop and change it to a performance setting.
     
    laptop4life, Jun 13, 2008
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  5. Jovaras

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    still dropping.
     
    Jovaras, Jun 13, 2008
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    Did you try what i said?
     
    laptop4life, Jun 13, 2008
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    umm if its a nVidia Card, turn off powermizer, as well as set ur power setting to Always On, might fix ur problem
     
    UofTSilent, Jun 13, 2008
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    If he is running vista you cannot really just "turn off powermizer". I mean you can but I think it is a reg hack now.
     
    Tusin, Jun 13, 2008
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    u serious o_O i just go into my control panel, go to powermizer and turn it off ._.

    dunno bout vista though..
     
    UofTSilent, Jun 13, 2008
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    laptop4life i did, it now shows high performance. But still dropping. It's vista HP. Nvidia geforce 8600M GT.
     
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    Its probably the drivers you are using then. I had the issue when my vostro still ran. Use a driver from before 174.16 and that should resolve the downclocking on battery life
     
    X2P, Jun 13, 2008
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  12. Jovaras

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    ok, Btw what are the best drivers for world of warcraft game? I read that u need to try all, but there are so many drivers...
     
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  13. GF[BE]

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    Try the one listed on the Dell site under the M1330, pretty good and official :)
     
    GF[BE], Jun 13, 2008
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    Jovaras, Jun 13, 2008
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