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    PowerPlay enable or disable?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by f0cu5, Jun 25, 2010.

  1. f0cu5

    f0cu5 Notebook Geek

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    Does it have a significant impact on battery life? Performance?
     
    f0cu5, Jun 25, 2010
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  2. TheCodeBreaker

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    It gives you the the best performance while not consuming as much power
    LINK: ATI PowerPlay?
     
    TheCodeBreaker, Jun 25, 2010
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  3. gpig

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    If you change settings between "maximize performance" and "maximize battery life" you will notice an extremely significant impact on battery life and performance (while playing games).

    I haven't tried unchecking the checkmark.
     
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    That's debatable really, if you leave it on the max battery option then you will get better battery life but if you put it on max performance then the core clock rises from what it would be without powerplay enabled giving more likely worse battery life but better performance than you would have had if you hadn't enabled it.
     
    funky monk, Jun 25, 2010
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