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    running on battery problems? throttling

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by NICKM1, Mar 7, 2010.

  1. NICKM1

    NICKM1 Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys just got my xps 1645 and im having throttling issues but not so much when plugged in but when running on batteries. I play cod4 and when i start game when plugged in it seems to be a bit juddery at first kind of just stop and start gameplay but then seems to smooth out after a min or two. (I updated bios to ao7 and rang dell asked them for 130 psu and the tech told me there was no longer an issue with my model in my country (crap) i just hung up. but i will ring back when i have time and demand one (im within my rights ya??) Anyway when i plug out during game play the game lags badly going down to like 10 or 15 fps as opposed to 60 fps plugged in (aa off) anyone any ideas??
     
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    bumppppppppppppppppppppppp
     
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    WOW its quiet here today
     
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    What are you power options (performance) set to?

    Do you have Catalyst also installed? If so, do you have PowerPlay enabled? If so, what setting do you have for Battery?
     
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    Hi mate cheers for the reply didnt enen know i had catalyst power play is enabled and battery is set to maximise battery life which i have just changed im going to try cod 4 now to see if any change. Should i disable powerplay?
     
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    Try it both ways, but do put it on maximize performance for battery (if PP enabled).
     
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    cheers man is there anything else i should know about performance wise?
     
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    Theres not i take it : ) cheers for the help much appreciated :D
     
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