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    Laptop Battery life

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by teslas, Apr 25, 2008.

  1. teslas

    teslas Notebook Consultant

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    First let me say, this is a very cool forum. I just stumbled across this page a few days ago and like what I see.

    Anyhoot, I have a question about the M1530 battery life. I fly alot and am need of a gaming machine to keep me occupied in those long cross country flight. And I am wondering if anybody can let me know what the average battery life for a 9 cell battery would be?

    I would have the wireless/bluetooth/infrared all disabled, and would be gaming pretty much till the battery died.

    I know everybody has a slightly different model (CPU/memory/HD) but i'm looking for generals. I'm interested in the INtel 9300 and a 8600GT card.

    So, those of you with 9 cell packs (even you 6 cell pack guys), if you wouldn't mind posting your battery run times with the above settings while gaming - I'd much appreciate it.
    Thank You!

    Cheers,
    teslas
     
    teslas, Apr 25, 2008
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  2. Heathkidd

    Heathkidd M860TU

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    go with the M1530 i think... im sure the exact duration... it dep on the game.. and what power settings you are using..

    but on max power settings with the biger battery the m1530 can last 3 hours i think.... which is very impressive... i think a macbookpro is ok as well.. my brother gets 3hours but thats not runing xP or vista but osx.. running vista i think it could be higher..

    U can run your laptop at many diferen batterylifeVSperformance settings... the issue is the best power saving on a 8600 will prob give u very bad performance...

    playing a game at good performance settings i think u would be lucky 2 get 2-3hours.

    If gaming while on a plane is a big issue for you i would just get a NintendoDS or PSP... imo
     
    Heathkidd, Apr 25, 2008
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  3. jamief00

    jamief00 Notebook Enthusiast

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    On max performance settings (which are required for gaming) you'll get probably 2 hours or so. However if gaming is important, you might want to keep additional batteries with you so you can swap them over.
     
    jamief00, Apr 25, 2008
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  4. ifti

    ifti Undiscovered

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    Dont go with the M1730 then - you'll get around an hour! lol
     
    ifti, Apr 25, 2008
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  5. teslas

    teslas Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for those guys.

    Lets see, I'd be playing games like COD4, C&C3, WIC, and so on. I am not interested in power saving mode.

    Anybody else that can provide me with some real world timings would be great!

    THanks!
    teslas
     
    teslas, Apr 25, 2008
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  6. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    You want to know how long you can game on battery? You wont get much at all. An hour to an hour and a half max. Good thing is that they have power on the planes so you can plug in your lappy.
     
    nizzy1115, Apr 25, 2008
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