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    Fujitsu Amilo M3438G

    Discussion in 'Fujitsu' started by champ_, Dec 9, 2005.

  1. champ_

    champ_ Newbie

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    hi ppl,
    after all, sorry for my bad english!

    I have a Fujitsu Amilo M3438G notebook, and i´m very happy with it, but i have a question, when the notebook is running only with the battery, the performance of the graphic card(geforce go 6800) is very, very bad, the games are unplayable, but if i connect the notebook to the electricity even in the middle of a game, the game runs smoothly, and if i remove the cable the game turns unplayable!!
    is this normal?? i have to have the notebook always connected to the electricity to have full velocity in 3d games? is anything that i can do to modify this??

    thnx ppl :D
     
    champ_, Dec 9, 2005
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  2. circa86

    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    check your powersettings in windows, if it is set to max battery or something it could be downclocking your processor, just right click the little battery icon next to the clock and check the power settings, another way to check if your processor is being downclocked is to go to my computer and "view system information"

    hope this helps
     
    circa86, Dec 9, 2005
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  3. itshondo

    itshondo Notebook Geek

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    Your CPU is ramping down, probably to 600 Mhz, to conserve battery power.

    If you install Notebook Hardware control, you can set the program to utilze the cpu in the "Dynamic Switching" mode- this will run the cpu at minimum speed when idle or running small applications, but then go to maximum performance when necesssary (games, photoshop, ect).

    You can download Notebook Hardware Control (used to be called Centrino Hardware Control) here -

    http://www.pbus-167.com/chc.htm
     
    itshondo, Dec 9, 2005
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  4. champ_

    champ_ Newbie

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    no, the processor is at full speed because he gave me the same result in superpi when is on batteries, the problem is the graphic card! Anyone have more ideas??

    tnx
     
    champ_, Dec 10, 2005
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  5. itshondo

    itshondo Notebook Geek

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    is the BIOS set to "Max Battery" when on battery power?
     
    itshondo, Dec 10, 2005
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    champ_ Newbie

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    i have no options to do that in BIOS.

    thnx
     
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    champ_ Newbie

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    noone have this notebook and can help me? its the only problem of this notebook in my opinion and i want to know if this is normal or is a problem of mine.

    thnx ppl, keep up with the good work! :)
     
    champ_, Dec 11, 2005
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    nongus Newbie

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    the gpu powers dorn to about 20% or the batt would be dead in mins gpu uses 80 wats at full pelt and no bat can provide that 4 long. hope i helped you out
     
    nongus, Dec 16, 2005
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    :) p.s try running 3d mark on batt and see your very low score
     
    nongus, Dec 16, 2005
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    also upgrade bios,chipset and 6800 go drivers from fujitsu support ill guarantee they wont be the ones that shipped with machine....has 2 be said by far the best gaming notebook under £1.5k
     
    nongus, Dec 16, 2005
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    yes is a very good notebook! thnx for the explanation! The drivers on my cds are the same as the fujitsu page! I want know if this notebook is the only one that happens this with the graphic card??

    thnx ppl, i once more sorry for my bad english!!
     
    champ_, Dec 18, 2005
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