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    Horrible FPS rates in WoW when running on battery

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by thegooch69, Oct 19, 2008.

  1. thegooch69

    thegooch69 Notebook Guru

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    For some reason, whenever I unplug my laptop (in sig) and try to run WoW, I can't get my FPS rate to go an higher than 20, and it runs like crap. The second I plug the AC adapter, the FPS jump back to normal (60). Yes, my battery profile is on High Performance. Only WoW runs like this, any other game runs fine off battery.

    Anyone else notice this? Is there a fix?

    edit: I think I found the answer from another thread. Search before posting! ;)
     
    thegooch69, Oct 19, 2008
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  2. SeeYouInTheER

    SeeYouInTheER Notebook Consultant

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    what was the answer im curious
     
    SeeYouInTheER, Oct 20, 2008
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  3. BlackSheep5

    BlackSheep5 Notebook Consultant

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    check your advanced power settings for when running on battery with high performance. and look into the PowerMizer thing, involved changing some registry stuff but you can find about that by searching for it.


    EDIT: here is the PowerMizer thread

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=261929
     
    BlackSheep5, Oct 20, 2008
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  4. royk50

    royk50 times being what they are

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    yep that is your answer :search and yell find
     
    royk50, Oct 20, 2008
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