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    Low performance on battery 7811fx

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by metalangel, Nov 4, 2008.

  1. metalangel

    metalangel Notebook Consultant

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    Someone can help me how to gaming on battery
    I`ve noticed that when i unplug the power cable i get half fps that i usually get when it is pluged , i take a o look at riva tunner and that's the problem the vga runs underclocked while in battery, even in high performance power plan mode, so is there a way to fix this? cuz it`s impossible to play on battery this way.

    BTW I`am also have a problem with steam , it shows blank menus, I`am using Dox 180.43 but i didn`t think it`s a driver problem, i already reinstall it many times, is there anything different to do in vista 64bit? a 64bit installer or something like that? first time using it,
    http://img357.imageshack.us/my.php?image=steamnw8.jpg

    Thx :D
     
    metalangel, Nov 4, 2008
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  2. XNachoX

    XNachoX Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nvidia's Powermizer is downclocking the GPU to prevent the laptop from crashing when the battery voltage drops below a certain point.

    You can turn it off, but it is not advised.

    forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=261929

    Not sure about the Steam issue.
     
    XNachoX, Nov 4, 2008
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  3. mojotaker

    mojotaker Notebook Geek

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    I agree with him.

    Let me add a little, If your going to game on battery, dont expect to get the best performance. If at all you do get everything to output solid performance. Battery life will suck big time.
     
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  4. metalangel

    metalangel Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah I tried this but no results, still downclocking :mad:
     
    metalangel, Nov 4, 2008
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