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    Reduced Performance with battery power

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Stryker7314, Oct 12, 2008.

  1. Stryker7314

    Stryker7314 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a p6868 and can play games just fine when the battery is jacked into the wall, but when I run it from battery alone it runs games really choppy. I have the battery set to high performance, and it looks like my 8800gts downthrottles, either that or the cpu (x9000). Is there a way to keep performance up?
     
    Stryker7314, Oct 12, 2008
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  2. Diablo

    Diablo Metalhead

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    either disable powermizer, or keep it plugged in.

    look here
     
    Diablo, Oct 12, 2008
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  3. jacob808

    jacob808 Notebook Deity

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    What video driver version are you using? And did it do this with the original video driver that came with the comp?
     
    jacob808, Oct 12, 2008
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  4. Diablo

    Diablo Metalhead

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    im using 178.13 drivers from www.laptopvideo2go.com

    and i have no clue about the original drivers that came with the laptop, i didnt keep mine for more than...30 minutes.
     
    Diablo, Oct 12, 2008
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  5. WysockiSauce

    WysockiSauce Notebook Consultant

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    Had the same problem. Original drivers that came with the laptop could override powermizer. I remember gaming on the battery was fine. With newest drivers when you disable powermizer in the registry performance is better but not as good as it would be with the adapter plugged in.
     
    WysockiSauce, Oct 13, 2008
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