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    gaming on battery

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by FairTrade, Apr 12, 2009.

  1. FairTrade

    FairTrade Notebook Geek

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    quick question here...

    its perfectly normal for gaming performance to be horrible when i'm not plugged in right?

    (on the 7811)
     
    FairTrade, Apr 12, 2009
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  2. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    Yes, your graphics card automatically downclocks to conserve power. I believe 176.16 driver (or similar area) and older for Nvidia cards do not downclock on battery.
     
    X2P, Apr 12, 2009
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  3. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    yes, that's quite normal. no matter what your performance settings are, your notebook will downclock when on battery power.
     
    whizzo, Apr 12, 2009
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    namaiki, Apr 12, 2009
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  5. sentence

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    i tried it, works great (but be ready for the battery to die fast)

    GoGame!
     
    sentence, Apr 12, 2009
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  6. jujuk8

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    it sucks.

    if you play big games like l4d, it's pointless.
     
    jujuk8, Apr 13, 2009
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  7. FairTrade

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    woah...sweet, thanks!
     
    FairTrade, Apr 16, 2009
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  8. Mormegil83

    Mormegil83 I Love Lamp.

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    I guess its ok to game on battery if your really into a game and have to take a long crap and don't wanna stop the fun... other than that you don't get a whole lot of time on battery while using that much power.
     
    Mormegil83, Apr 16, 2009
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  9. madmook

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    ^ Well there's an awkward image...
     
    madmook, Apr 16, 2009
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    i've done that with raids on WOW back when i had my old HP.... not as awkward as one would think....
     
    Alitronic, Apr 17, 2009
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  11. Tehkun

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    thats probably 10x more grotesque when you think about the fact that he was probably on vent the whole time during those WoW raids...
     
    Tehkun, Apr 17, 2009
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  12. Mormegil83

    Mormegil83 I Love Lamp.

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    LOL haha hehe
     
    Mormegil83, Apr 17, 2009
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  13. Alitronic

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    Nope wasn't on Vent... Teamspeak yes, vent no... hehe
     
    Alitronic, Apr 18, 2009
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