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    Battery and plugged performance NP8660

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by mortalcombat, Feb 9, 2009.

  1. mortalcombat

    mortalcombat Notebook Consultant

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    I've noticed that the laptop's gaming performance on battery is decreased compared to plugging it in even in high performance. Is this normal and is there a way to "fix" this?
     
    mortalcombat, Feb 9, 2009
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  2. nic.

    nic. Notebook Evangelist

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    Its normal, components will be down clock in battery mode to squeeze out battery life for you.
     
    nic., Feb 9, 2009
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  3. livesoft

    livesoft BUSTED

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    For the GPU, I'm sure it's related to Powermizer: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=261929 and http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=273276. I can't test this utility now so it's up to you.

    About the CPU, according to this site: http://whattodo-jiangchen.blogspot.com/2009/01/nvidia-powermizer.html,
     
    livesoft, Feb 9, 2009
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  4. mortalcombat

    mortalcombat Notebook Consultant

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    Those tweaks don't work...
    The GPU still gets downclocked on battery
     
    mortalcombat, Feb 17, 2009
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  5. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    Notebook batteries aren't strong enough to run these high-end GPUs at full speed. The downclocking is unavoidable.
     
    Kevin, Feb 17, 2009
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