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    Samsung R480, Low performance on battery.

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by Revoluxon, May 16, 2011.

  1. Revoluxon

    Revoluxon Notebook Geek

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    Samsung R480 (Core i3 330M and Nvidia GT330M), nothing wrong while playing games with the notebook plugged in but everytime I try to play on battery the FPS drops to half (Crysis2 from 30 FPS to 15 FPS)

    It's on high performance, PCI Express power managment is disabled, nvidia control panel on maximum performance, CPU is at 100%, checked the BIOS and power saving on the CPU is disabled, I don't know what's wrong with it X.x

    Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance!
     
    Revoluxon, May 16, 2011
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    It looks as if the GPU is downclocking when on battery. You may be able to adjust the GPU settings using the tool in Goodbytes' signature. However, look forward to the battery draining faster.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, May 17, 2011
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  3. Revoluxon

    Revoluxon Notebook Geek

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    Thanks for your help, I didn't check those links because I figured out what was wrong with my notebook.

    it was Powermizer fault, just needed to disable it! :D
     
    Revoluxon, May 17, 2011
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