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    question on SR series with ati graphics battery life

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by gekk_gad, Jul 23, 2009.

  1. gekk_gad

    gekk_gad Notebook Consultant

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    how long does the battery last on this laptop with the discreet graphics?
     
    gekk_gad, Jul 23, 2009
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    Alexander_Great Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have SR19 with ATI HD3470. It runs on fully charged battery approximately 2 hours, while playing games, with brightness set at 80%.
    The longest working time on battery, which I achieved, was 3h 35 min. Almost idle all the time. Brightness between 0 and 50%.
     
    Alexander_Great, Jul 23, 2009
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  3. Rachel

    Rachel Busy Bee

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    It is appearing so far that the SR4 with ATI graphics may have better battery life than the earlier models with dedicated graphics. An owner posted here that they got using the standard battery just over 4 hrs with 40% brightness, wifi on and bluetooth of.
    This is a pretty good result for a dedicated card.

    Owners of the previous gen model seemed to get anything from 3hrs to 3hrs 30 mins on average with with wifi on in power saver mode etc.

    Notebookcheck also posted a review of the SR4 and they got 4hrs 13mins with wifi on and 5/8 brightness level.
    http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Sony-Vaio-SR41M-S-Notebook.18254.0.html

    Of course more feedback is needed.
     
    Rachel, Jul 23, 2009
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