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    Alienware 15 Battery

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by NOIDEA101, Feb 12, 2015.

  1. NOIDEA101

    NOIDEA101 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi I am thinking about buying an alienware 15, but i was wondering what the battery life is realistically like.

    Pretty simple and I would love a response
    Thank you very much in advance
     
    NOIDEA101, Feb 12, 2015
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  2. sabricaze

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    ~3 hours without gaming.
    ~1-1.5 hours gaming.
     
    sabricaze, Feb 13, 2015
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    The above post pretty much sums it up. You don't buy an Alienware for the battery life. Whilst most gaming laptop's don't have a great battery time, Alienwares are usually on the average and below scale in terms of battery times.
     
    tinker_xp, Feb 14, 2015
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    Thanks for the reply
    wondering if you could tell me what gaming laptops are on the above average scale in terms of battery life.
     
    NOIDEA101, Feb 14, 2015
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    3-5 hours is on the upper end for gaming machines.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 15, 2015
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    I find out that there is a problem cause by windows updates that drain the battery very faster!
    My advice to any body is do no install optional updates!
     
    bumbo2, Feb 15, 2015
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    Last edited: Feb 15, 2015
    CuriousN, Feb 15, 2015
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    It does vary by the screen brightness. I do apologize, my post above was with the full brightness.
     
    sabricaze, Feb 16, 2015
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    also the razer software was a problem!
     
    bumbo2, Feb 16, 2015
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    Plugging in a device with a super high USB polling rate will impact battery life too ;)
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 17, 2015
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    This is closer to what we handle on the Alienware 15.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Feb 18, 2015
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    Yeah I think that's what was happening with my RAZER OUROBOROS. Now the windows battery measures show 8hr of running time! Now I'm a happy camper!!!
     
    bumbo2, Feb 18, 2015
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    Thanks for reply
    fwi I'm a little technological handicapped, which devises have a high usb polling rate, and how much more battery we talking about here?
    Actually do you mind explaning what a USB polling rate is?
    Thx it is much appreciated
     
    NOIDEA101, Feb 18, 2015
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    My Alienware 15 doesn't seem to hold charge more than 1.5 hours despite being on power saver and with limited web browsing... What could the cause be...
     
    KPrem, Sep 2, 2015
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    3 hours at full brightness while doing productivity like photoshop. at half brightness and just browsing i can get between 5 or 6 hours with some conservative power settings. Using the Geforce 970m FHD version.
     
    rinneh, Sep 2, 2015
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    Hello Mr Porras...
    I'm using Alienware 15 with GTX980M card supplies with a 180W charger... My battery life runs out by 1 hour 30 minutes despite on battery saver... Could you help me with this... Do I need to get a 240W charger?
     
    KPrem, Sep 3, 2015
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    I get around 4 hrs web browsing on battery with the brightness turned down, basically not on full.

    I got around 2 hours of gaming on battery playing The Witcher 3 on the weekend during a power cut, which was nice. I optimised the graphics for battery in GeForce experience and turned the brightness all the way down!
     
    kgh00007, Sep 3, 2015
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  18. Chris_Wayne

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    After windows 10 I get 6+ hours (like 6 hours and 20 minutes) with medium brightness and power setting set to eco, real work like CAD on battery is about 3 and a half hours (not rendering though), I'm sure I could squeeze more of it with the screen at the lowest possible brightness and alienfx disabled.

    Realistic results but I did it without a lot of hd videos on youtube, that might affect run time.
     
    Chris_Wayne, Sep 10, 2015
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