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    Power Saver

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by wrathofdeath, Nov 2, 2011.

  1. wrathofdeath

    wrathofdeath Notebook Evangelist

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    On power saver whenever I drag a screen back and forth, it lags. By a screen I mean tab in chrome.... In high performance It doesnt, is this normal
     
    wrathofdeath, Nov 2, 2011
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  2. Descalzo

    Descalzo Notebook Evangelist

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    Is this an R1? Your sig says R3, but I didn't know those ad High Performance/Power Saver modes like the R1.
     
    Descalzo, Nov 2, 2011
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  3. Rypac

    Rypac Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, he'd be talking about his R3. All they are, are the different Windows power and performance management profiles.



    And wrathofdeath, mine can get pretty laggy on Powersaver as well, so I mainly use that for really light tasks like writing notes and reading PDFs. I find Balanced to be the best compromise between power and battery life.
     
    Rypac, Nov 2, 2011
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  4. Jedispooner

    Jedispooner Notebook Geek

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    I never use power saver but when aero is off, yeah I get a little lag sometimes, especially if it's a web browser, I think it's just the content in the application window making it stutter, flash, silverlight etc...
     
    Jedispooner, Nov 3, 2011
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