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    Battery life of Vostro 1500 with 8400 GS?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by manzi, Aug 9, 2007.

  1. manzi

    manzi Notebook Evangelist

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    what is the battery life of the Vostro 1500 with the 8400 GS graphics card?

    Also can you tell me what the laptop is doing when you acheive the run time you get out of you laptop?

    Thx in advance :)
     
    manzi, Aug 9, 2007
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  2. Sredni Vashtar

    Sredni Vashtar Notebook Evangelist

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    May I add a further question?
    Is there a significant difference in battery life betwenn notebooks with a 8600 GT and a 8400 GS?
    Where do I find the power sucked by nVidia graphics cards? Only thing I've found on nVidia's site are framerates and the such, but not hom many watts they suck when idle and at full power.
     
    Sredni Vashtar, Aug 9, 2007
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  3. manzi

    manzi Notebook Evangelist

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    ^^Yeah i too would want to know that along with my original question.
     
    manzi, Aug 9, 2007
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  4. manzi

    manzi Notebook Evangelist

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    Bump - i relaly need to know the answer to my question quickly.
     
    manzi, Aug 9, 2007
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    agh2415 Notebook Guru

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    for anyone that's wondering i get about 3 hours while listening to music and browsing the internet. 2.25 hours while gaming and close to 5 hours while reading a word document (wireless off)
     
    agh2415, Sep 4, 2007
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  6. nizzy1115

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    5.5 hours for me on the 9 cell :)
     
    nizzy1115, Sep 4, 2007
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    shlurpee Notebook Consultant

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    ^^ same. 5 1/2 with my 9 cell is about what I get and that is a mixture of everything, closing opening, sleeping, power down and up, music, web surfing, typing documents. I take it to school and it lasts all day. But don't expect to get 5 1/2 of straight music, full screen brightness, and encoding a movie in the background. You can suck a battery dry pretty quick.
     
    shlurpee, Sep 4, 2007
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