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    Battery performance

    Discussion in 'Razer' started by Tech17, Aug 19, 2013.

  1. Tech17

    Tech17 Notebook Consultant

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    I know most are concerned about battery life, but with a gaming rig, I’m worried about battery performance. What I mean is, when you unplug the razor, does it drastically downclock everything where gaming is not possible? You may have owned a laptop like this, one that gets 60+ FPS one w/e you’re playing, but unplug it (with battery set to ‘max performance’) and it drops to 5 FPS or something unusable…

    Can anyone shed some light for me please? So long as the system ‘reasonably’ performs on battery (i.e. dropping from 60FPS to 30-40) I’m sold! I don’t care if it only gets 15 min of battery….

    Thanks!
     
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    Tech17 Notebook Consultant

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    So I decided to just call tech support, got a pretty cool guy on the phone, and he explained the system preforms very well on battery, with the exception of battery life. I pulled some details out of him, but the Windows power setting ‘High Performance’ will prevent Optimus from activating and the system only down clocks about 15% to keep the heat down. The tech explained it’s his experience that if you’re getting 60FPS on AC power, you’ll get around 40-50 FPS on battery. I guess I’ll find out, because I just ordered one =)

    PS: anyone dare overclock the GPU yet, or will I be the first? dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnn
     
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    Ellyidol Notebook Evangelist

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    Last I checked, the system shouldn't even down clock itself at all if unplugged (I don't know if that's possible though).
     
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    Tech17 Notebook Consultant

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    thanks Ellyidol! that what I pretty much got out of tech support too. it downclocks so slightly you may not notice it. cant WAIT for this new lappy!
     
    Tech17, Aug 19, 2013
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