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Graphics are laggy when using battery

post #1 of 6
5/31/05 at 5:46pm
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My friend has the same laptop I have, an Inspiron 9300 with a Geforce 6800go, and when on battery mode he is able to play games at the same graphic quality and speed as if he is plugged in (70+ fps at all times). Mine, however, shoots way down to 30 fps in Counter-Strike Source and has a slow-motion effect in Unreal Tournament. How can I stop the graphics card from automatically slowing itself down while using the battery? It works fine when plugged in.
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post #2 of 6
5/31/05 at 5:49pm
Powermizer, perhaps?
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post #3 of 6
5/31/05 at 5:54pm
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Originally Posted by odious_m
Powermizer, perhaps?
I turned it to Maximum performance and it still gave me the slow motion effect in Unreal Tournament.

I'll try CS: Source with it.
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post #4 of 6
5/31/05 at 6:13pm
Do you guys have different connections when unplugged? (ie; he uses ethernet and you use wireless?) Probably not a factor since you didnt mention it, but just wondering.

I dunno if the "drivers" would be that much of a difference!? Ive heard that "powermizer" has issues with some modded Nvidia drivers.Maybe someone will enlighten us to that question.
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post #5 of 6
5/31/05 at 9:42pm
I have an overall poor perfomance with my 6-cell on my i9300,even when not playing games with the battery.
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post #6 of 6
6/1/05 at 12:38am
Try using RMClock to force the CPU to the maximum multiplier.
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