game performance decreases on battery

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  1. grievsa93

    grievsa93 Member

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    hi. sorry if this is in the wrong section, but i was wondering, on my vaio laptop, when plugged in, it plays gta 4 on medium and runs smoothly, but when i unplug the charger my game struggles to get more than 8 fps on low/none settings, i have changed the batery performce in windows to max performace not duriation. why else could my fps be dropping dramatically when unplugged from charger?

    my thanks, grievsa93
     
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  2. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    edit your sig to conform to forum specs ASAP. yours is 730x178 pixels.
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  3. Estuansis

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    You would need to disable Intel SpeedStep if an Intel and AMD Cool n Quiet if an AMD. Even when you turn the settings to max performance, unplugging the power will still cause your processor to throttle down its speed.
     

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