FPS Increases when I unplug my laptop

[Grill Master]

So I have an Alienware 17 and it is a few years old, I have a problem, two actually. First it always says "Plugged in, Not charging" This has become a nuisance as it lowers my framerate just enough to bug me. I have no idea how to fix this other than maybe get a new battery or have a professional fix it. second, when I unplug my laptop the frames increase greatly, I am not talking form the meager 50FPS to 70FPS, this takes it from the 50FPS and turns it into 150FPS. I am running the game on medium settings with a nvidia 765m and an Intel I7 processor with 8GB of ram if that helps. Any help will be much appreciated.

[Dakota]

As for the increase, I'm guessing your computer is switching between two battery configurations. One, on the battery charge, is limiting the usage and distribution of power across your system, and the other, when off the charger, is uncapping the limit. Kind of backwards from how most laptops have their battery settings. Did you mess with the power setting at all in the past?

[@theweedfather]

It sounds like you messed with your power settings and switched the two into the opposite spots somehow. Maybe you configured unplugged for high performance and plugged for battery saving?

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Originally posted by spehss mehreen:

It sounds like you messed with your power settings and switched the two into the opposite spots somehow. Maybe you configured unplugged for high performance and plugged for battery saving?

Certainly sounds like Power/performance settings. He needs to switch it all to performance rather than power saving and see what happens.

[Grill Master]

I tried switching the high performance settings back to the default and that did not work, it gave me maybe another 5 FPS though

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Originally posted by s0mething:

I tried switching the high performance settings back to the default and that did not work, it gave me maybe another 5 FPS though

Ok, maybe something to do with heat and throtteling. Dunno how to get temps for laptop stuff though, sure google will ahve th eanswer somewhere.

[Dakota]

Originally posted by ⎛ The Blick Prince ⎞:

Originally posted by s0mething:

I tried switching the high performance settings back to the default and that did not work, it gave me maybe another 5 FPS though

Ok, maybe something to do with heat and throtteling. Dunno how to get temps for laptop stuff though, sure google will ahve th eanswer somewhere.

I think you just found another piece to this puzzle. When he plugs his battery in, his computer may overheating as a result of entering a performance mode, and then throttling, having a negative effect on its performance. I had a laptop before I built my desktop, and I had to cap the power to my processor at 65%, otherwise it would overheat, performance would tank, and it would shut down.

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Originally posted by Dakota:

Originally posted by ⎛ The Blick Prince ⎞:

Ok, maybe something to do with heat and throtteling. Dunno how to get temps for laptop stuff though, sure google will ahve th eanswer somewhere.

I think you just found another piece to this puzzle. When he plugs his battery in, his computer may overheating as a result of entering a performance mode, and then throttling, having a negative effect on its performance. I had a laptop before I built my desktop, and I had to cap the power to my processor at 65%, otherwise it would overheat, performance would tank, and it would shut down.

Yes! I remember reading something almost exactly like this situation on Tomshardware. I have also heard of it happening with the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 tablets!!! I think you are probably right!

Many years ago my bro had an Alienware laptop for gaming, and he had to buy a thing with fans on it that he sat the laptop on so that it kept cool. He would also open the windows and have a room fan set up to help keep ambient temps down otherwise he would get throtteling. Laptops ar ereally no good for gaming.

One more thing, we took his laptop apart when it became obsolete, the dust inside and around the fan had to be seen to be believed. OP might want to buy some compressed air (in a can) to loosen some of the build up. Anything over a year old will have plent of dust I would imagine, especially if you smoke to relax whilst playing games , have cats, or do not clean much.

[Grill Master]

how do I cap the power processor?