Dell :: Slow Performance On Battery XPS M1730

Jan 2, 2009

Does anyone have experience with very slow performance on battery power with the Dell XPS M1730?

The problem I am having is the following:

AC plugged in - everything works fine.
AC unplugged (on battery power) - the system is very slow. Watching basic video or a DVD is painfully slow, and video is choppy with skipped frames.

I have been working with Dell, and have updated all video drivers, Bios, tried different power settings (including high performance), and it has made no difference.

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Earlier this year I bought one of the Clevo 8800M GTX notebooks, thinking I could use it to play games during my daily commute. Unfortunately, I quickly discovered that the 3d capabailities of the card were disabled under battery power by the Clevo hardware, so back it went....

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