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[jaw hits floor] I'd like to see a timelampse of this. It's not that I don't trust you, but I find it hard to believe that a new battery could safely discharge
by dolphinGrid 10y ago
[jaw hits floor] I'd like to see a timelampse of this. It's not that I don't trust you, but I find it hard to believe that a new battery could safely discharge that quickly. Also, for your next test, keep playing until your machine fully dies. Maybe the low battery warning is faulty. Worth as shot.
- centizen 10y agoI can corroborate; I have the new 15", 2.6Ghz version and spent the weekend before last playing Civ while travelling. With the brightness settings on low, native resolution and all game settings on low, it took 1 hour and 26 minutes for it to go from 100% to shutting itself off. I was just as surprised as you are. The laptop got uncomfortably hot as well. I was very disappointed and had to purchase an inverter on the road to use my adapter.
- zaphoyd 10y agoThis is nothing new though... Every laptop I've owned (including many PowerBooks and MacBook Pros) has gotten about 1-2 hours when playing a game that maxed the GPU and CPU. How does a ~80-100Watt hour battery get more than 1-2 hours of running a ~40-50W CPU and 30-40W GPU? Physics says no.
- centizen 10y agoI'd be more inclined to agree with you, if my last MacBook has compatible performance. I got easily double the playtime out of my MacBook Pro Retina.
- SamUK96 10y agoOh, there's plenty of batteries that can discharge quickly. You have to see my Clevo laptop. With an i7 6700k and a GTX 1070 in there, the 100Wh+ battery lasts less than an hour...
- seanp2k2 10y agoLiPo packs that can discharge their rated capacity in just a few minutes have been around for a few years. They're typically used in things like RC helicopters: http://www.tested.com/tech/502351-rc-battery-guide-basics-lithium-polymer-batteries/ http://www.tested.com/tech/502351-rc-battery-guide-basics-li...