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I don't understand why battery life in gaming laptops is so incredibly shit even when doing non-gaming tasks. I thought a while back Intel and AMD worked on har

I don't understand why battery life in gaming laptops is so incredibly shit even when doing non-gaming tasks. I thought a while back Intel and AMD worked on hardware/software to automatically switch to integrated graphics when you don't need the discrete GPU? Did nothing come of that? I don't expect the battery life to be as good as non-gaming laptops, of course, but I feel like it should probably last longer than like an hour and a half.

viraptor 2y ago
It works like that on most laptops. The GPU selection should be transparent on windows. (And can be done explicitly in Linux) I know Linux has powertop which can measure energy usage per subsystem. Not sure if windows has something like that to answer your question?
_cenw 2y ago
Been like that forever. Usually gaming laptops prioritize their cooling systems over battery size. And don’t underestimate the high refresh rate panel likely optimized for at least 500 nits.
- masklinn 2y ago
  > And don’t underestimate the high refresh rate panel Literally one of the reasons Apple added variable refresh rates on their pro phones: if you can vrr down, you save a ton of battery when you run the panel at 1Hz.
  - achneerov 2y ago
    I’m pretty sure any MacBook Pro with ProMotion can only drop to 24hz “the MacBook Pro’s ProMotion display can range from 24Hz to 120Hz.” https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/19/macbook-pro-promotion-tidbits-24hz-to-120hz-range-battery-life-more/#:~:text=During%20the%20%E2%80%9CUnleashed%E2%80%9D%20keynote%2C,iPad%20Pro%20lineup%20since%202017 https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/19/macbook-pro-promotion-tidbits....
    - masklinn 2y ago
      Ah cool, didn't know that, I thought it was only in the phones and tablets.