I Get massive Fps drops when i unplug my laptop

[1234569]

I just bought a Lenovo legion Y530 laptop with a i5 8300H and a 1050 ti. 

When i first played a game I noticed i was getting only 30 fps when playing R6 at Very high but when i plugged in my laptop I got around 90 - 120 fps 

I'm am going to be using this at school when the summer ends and want to be able to use without plugging in my laptop

 

I have disabled battery saver on Geforce Experience, Turning on high performance changed my processor power management to max in Power options

and changed power management mode in Nvidia Control Panel to Maximum performance but i still get 30 - 40 fps.

[kelvinhall05]

Well there's still some aggressive power-saving going on. Double-check everything.

[ZXR]

10 minutes ago, 1234569 said:

I just bought a Lenovo legion Y530 laptop with a i5 8300H and a 1050 ti. 

When i first played a game I noticed i was getting only 30 fps when playing R6 at Very high but when i plugged in my laptop I got around 90 - 120 fps 

I'm am going to be using this at school when the summer ends and want to be able to use without plugging in my laptop

 

I have disabled battery saver on Geforce Experience, Turning on high performance changed my processor power management to max in Power options

and changed power management mode in Nvidia Control Panel to Maximum performance but i still get 30 - 40 fps.

I have the same problem on my omen 15. I have tried everything, because it would be really convinient for 40 min gaming sessions on the couch away from my cord, but unfortunately I have not found a solution. Good luck man!

[1234569]

i did

 

[Pikabangs]

Usually when the FPS drops due to unplugging the laptop, it means it is on eco mode or power saving mode in which you would go to the settings to disable. 

[1234569]

i tried changing it to high performance

[IBM_THINKPAD_R51]

On most laptops, its not just windows, its also some bios settings that pull down the cpu's clock speeds and stuff

[1234569]

What settings specifically would i change ?

[IBM_THINKPAD_R51]

im not sure eactly because it varies form laptop to laptop, if you go to your bios and go in the different settings, you eventually find some power/performance options

[Mnky313]

Try disabling Powermizer (There is a tool called Powermizer switch I believe), it's Nvidia hidden power saving features for laptops, if you disable it you will probably see a sharp drop in battery life.

[genexis_x]

Battery power couldn't provide enough power to GPU (CPU too but not significant), that's your answer

 

Also avoid gaming while on battery power unless you want the battery to die faster

[IBM_THINKPAD_R51]

Just now, GeneXiS_X said:

Battery power couldn't provide enough power to GPU (CPU too but not significant), that's your answer

 

Also avoid gaming while on battery power unless you want the battery to die faster

a battery CAN provide enough power, its just going to last a shorter amount of time 

[genexis_x]

4 minutes ago, IBM_THINKPAD_R51 said:

a battery CAN provide enough power, its just going to last a shorter amount of time 

Not for powerful GPUs

[1234569]

but its only a 1050 ti

[1234569]

could i make it so that if i wanted to i could run the gpu at high performance ?

[genexis_x]

3 minutes ago, 1234569 said:

but its only a 1050 ti

Still not enough juice, not just for Y530 only but for every GTX/RTX laptops (I have Y530 with 1050Ti too)

[1234569]

4 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Still not enough juice, not just for Y530 only but for every GTX/RTX laptops (I have Y530 with 1050Ti too)

Do you have the same problem ?

[genexis_x]

2 minutes ago, 1234569 said:

Do you have the same problem ?

It's not a 'problem'. It's a fact

[1234569]

19 hours ago, Mnky313 said:

Try disabling Powermizer (There is a tool called Powermizer switch I believe), it's Nvidia hidden power saving features for laptops, if you disable it you will probably see a sharp drop in battery life.

I cant find the app ?

[porina]

A desktop 1050Ti is rated 75W, don't know if a mobile one is lower power. The battery for that laptop is 52Wh in a quick search. Ignoring the power of everything else, the GPU alone could be powered for ~40 minutes if it is running flat out. This is also a high discharge rate. The battery will get warm and lose efficiency if you were to do this, so life would likely be even shorter, and that's still not considering everything else taking power.

 

Fact is, you do have to plug it in if you want higher gaming performance.

 

BTW on my old MSI laptop neither the battery nor PSU were individually enough to power it in full performance mode. You had to be plugged in and have a high battery level before it would run at full performance.

[Mnky313]

3 hours ago, 1234569 said:

I cant find the app ?

I can't seem to find Powermizer Switch, but here is Powermizer Manager: (It should work the same)

nvidiapowermizermanager_v1.01.zip

[Mnky313]

3 hours ago, porina said:

A desktop 1050Ti is rated 75W, don't know if a mobile one is lower power. The battery for that laptop is 52Wh in a quick search. Ignoring the power of everything else, the GPU alone could be powered for ~40 minutes if it is running flat out. This is also a high discharge rate. The battery will get warm and lose efficiency if you were to do this, so life would likely be even shorter, and that's still not considering everything else taking power.

 

Fact is, you do have to plug it in if you want higher gaming performance.

 

BTW on my old MSI laptop neither the battery nor PSU were individually enough to power it in full performance mode. You had to be plugged in and have a high battery level before it would run at full performance.

Laptop GPUs are more efficient than their desktop equivalent, plus while gaming it doesn't use 100% of the power all the time, for example while gaming on my old Inspiron 7559 (960m, also 75W) I could play for close to 2 hours without powermizer even though the battery is only 74Wh

[genexis_x]

32 minutes ago, Mnky313 said:

Laptop GPUs are more efficient than their desktop equivalent

It's the same silicon

[Mnky313]

3 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

It's the same silicon

Yes, but not exactly.  Even though there is not 1050TiM there is still a difference between the 1050 Ti (Desktop) and 1050 Ti (Laptop), the laptop ones are 14nm vs 16nm on the desktop and they are binned differently. It's not like the mobile chip consumes half as much power or anything, it's probably more like the laptop chip is ~60W vs 75W.

[porina]

42 minutes ago, Mnky313 said:

Laptop GPUs are more efficient than their desktop equivalent, plus while gaming it doesn't use 100% of the power all the time, for example while gaming on my old Inspiron 7559 (960m, also 75W) I could play for close to 2 hours without powermizer even though the battery is only 74Wh

Obviously it depends on the game and settings used. If you run vsync off you're probably not far off from the maximum. If you run vsync on or otherwise famerate limited, then it could be somewhat below that. I actually do that on my desktop even to limit the power usage, therefore heat output, when weather is hot. I have a 144 Hz monitor and cap games at 85fps for a nice saving.

 

While I haven't dug in depth, the TDP for 1050Ti mobile and desktop versions are both 75W according to techpowerup.