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macfilms
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hi recently got a dell inspiron 17 5000 series with a gt 840M 2GB, i7 and 8 gb ram. when i plug it in i can play all my games but the problem is as soon as I unplag it my fps drops is there a way to set my GPU to use the more power in battery mode and run the same as if  was pluged in?

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Go into the power settings and there should be an option somewhere where it runs at a lower performance when on battery--change that.

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go to energy options and put in high performance mode

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