Is there a gaming laptop with decent battery life?

[Looperted]

Recently I bought a Lenovo Y50 4K, expecting about 4 hours or so of battery life as that's what stated, but in absolutely zero conditions will I get close to those results.  It's also a bit too large for my liking.  And I'm a student, so good battery is pretty necessary.

 

I'm also no hardcore PC gamer, demanding free-roam games that will be awful on PC's for a while like Assassin's Creed will be left to my PS4.

What I'm looking for is 6 hours or greater battery life when web surfing or word editing.  All I want to do is play the occasional game of battlefield or something of that sort.  Other than battery life, screen quality is my number one priority, with the laptop's overall design being number 2.

 

My budget is around $1000, close to what I can get for this laptop if I sell it.

[spartaman64]

you can underclock your parts when not gaming

[Coombzy]

The problem is that when you unplug the battery the GPU loses most of its power and downclocks itself. You're not getting the full performance without the power pack.

[Looperted]

The problem is that when you unplug the battery the GPU loses most of its power and downclocks itself. You're not getting the full performance without the power pack.

I'm not looking for good battery when gaming, I'm looking for battery life when doing everyday notebook things.

[TheKDub]

Recently I bought a Lenovo Y50 4K, expecting about 4 hours or so of battery life as that's what stated, but in absolutely zero conditions will I get close to those results.  It's also a bit too large for my liking.  And I'm a student, so good battery is pretty necessary.

 

I'm also no hardcore PC gamer, demanding free-roam games that will be awful on PC's for a while like Assassin's Creed will be left to my PS4.

What I'm looking for is 6 hours or greater battery life when web surfing or word editing.  All I want to do is play the occasional game of battlefield or something of that sort.  Other than battery life, screen quality is my number one priority, with the laptop's overall design being number 2.

 

My budget is around $1000, close to what I can get for this laptop if I sell it.

 

I'm willing to take that Y50 off of your hands

Though I only have $23.03 that I could pay for it right now....

 

Also, Demanding free-roam games are great on PC when companies optimize them correctly. (Unlike ubisoft)

[Aniallation]

Honestly, the new Broadwell Lenovo Y40.

 

When you're not gaming, you're using a ULV CPU and iGPU. Basically Ultrabook power consumption combined with a gaming laptop battery.

[Coombzy]

I'm not looking for good battery when gaming, I'm looking for battery life when doing everyday notebook things.

Then the laptop usually downclocks itself my G750 usually lasts 4-5 hours when doing things like word processing or browsing the web.

[connorpiper]

I'm not looking for good battery when gaming, I'm looking for battery life when doing everyday notebook things.

 

In that case, they usually switch to the iGPU. (If they are smart)

The Lenovo Y40 gets decent battery life. 

[D2ultima]

I'm not looking for good battery when gaming, I'm looking for battery life when doing everyday notebook things.

Anything with a 6 cell or larger battery and no ODD slot with optimus or Enduro should last pretty decently on battery. 3 hours minimum, especially if screen brightness is lowered.

 

Please note: Higher refresh rate screens = more power drawn and higher resolution screens = more power drawn.

 

Having SSDs only and no HDDs help with battery life slightly too.

[Looperted]

Honestly, the new Broadwell Lenovo Y40.

 

When you're not gaming, you're using a ULV CPU and iGPU. Basically Ultrabook power consumption combined with a gaming laptop battery.

Ugh

I guess I'll check that out, although I don't exactly need a new laptop until this fall, maybe something better can happen by then.

 

What I don't get is why can a company make a laptop with an Optical drive, an i7, SLI 970m's, multiple m.2/msata slots, and a HDD, but they just cant make one with a bigger battery.

[Aniallation]

What I don't get is why can a company make a laptop with an Optical drive, an i7, SLI 970m's, multiple m.2/msata slots, and a HDD, but they just cant make one with a bigger battery.

In a gaming laptop, bigger heatsinks and fans are more important then a bigger battery

[D2ultima]

Ugh

I guess I'll check that out, although I don't exactly need a new laptop until this fall, maybe something better can happen by then.

 

What I don't get is why can a company make a laptop with an Optical drive, an i7, SLI 970m's, multiple m.2/msata slots, and a HDD, but they just cant make one with a bigger battery.

It's the size of the battery vs the density of the cells. Sure we could toss in a 20-cell battery, but that'd be over half the size of an ultrabook.

[Looperted]

In a gaming laptop, bigger heatsinks and fans are more important then a bigger battery

But when they stick an optical drive bay in there instead of some extra battery....

[Looperted]

It's the size of the battery vs the density of the cells. Sure we could toss in a 20-cell battery, but that'd be over half the size of an ultrabook.

 

But when they stick an optical drive bay in there instead of some extra battery....