Predator G9-971 17, drains battery while the game running

I recently bought a predator of 17 with a GTX980m, 16 GB of RAM and Q6600 which I think is fantastic, yes the style is a bit ostentatious but it's a dream to play with.

However there was a problem with the fact that when I play any game like DotA 2, Attila: Total War, ARMA 3 etc for a while I noticed that the battery starts to flow even when the power settings say no apps have used the power of the battery. I also noticed that when I tried to play Homeworld: Remastered my screen would chart flicker, it stopped whenever I unplugged the adapter of the laptop.

I tried to contact Acer support via e-mail, but their technical advice has been less impressive, I was informed that games running will cause the computer to run at its maximum power (no, really?) and would therefore be to drain the battery, however, I think that Acer engineers would have provided an adapter that could cope with the workload. Also, they advised me that the graphic flickering is due to display running at 60 Hz and maybe I should reduce, even if the possibility of reducing, it does not exist in the control panel Nvidia or Intel.

Basically, I would like to know if someone else with a laptop Predator has suffered from this problem or I'm looking just for a defective power adapter? Sound the ADP - 180 MB K model adapter for reference.

Hi Blizzard99,

No, it's how the system actually gets more power games. The device is designed to use the battery while on the current when the GPU is activated. 30% he will stop using the battery and keep it on the accused. You may notice a slight decrease in performance all in less than 30% battery power. Our content team strives to this meet in a FAQ.

Hope this helps,
Cory

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