GPU Heat Question. Diff temps when plugged in

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bayport

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Mk i have a ASUS G60JX Windows 7 Home Premium laptop that i purchased earlier this year



It uses an Intel i5 430m processor
4GB of RAM
500gb HDD
and a NVIDIA Geforce GTS 360m 1GB GDDR5 (with my drivers updated)


I have a question about when I am playing SC2 with my laptop plugged in and when it is running on battery power.

My question is when i play Starcraft 2. (well any game) my GPU runs MUCH cooler when i do not have my laptop plugged in. When not plugged in my GPU while playing SC2 maxes out at 65C. When my laptop is plugged in however the max temp of my GPU reaches 85C!

Now i already did that little fix that blizzard gave released regarding the frame rates being out of control.

I know my card is capable of handling 85C but why the heck does it run 20C hotter just because the freaking laptop is plugged in! Any ideas anyone? I do not lose any performance when i am running on battery power. My system just simply runs cooler.

I went into the power management settings and made it so that my "plugged in" and "battery" settings are the same. But it still gets warmer when plugged in.

Right now i am currently going to try playing SC2 with my system plugged in but without the battery attached to my laptop. EDIT. Just tried that. didn't help So its not the battery i guess. Just when the fact that its plugged in.



Oh btw my GPU usually idles between 46C and 54C


Does the computer just automatically make my GPU work harder when plugged in or something? Is there a way to make my GPU not work harder when plugged in?


Anyway can anyone help? Thanks!
 
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its probably power management adjusting power going to the gpu on battery just like your cpu on battery

and i dont know if there is a way to set the power management for the gpu via nvidia control panel anymore...you used to be able to adjust powermizer to work depending on it being plugged in vs on ac power
 
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You probably do lose performance when you're on battery power because it's to conserve energy. If they were to run it on max power draw while on batteries, you wouldn't even finish a SC2 game without re-charging it mid way through the match.
 
do you guys know of any ways for me to measure my GPU's performance for when it is plugged in as opposed to when it isn't plugged in?

and no NVIDIA does not have any options to tweak clock speeds anymore.
 
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