Hey everyone, new here. I just purchased my G73SW for dirt cheap used (I work at an electronic retailer and we had one on "super clearance" that I was able to grab). Now, I have never owned a "gaming" laptop before so I apologize if this is a common thing and I am just oblivious to it. On a brand new Windows 7 installation, with ALL power settings "off" (i.e. - maximum power no matter what), if I unplug the laptop from the power source, my GTX460m downclocks by exactly 75%, so it only uses a maximum of 25% power. Now, when I am trying to game, this renders the card pretty much useless. I cannot play ANY game (even CS) on a GPU running at 168MHz - it's simply ridiculous.
I can understand cutting power to save energy, but if I am trying to game "on the go," such as in a car, on a plane/train etc, I won't be able to! Doesn't that defeat the entire purpose of having a gaming laptop in the first place? Mobility? Now, I have two of these laptops that I can play with - Mine, and another one on clearance at my store. Both of these laptops will cut the power to the GPU when on battery power, so I am assuming that it is something encoded into the GPU bios and really has nothing to do with Windows or ASUS. But is there any way around this? I have a trip coming up in two months and I would like to be able to have some fun in the car that I will be stuck in for over 18 hours.
Any insight is appreciated - thanks!
FYI - I have three batteries for this thing, so no need for anyone to say "it doesn't matter the battery will die in an hour anyway lol"
