Is it necessary to plugged-in power during gaming to maximize performance?

[deedatads]

Hello HP, I am the user of a HP Pavillion 15 laptop. I do realize a slightly change in term of gaming performance during power plugged in and battery mode. I do realize that under battery mode it seems like I'm losing FPS and gaming peformance does not really satisfaction . Is that normal? consider I had already made changes on power management  setting to "high performance' even in battery mode and on Nvidia graphic control  as well. It still does not work as its best on plugged-in mode.  How would that be possible?

[SixtyfpsGaming · Accepted solution]

Im not a HP tech but i can say this is very normal. Your laptop needs that extra power source to run the hardware. My laptop does the same thing. I would just leave it plugged in while gaming 

[Photoray002]

Hello @deedatads

Yes this is normal. Even though you can bump up the settings to High Performance in both the power options and Nvidia Control Panel, it will still not be the same full 100% performance you get from being plugged in.

Pretty much all laptops work this way on purpose to save resources and prevent battery heat that can kill a battery sooner.

And as @SixtyfpsGaming pointed out, it is best when possible to simply stay plugged in when gaming. This will also improve your batteries end of life cycle as it is not having to charge/discharge as much.

Hope this helps.