Djaru Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Guys, I have a M18x with two GTX 460m cards in SLI, 2820qm. with this configuration, I am using a 240watt power supply. scores in the windows 7 index scores are very low for CPU and GPU, 4.8 on CPU, and 2.8 aero, 5.1 3d gaming score. could this be because I am using a 240watt power supply instead of a 330watt?Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder StamatisX Posted September 8, 2011 Founder Share Posted September 8, 2011 Are you sure you are not running on battery? yes the scores are very low, is PSU properly recognized? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djaru Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 No, I am plugged in to the ac power supply, even the battery status says plugged in battery not charging. I also get the message at post that I should use a 330watt, but I only have a 240watt for now. so just wanted to know if the decrease in performance is due to this or something else before I go off and buy a $200 power supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder StamatisX Posted September 8, 2011 Founder Share Posted September 8, 2011 yes that seems to be the reason. Why don't you call Dell and ask them to replace your PSU for a 330W? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 Yes call Dell I agree they should always provide the proper accessories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djaru Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 I just bought a 330w ps, what a difference it makes, now my lowest score is 7.7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder StamatisX Posted September 24, 2011 Founder Share Posted September 24, 2011 That's great, did you buy it from Dell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djaru Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 no from some guy on ebay, I am so happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 @Djaru nice you must have a nice set up care to tell us config or add to sig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djaru Posted November 16, 2011 Author Share Posted November 16, 2011 Hey guys, sorry been busy playing games, ha ha. Anyways My specs are , M18x, i7 2760QM, 2 x NVIDIA GTX580M's, 16GB PC3-12800 1600Mhz, 2 x 256Gb Samsung SSD @ RAID 0, Blu-ray dvd-rw drive.Just upgraded my video cards for the COD MW3 and Battlefield 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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