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It’s easy to find information online suggesting games that don’t suck down the battery too fast. But it’s not as easy going the other way.

I ended up with a spare 512gb card, so I’ve popped it in my hub/dock to add on games that I’ll only play when docked.

I’ve got Cyberpunk and Elden Ring on it. When I played those I lost about 30% battery in <20 minutes. But they performed fine.

Looking for more suggestions like this, so I can build myself a database of games to pop on this card.

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[–] xkbx@startrek.website 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I can get a solid 2-3 hours on Baldur’s Gate 3 (with a bunch of mods) before I have to worry about plugging it back in. All the other games I play right now are the other ones that you’ve mentioned are older games that really don’t drain the battery at all. I’ve used mine pretty consistently since November December of last year, and I haven’t really noticed a drop in performance of battery life.

I really wanna try some of the newer games that look great like that Clair Obscur 33 game to see how it compares.

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Clair Obscur runs great with a few tweaks but burns through battery like it was running water unfortunately

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

Where do you come from that running water is burning?

[–] Nima@leminal.space 4 points 10 months ago

I'd love to know what settings you use to get 3 hours. I'm lucky if I can get an hour and 35 minutes.