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[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This quick video from The Phawx seems to show that the battery performance difference isn't actually inherent to Windows, but rather that the GPU drivers don't throttle down the TDP when they should.

https://youtu.be/7gzkKL-axCM

Windows has plenty of other issues but it seems any frustration about this specifically should be pointed at AMD.

[–] Ptsf@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Amd makes the drivers for both Linux and Windows brotha.... So Microsoft wasn't able to fix something the open source community in collab with amd could?...

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't know the business negotiations of all that. But if you watch the video, Phawx basically uses one single command to lower the wattage on his Windows handheld and instantly triple the expected battery life. The underlying OS clearly supports it. Seems to me like the AMD driver just isn't detecting that the game has light power needs and so isn't throttling like it should.

[–] Ptsf@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As someone who does understand the business negotiations and software implementations, you have some of the issue correctly diagnosed but you're placing the responsibility on the wrong person lol.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Ok, glad to be wrong there and more than happy to blame Windows then. I ditched it completely a couple years ago and I've been enjoying Linux gaming ever since.