How many WH is the battery and how much battery life you getting? I have an Asus Strix G17 running a 5900HX with an RTX 3070 and when you turn off the 3070 and put it in eco it last for 7-8 hours running in default 45W TDP. Unfortunately, it won't let me turn it down manually when on battery as the "manual" option is disabled in Armoury Crate when on unplugged from DC. When plugged in I can turn the TDP down to 15W and up to 80W(or at least that's what the slider shows).
I have about a 84-94Whr battery depending on my rate of power consumption. I think you have about a 90Whr battery. Our power consumption between a 5900HX and 6900HX are relatively similar and I wouldn't expect much more battery life. To achieve 7-8 hours on a 90Whr battery, it means you're already at about the lowest idle a 5900HX can manage between 10-15W. 7-8hrs is exceptionally good. If you want an extra tool to help manage power consumption, try UXTU universal tuning utility to set a lower TDP. But if you set the TDP or something too low, windows will default the clock speed to something extremely low, the computer will get very laggy, and hardware monitoring will not be able to report accurately.
How many WH is the battery and how much battery life you getting? I have an Asus Strix G17 running a 5900HX with an RTX 3070 and when you turn off the 3070 and put it in eco it last for 7-8 hours running in default 45W TDP. Unfortunately, it won't let me turn it down manually when on battery as the "manual" option is disabled in Armoury Crate when on unplugged from DC. When plugged in I can turn the TDP down to 15W and up to 80W(or at least that's what the slider shows).
I have about a 84-94Whr battery depending on my rate of power consumption. I think you have about a 90Whr battery. Our power consumption between a 5900HX and 6900HX are relatively similar and I wouldn't expect much more battery life. To achieve 7-8 hours on a 90Whr battery, it means you're already at about the lowest idle a 5900HX can manage between 10-15W. 7-8hrs is exceptionally good.
If you want an extra tool to help manage power consumption, try UXTU universal tuning utility to set a lower TDP. But if you set the TDP or something too low, windows will default the clock speed to something extremely low, the computer will get very laggy, and hardware monitoring will not be able to report accurately.
wow could that possibly look more janky?
You've never seen what I can do with a roll of duct tape before. What was so janky about connecting a usb c pd power supply?