By Leif Johnson
The Microsoft Surface Book 2 is a pretty impressive device, but you’ll be in for a surprise if you crank its Power Mode slider up to the highest settings while playing games with high system demands.
As it turns out, the battery on the Surface Book 2 will start draining at a rate of roughly 10% per hour if you’re playing a game, like Destiny 2, on the highest settings. A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed this in a statement to The Verge.
“The Surface Book 2 Power Mode Slider is provided as a means to give the user control over the range of performance and battery life,” the spokesperson said. “In some intense, prolonged gaming scenarios with Power Mode Slider set to ‘best performance’ the battery may discharge while connected to the power supply provided in-box with Surface Book 2. However, through power management design, the battery will never drain entirely, ensuring that users are able to keep working, creating or gaming.”
Importantly, the spokesperson prefaced the statement by emphasizing the Surface Book 2’s merits as a creative professional’s device.
“Surface Book 2 was designed to deliver unmatched power and performance for anyone who needs a powerful machine to …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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