acemuzzy wrote:Can someone explain, in terms of V=IR and P=IV why batteries drain quicker when you're playing games? Does the resistance of the chip go down? Because more transistors are opened up? Or what?
Yeah but why? How does software usage manifest as physical differences? I think I agree with dino...Vela wrote:You could also infer it by heat. The conversion of electrical to thermal energy is greatest during intensive hardware operation.
acemuzzy wrote:Yeah but why? How does software usage manifest as physical differences? I think I agree with dino...Vela wrote:You could also infer it by heat. The conversion of electrical to thermal energy is greatest during intensive hardware operation.
I don't know (but retro suggested it reduced it to 2.5 hours, which would be a major difference). It makes sense to test it with a game though if you're going to compare them.Bob wrote:So what you are saying is that Vita battery life is not game dependent but Switch's will be?
Bob wrote:So what you are saying is that Vita battery life is not game dependent but Switch's will be?
dynamiteReady wrote:From what I understand and recall, all handheld consoles will have their battery life tempered by the games you play. A game with no sound and two colours, will use less battery than a game with a squillion polygons and a stereo soundtrack.Bob wrote:So what you are saying is that Vita battery life is not game dependent but Switch's will be?
I'm saying if you're going to compare do it with games running. I know on the Vita the difference is negligible because I've played a load of games on it and there's not much difference. But (as with retro's post above) the difference with Switch is likely much bigger, so battery life without a game running is not a very useful thing to know.Bob wrote:Yes. That's what I'm saying. He's suggesting not with Vita but at the same time suggesting that Switch will be dependent on what it's running. This is whats confusing me.From what I understand and recall, all handheld consoles will have their battery life tempered by the games you play. A game with no sound and two colours, will use less battery than a game with a squillion polygons and a stereo soundtrack.So what you are saying is that Vita battery life is not game dependent but Switch's will be?
JonB wrote:But (as with retro's post above) the difference with Switch is likely much bigger, so battery life without a game running is not a very useful thing to know.
This could go on forever, but my batteries are drained.Bob wrote:But this comes back to my original question as to why you think this?JonB wrote:But (as with retro's post above) the difference with Switch is likely much bigger, so battery life without a game running is not a very useful thing to know.
stonechalice wrote:Nope. I've gone Amazon and had nothing like that...
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