The Epic Games Store could be draining your gaming laptop's battery life
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Folks who game on laptops are eternally battling for battery life, even if
gaming laptops have gotten much better in the last few years. Laptop gaming
means doing everything humanly possible to eke out as much life from your
system as possible. Bad news for Fortnite players: it turns out that the Epic
Games Store might be draining more juice from your laptop than you'd think.
This comes from PCW's testing of the Microsoft Surface Pro 7+ with the new
11th gen Tiger Lake processors inside. After receiving some inconsistent
results on their battery tests, they discovered that the Epic Games Store app
still running hidden in the taskbar was having a drastic effect on the
tablet's battery life.
PCWorld breaks down their whole testing methodology in the article, but they
ran a battery test in airplane mode on two systems and measured the battery
life with EGS on and off, signed in and running, signed off and running, etc.
to see what kind of impact Epic's platform has on PC.
They found an average drop in battery life by 20 percent (nearly two hours)
on the Pro 7+, and an eight percent drop on the Ryzen-powered Microsoft
Surface Laptop 3. All open applications consume a bit of battery, but it was
surprising to see how much the Epic Game Store was guilty of using.
The same tests were run with the Steam app running in the background and
little to no effect on battery life. Epic responded to PC World's findings by
saying via email that "in general, we are actively working to improve the
performance and reduce the power consumption of our launcher."
The more severe battery drain looks to be an issue with the new Tiger Lake
system or Surface Pro tablets in general. But as shown with the Ryzen system,
the Epic launcher can still affect performance even on non-Tiger Lake
systems, even just running in the background.
So, what can you do in the meantime to make sure you're getting the maximum
battery life on your laptop? Ensure that the Epic Games Store—and, really,
any other apps you're not using—aren't running in the background. Always
check the system tray.
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其實就是測試發現，Epic Game的客戶端會增加筆電電池耗電。
Microsoft Surface Pro 7+ 增加20%
Ryzen-powered Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 增加 8%
用Steam客戶端做對照組做同樣的測試，發現Steam客戶端幾乎不增加耗電。