17 R3, FPS stutter due to battery charge/discharge, plugged in

Question

I have this Laptop for almost 5 years now. FPS stutter because battery keeps charging and discharging while plugged in! Everytime I play a game, the laptop seems to want to draw power from the battery to maintain performance. The problem is that it stops charging for a second or two and uses the battery instead of charging and using the battery simultaneously. This causes massive FPS drops, they go from 130+ to 25-30 FPS, which causes a lot of FPS spikes and ruins the experience. I took the battery off the games run extremely smooth, but after a while (15 minutes of gaming) the computer shuts down by itself, temps are fine 68-73°c for GPU and around the same for CPU. So I put the battery back in and I am back with the FPS spikes. This video shows how the laptop keeps alternating between battery charging and discharging, with the FPS spikes shown while moving the cursor, pay attention to the battery icon.(Sorry for no FPS counter). Specs: GTX 980m 4 GB, i7-6820HK, 8 GB Ram. Thanks for the help in advance   Video Link: https://youtu.be/kBiZZ1gxHxY

JOcean · Answer

Please post the exact model of your system. Although at 5 years it is very possible the battery needs to be replaced.

ShrimpZonda · Answer

@JOcean The laptop is Alienware 17 R3. I apologize for missing that.

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