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    95%+ CPU usage with youtube hd videos. Acer Aspire 5534 - Updated Catalyst drivers - Flash 10.1

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by YESHHHH, Apr 6, 2010.

  1. YESHHHH

    YESHHHH Notebook Consultant

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    AMD Athlon 64 X2 L310
    ATI HD 3200
    4GB RAM

    Everything is up to date... drivers, flash, etc... all the latest.

    I can't watch 720p videos on youtube... 95%+ CPU usage.. stuttering.. etc...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amDq8qpE1U0

    How does that guy with asus 1201n netbook outperform my laptop? I realize my laptop's specs aren't the best, but with flash 10.1 it should be able to handle youtube hd without any problems right?
     
  2. Gordon1hd1

    Gordon1hd1 Notebook Geek

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    NVidia ION that is why.
    While 1201n have crappy CPU, it got a GPU that is officially supported by Flash 10.1, ATI HD 3200 on the other hand is not a officially supported GPU.

    Sorry for being the bearer of bad news
     
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    Are you by any chance running windows 7 64 bit? I found this made my youtube performance worse.
     
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    aznguyphan Notebook Evangelist

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    The HD3200 is officially supported. It's in the release notes.

    The problem is it's still Flash 10.1 release candidate, still buggy. I can't get the RC to work with my Intel 4500MHD, but Beta 1 works great.
     
  5. YESHHHH

    YESHHHH Notebook Consultant

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    That's what I figured, but anzguyphan says otherwise. I guess they recently added support for the 3200?
    Yes I am. Ideally I can get this to work fine on win 7 x64.
    Do you have a link to beta 1?
     
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