Slow computer or software issue?

Hi I've been having an annoying issue w/ my HP dv4 1222. It's been like this since i got it like 4-6 months ago. Whenever there's a lot of flash going on, be it a flash game or a full screen youtube,hulu video etc, the computer skips frames and gets real choppy. I know these are all flash based, and wondered if the computer is just a POS cuz the amd processor cant handle flash well. It's a Turion x2 2.1 ghz with 4gb RAM, and the radeon hd3200 graphics, so i dunno what the heck is wrong with it. Any suggestions or ideas?

 

Adobe still hasn't added GPU acceleration to Flash so it's entirely dependent on your CPU which is no where near as efficient as a GPU for the task. Even desktop PCs often have trouble. They really need to fix that.

 

well my previous laptop was a core 2 duo at 2ghz (5750 or some model number, like 2 generations of intels ago i think) and that laptop ran full screen hulu w/o a hiccup. It also had a dedicated graphics card though. Is it an AMD thing that makes mine mess up now?

 

Your hardware is more than capable of playing flash videos including youtube HD. Its most likely software issue, uninstall reinstall flash, try a different browser or check and see if you are running in power saver mode as well as look for any other process hogging the cpu while playing flash content.

BTW, hulu and youtube HD plays fine even in a much slower machine(Turion TL-50 1.6GHz/Nvidia 6150), so yours shouldnt have any problems with flash.

 

Agreed, i can watch HD flash no problem. Do a clean install of Windows without the HP bloatware and it'll be so much better.