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Written by Chris Tom
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Thursday, 19 November 2009 20:55 |
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Anandtech has tested todays Flash 10.1 beta with GPU acceration on AMD and Nvidia graphics cards. Adobe Flash is horrible. I hate Flash. I have hated Flash for years. Flash is the worst excuse for video playback one can imagine, so I can only hope that these results get a crap load better, and don't make me want to gouge my eyes out any more when I see anything flash load up. With the updated Catalyst 9.11 drivers, our results were a lot better than before. Previously, using Flash 10.0 we were unable to view either of the Hulu videos (720p or 480p) in full screen mode without severe stuttering. YouTube HD on the other hand worked fine with 0 dropped frames. Moving to Flash 10.1 with DXVA GPU acceleration, we now see smooth frame rates on all Hulu content and lower CPU usage for both Hulu and YouTube videos. YouTube CPU usage on the Prince of Persia trailer drops 31%, Hulu's Legend of the Seeker drops CPU use 20% while nearly doubling the frame rate (i.e. from dropping half the frames to showing everything), and 480p Hulu drops CPU usage 10% with frame rates almost tripling (from ~13 FPS to over 30 FPS for what appears to be 30 FPS video content).
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