Youtube 60fps videos stuttering in Google Chrome; runs smoothly on IE 11 on Windows 8.1 (x64)

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Bearach said:
No but my system is significantly more powerful. It does use a little more CPU, but not to the same extent as the OP. Which is why I suggested the OP test whether hardware acceleration was in use when using Chrome.
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Yes hardware acceleration is on in the chrome settings.
 
When an application is designed for a huge number of PCs with all different kinds of specifications such issues do eventually occur.

This may be your experience but I've found even on my Core i5 powered laptop Internet Explorer is significantly slower than Chrome.

I'm pretty sure the most determined to ensure the best performance right now is the Google Chrome team. If you have any issues with playing 60 FPS video, please report it and I'm sure it'll be fixed soon.
 
thesachd said:
When an application is designed for a huge number of PCs with all different kinds of specifications such issues do eventually occur.

This may be your experience but I've found even on my Core i5 powered laptop Internet Explorer is significantly slower than Chrome.

I'm pretty sure the most determined to ensure the best performance right now is the Google Chrome team. If you have any issues with playing 60 FPS video, please report it and I'm sure it'll be fixed soon.
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Maybe I'll do that. But in my pc chrome is just messed up! It even opens slower than IE! It takes about 3-5secs to open whereas IE opens within a blink of an eye! I guess formatting windows might fix the performance issue but I'm not using chrome for youtube anymore; unless I upgrade my hardware.
 
I can confirm it is running smoothly at 1080p60 with IE11.

Device: Surface 2 (Windows 8.1 RT 32 bit), CPU load: 7-15% @500 MHz core clock.
 
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Cruncher04 said:
I can confirm it is running smoothly at 1080p60 with IE11.

Device: Surface 2 (Windows 8.1 RT 32 bit), CPU load: 7-15% @500 MHz core clock.
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Yeap that's what I love about IE11, very low cpu usage and does the same thing as chrome! IE also uses less RAM.
 
So I've done some experimenting and I think the problem may just be Chrome in general.

On my Surface Pro 3, I was able to do 1080p 60FPS gameplay on both IE and Chrome (also, anyone who says you can't do it in IE is lying to themselves). However, on my sister's Dell POS laptop, I was able to get 1080p 60fps in IE, but not Chrome, AND I noticed that her CPU and RAM usage were at 90% and made the fan freak out.

The only conclusion that I can draw is that Chrome is too poorly optimized and just uses too many resources for your hardware so the OP will have to a) use IE for 60fps videos, or b) upgrade your hardware. Personally, I suggest just deleting Chrome until Google learns how to make a browser.
 
Jas00555 said:
So I've done some experimenting and I think the problem may just be Chrome in general.

On my Surface Pro 3, I was able to do 1080p 60FPS gameplay on both IE and Chrome (also, anyone who says you can't do it in IE is lying to themselves). However, on my sister's Dell POS laptop, I was able to get 1080p 60fps in IE, but not Chrome, AND I noticed that her CPU and RAM usage were at 90% and made the fan freak out.

The only conclusion that I can draw is that Chrome is too poorly optimized and just uses too many resources for your hardware so the OP will have to a) use IE for 60fps videos, or b) upgrade your hardware. Personally, I suggest just deleting Chrome until Google learns how to make a browser.
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Woah, there. Hold up.

The Pursuit of 60fps Everywhere with Nat Duca: http://youtu.be/3Bq521dIjCM

The Google Chrome team is arguably one of the best teams a browser is backed by, and there goal is to ensure a smoother and faster web viewing experience.

Google Chrome, for me and tons of other people around me, has always worked more reliably and much more responsively than Internet Explorer has.

Just because of a few select cases where Chrome doesn't work on antiquated hardware, you can't deduce that Chrome isn't a proper browser.
 
thesachd said:
Woah, there. Hold up.

The Pursuit of 60fps Everywhere with Nat Duca: The Pursuit of 60fps Everywhere with Nat Duca - YouTube

The Google Chrome team is arguably one of the best teams a browser is backed by, and there goal is to ensure a smoother and faster web viewing experience.

Google Chrome, for me and tons of other people around me, has always worked more reliably and much more responsively than Internet Explorer has.

Just because of a few select cases where Chrome doesn't work on antiquated hardware, you can't deduce that Chrome isn't a proper browser.
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My sister's Dell is 1 year old and cost $500. Is that antiquated? Although, if their Android strategy is any indication, middle range hardware from a year ago is antiquated.

If their job is for a smoother and faster web experience, they're definitely failing badly. Zooming in Chrome is not almost unusable (and I dare you to say that zooming is a "select case") https://code.google.com/p/chromium/...easeBlock Cr Status Owner Summary OS Modified , it takes way more resources compared to IE, and don't even get me started on how long it took them to include Hi-DPI support.

"Google Chrome for me.... has always worked more reliably" anecdotal, but it's the only part of your quote that I can say is probably.

Please spare us the apologist speech. Thanks.
 
Jas00555 said:
My sister's Dell is 1 year old and cost $500. Is that antiquated? Although, if their Android strategy is any indication, middle range hardware from a year ago is antiquated.

If their job is for a smoother and faster web experience, they're definitely failing badly. Zooming in Chrome is not almost unusable (and I dare you to say that zooming is a "select case") https://code.google.com/p/chromium/...easeBlock Cr Status Owner Summary OS Modified , it takes way more resources compared to IE, and don't even get me started on how long it took them to include Hi-DPI support.

"Google Chrome for me.... has always worked more reliably" anecdotal, but it's the only part of your quote that I can say is probably.

Please spare us the apologist speech. Thanks.
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When I talked about antiquated specifications I was referring to the OP's set up, not your sisters.

Zooming in ain't exactly a smooth sail on Internet Explorer either, last I checked.

Maybe the resources consumed are extra, but I would like to think that it's because Chrome runs smoother in the tab switching, page loading, and various other transitions.

Nonetheless Internet Explorer will likely work better for "some" people because of the fact that it comes preloaded on Windows and caters to your respective setup. Chrome as a 3rd party app can't do the same, but on PCs/laptops where it works, it works flawlessly, most the times.

In addition to that, Chrome OS, an is built around the browser, according to experts works faster on lower end hardware than Windows so if Google didn't know how to make a proper browser wouldn't Chrome OS be a laggy mess?
 
The Google Chrome team is arguably one of the best teams a browser is backed by, and there goal is to ensure a smoother and faster web viewing experience.
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Thats also the goal of the IE team. However the Chrome team is failing badly in several areas, when it comes to performance.
 
1080p 60fps on desktop and in touch with ie without any problems.
Runs smooth on my Lenovo Yoga 2 10" windows tablet with an Z3745 CPU.
Is a x32 version of windows but it runs very good.
 
I have the same problem with chrome and I also have it with 4k video too. IE has lower cpu usage. My guess is the chrome is not using hardware acceleration even though it is enable. If you disable hardware acceleration in IE ( Internet Options> Advanced> Use software rendering instead if GPU rendering) you get similar CPU usage to chrome. So I would say that chrome has a bug with hardware acceleration. Google NEEDS to fix this.

PC Spec:
The New 2015 Dell XPS 13
i5 5200U
4GB Ram
 
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colinkiama said:
60fps videos only run on chrome. I'm sorry but your hardware cannot handle it I'm afraid. Please remember you need to be running on the video on at least 720p for 60fps
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Sorry but you're wrong. I can watch 720p60 videos on youtube perfectly fine, with no problems. If I try to watch one on google chrome it's unwatchable.
 
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