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By icanhascpu on 6/19/2009 9:45:03 PM , Rating: -1
Maybe upgrade from your Pentium 3.

By nuarbnellaffej on 6/20/2009 4:12:40 AM , Rating: 5
I have a Q6600@ 3.18 GHz, 4096Mb's of ram @ 950MHz, and flash OFTEN comes to a grinding halt for no apparent reason...

By B3an on 6/20/2009 11:14:36 AM , Rating: 2
Well it should'nt.
Could the people that complain of slow Flash be more detailed.

I'd like to know what exactly you'rre on about as i use Flash a lot for webdesign and dont experience this even on pretty slow systems.

Flash does use quite a bit of CPU usage though depending on the content, but a lot of people dont understand this has to do with the fact that it uses Vector based graphics in a lot of content. Vector has many benefits, like infinite zoom with no pixelation of the graphics for instance.

By tomd123 on 6/20/2009 11:54:35 AM , Rating: 5
try running hulu.
I have an amd 5050e (dual 2.7ghz) with 2gigs of ram and a hd3200, on a 1920x1200 resolution. Everytime I visit hulu, my computer slows down to what seems as 1 fps. I can reproduce this slow down on systems with core 2 duos, core 2 quads and even on an intel i7 system. And lets not forget about having MULTIPLE tabs which have multiple flash embeds. And forget about laptops. This is why the plugin for ff (noflash) exists.

I may be ranting but this is the truth that everyone experiences. To be honost, I can't wait till either flash dies or gets completely optimized.

Some more sites that use a lot of flash: google some car manufacturer websites. Some of those use flash exclusively and are unbearable to use (worse then hulu).

By eddieroolz on 6/21/2009 12:48:57 AM , Rating: 5
Right, blame it on IE and/or Vista.

Did you also know that the E.T. game's miserable failure was also caused by IE and Vista? Betcha you didn't know that!

Honestly, Flash lags my Firefox like crazy sometimes, especially if it's an game. 50% usage of a 3.34GHz C2D/GTS 250 is not right.

By nuarbnellaffej on 6/21/2009 5:21:52 AM , Rating: 2
So the problem is most likely your ocmputers software configs or cheezy video cards.

My computer's files are configured as they should be, trust me, and I wouldn't call a 4870 with 1 Gb's of memory "cheesy".

By MRwizard on 6/22/2009 5:50:18 AM , Rating: 3
it has nothing to do with your graphics card. it uses vector graphix that are calculated by your CPU

it moslty always depends on the content viewed, and the background process's. and the fact that flash is poorly optimized for all systems out there

By SLeeeper on 6/21/2009 3:14:36 PM , Rating: 2
Your problem sounds more like a network problem, not the flash app. Most Streaming flash content uses 700kbps, as for the tabs, once the app loads, it is stored in your cache and doesn't need to load again. Try using a good modem. or upgrade form that 512 DSL...LOL

By Blight AC on 6/24/2009 9:45:51 AM , Rating: 2
Yeah, I'd say something else was going on, if it's Hulu related. Now, on my Laptop which uses a Pentium M 1.86 Ghz processor I cannot run Hulu HD fullscreen as the framerate drops to annoying levels and my CPU peaks, but it works flawlessly on my Vista PC with an Intel Q9300.

I know Adobe has announced plans to make use of the GPU in the future. However, really, it's like Adobe has their heads up their rears at this point. 64-Bit CPU's have been around for close to a decade now and Adobe STILL doesn't have 64 bit support for Windows (I believe they have an alpha client for Linux though.)

And I'm sure Nvidia had to put some massive pressure on Adobe to get them to work on the GPU processing. Nvidia's Ion and Tegra Platforms, which have lower powered CPU processing, but good GPU to allow full 1080p HD content on apps that use the GPU to render it, need Flash to use the power of the GPU to be marketable. Since these platforms are designed for multimedia use and Flash is a major part of that with sites like Hulu and YouTube.

By mindless1 on 6/20/2009 1:10:58 PM , Rating: 2
I'd call infinite zoom without pixelation an undesirable thing, when I zoom I want to see a close-up of what something is, not a smoothed version of what it isn't.

Flash is a cancer on the internet, it is ludicrous you can't even watch many video clips without this bloat of an additional layer over it. It detracts from doing even the most basic of things by taking more time, consuming more system resources, increasing download amounts.

You might say "oh properly designed flash won't do this", to which I counter only if you contrast it with improperly designed non-flash alternatives".

By nuarbnellaffej on 6/21/2009 5:36:57 AM , Rating: 2
While I admit I haven't been a big fan of flash by any count, I think it's vector based graphics and infinite zoom are very useful for certain types of games etc...

It's not like you would try to zoom in on a picture or something like that in flash, if so than obviously it would pixelate.

By ImSpartacus on 6/21/2009 10:26:00 AM , Rating: 4
I don't think you understand what vector graphics entail. Flash aside, vector graphics use paths instead of raster's pixels. This can provide a genuine "close up" of what the image really is.

By MRwizard on 6/22/2009 5:58:26 AM , Rating: 2
in other words, it uses maths to draw lines and curves


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