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    Issues between G50Vt-X6 and hulu.com

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by aidar77, Jun 8, 2009.

  1. aidar77

    aidar77 Newbie

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    Hey guys,

    I was wondering lately - does everyone have terrible lags when watching HD videos on Hulu full-screen?
    I found a very lame solution - installing new drivers and righ-clicking on the video and disabling "Hardware acceleration"... But isn't 9800m GS supposed to be super-powerful and stuff? (well, at least while watching FLASH videos on hulu!)

    Does anyone have better solutions? THanks!
     
    aidar77, Jun 8, 2009
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  2. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Flash is CPU intensive more than GPU. I had the same issue, but disabling hardware acceleration worked for me. On some notebooks with more powerful GPUs, enabling hardware acceleration usually helps the streaming process.

    If you haven't already, take a look at this website:
    http://www.hulu.com/support/streaming
     
    David, Jun 8, 2009
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  3. ALLurGroceries

    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    I'm not positive -- on Linux at least (with the proprietary Flash plugin from Adobe), hardware acceleration is only for drawing objects, not for accelerating video. I'm not sure if it's the same on Windows, but I've also had luck getting better frame rates on my G50V by disabling hardware accel. Also make sure you are not on a power saving mode as that will throttle everything down.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Jun 9, 2009
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