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I am getting terrible frame rates while trying to stream videos on YouTube, particularly HD and/or fullscreen ones, while using Firefox on Win8. However, once the video is fully buffered there does not seem to be a problem.
This problem doesn't seem to happen when using IE, so I am suspicious that it has do with Microsoft's security features that apparently limit the functionality of other browsers (if those rumors that I heard are true).
I have already disabled flash's hardware acceleration and running Firefox with dedicated GPU doesn't seem to change anything.
Anyone else having similar issues or know how to fix it?
Hardware: ASUS u43jc OS: Win-8 64bit
WeymannD
Posted 2012-10-22T20:23:16.067
Reputation: 29
Upgrade your network drivers. – Tamara Wijsman – 2012-10-22T22:04:11.130
1Your suspicious are not accurate. This likely has to do a simply performance problem with Firefox. There are no security features within Windows 8 that would explain your problem. – Ramhound – 2012-10-22T22:07:53.457
1Your laptop has dual graphics - intel and nvidia. Which of these are running while you are watching videos, and what drivers have you installed? – Paul – 2012-10-22T22:30:05.997
It seems to be network related because it was not happening on campus earlier today despite there being no significant speed or ping difference. Upgrading network drivers seems to be an obvious choice, but Intel seems to not have released drivers for Win8 yet.
I'm currently using Microsoft's latest drivers. Will Intel's Win7 drivers be compatible? I'm using a Centrino Advanced-N 6230 – WeymannD – 2012-10-23T04:33:58.427
@WeymannD: In my experience, some Windows 7 drivers work in Windows 8, but not everything. It totally varies on the type of hardware, drivers, quality of both, and age of the hardware (indicating how current the drivers are). – Mufasa – 2012-10-27T19:38:19.833
IE has its own implementation of flash built in I think – Journeyman Geek – 2012-10-31T07:26:08.317