[Geek] Asus says 100% CPU utilization is required for smooth scrolling on laptops

[WolfDeville]

 

Have you noticed that the fans start blaring on your Asus laptop when you’re barely giving it a workout? Blame the two-finger scrolling you’re doing on its trackpad. Yes, really.

 

Normally when your CPU hits 100% utilization it’s because you’re doing some pretty intense stuff, like gaming, performing intense calculations, or working with video.  Simple gesture-based scrolling, however, shouldn’t max out your processor — at least that’s what a lot of geeks think.

 

Apparently, they’re all wrong, at least according to some Asus tech support staffers. It turns out it’s all part of providing customers with an optimal computing experience. “The behavior you see is intended, meaning, when you put 2 fingers on the pad, it will power on to full power to prevent lag or bad performance when doing gestures on the pad.”

 

 

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I want to laugh, but at the same time I want to cry.......

[Guest]

I blame Windows' absolutely terrible optimization and scrolling support. Even a decent trackpad is hindered by clunky scrolling.

 

*Resumes buttery-smooth, momentum-based scrolling on MacBook*

[Guest Kloaked]

I.. What?

 

Whoever made that decision at Asus is a dumbass. Sorry.

[EChondo]

Another reason why I am not buying ASUS products.

 

GG.

[Jerakl]

CRAP I HAVE AN ASUS LAPTOP I USE FOR SCHOOL. BATTERY LIFE IS LEGIT IMPORTANT. At least I use a mouse for scrolling.

[Electrostatik]

The human eye can't even see more than 50% CPU utilization, so who cares

[Octagoncow]

Interesting... Maybe they could have that as an option in the bios or something for those who want to turn it off. I for one would prefer a slightly choppy scroll instead of loud fans.

Also, people actually use 2 finger scroll? I always looked at it as a gimmick.

[Clyne]

Crap, craptop is gonna get more toasty...........

[flibberdipper]

I blame Windows' absolutely terrible optimization and scrolling support. Even a decent trackpad is hindered by clunky scrolling.

 

*Resumes buttery-smooth, momentum-based scrolling on MacBook*

*resumes moderately-smooth, mometum-ish scrolling on a cheapass Chromebook*

 

But really ASUS? On my Eee PC 1005HA, when I had Windows 8 and two finger scrolling and all that good crap, it only hit 100% because it was rendering a webpage. Things like Word and whatknot didn't even push it out of idle state (800MHz).

[terrytek]

Huh, even my HP craptop seems to scroll fine.

[Guest]

*resumes moderately-smooth, mometum-ish scrolling on a cheapass Chromebook*

 

But really ASUS? On my Eee PC 1005HA, when I had Windows 8 and two finger scrolling and all that good crap, it only hit 100% because it was rendering a webpage. Things like Word and whatknot didn't even push it out of idle state (800MHz).

Again, Windows is a steaming pile of nope that can't be saved without a substantial re-write of all the basic components.

[flibberdipper]

Again, Windows is a steaming pile of nope that can't be saved without a substantial re-write of all the basic components.

Sadly, I agree. I would actually like a Mac Mini just so I don't have to deal with Windows most of the time.

[Enderman]

"power on to full power" does NOT mean 100% CPU usage!!!!!

SERIOUSLY!

It means they ramp up the CPU clock speed to turbo which gives better performance than having it idle at 1.2GHz.

Really guys? Learn to read.

@Kloaked @EChondo and @everyoneelseabovemypostwhobelievedthisstupidtitle

[Guest]

Sadly, I agree. I would actually like a Mac Mini just so I don't have to deal with Windows most of the time.

New ones are $499 + a $50 student discount.

 

I have a Hackintosh so I can cram in a GTX 760 and dual-boot for gaming, but the Mini just got way more powerful and is now a ridiculously good buy.

[cesrai]

"power on to full power" does NOT mean 100% CPU usage!!!!!

SERIOUSLY!

It means they ramp up the CPU clock speed to turbo which gives better performance than having it idle at 1.2GHz.

Really guys? Learn to read.

I second this.

[<boss2939>]

*resumes moderately-smooth, mometum-ish scrolling on a cheapass Chromebook*

 

But really ASUS? On my Eee PC 1005HA, when I had Windows 8 and two finger scrolling and all that good crap, it only hit 100% because it was rendering a webpage. Things like Word and whatknot didn't even push it out of idle state (800MHz).

chromebook are f*cking awesome they're cheap fast and some have 11 hour battery life, chromebook plus beast gaming pc are amazing combinations 

[MbV93]

*Resumes buttery-smooth, momentum-based scrolling on MacBook*

 

[Guest]

 

Whatever. Stay in denial. Clearly millions of people are wrong, and Apple has this brainwashing technique down.

[DigitalHermit]

*scrolls choppily on an eMachines craptop*

 

I don't care about smooth scrolling... It only makes me dizzy... I turned off smooth scrolling on almost all of my devices because of this...

[Guest Kloaked]

"power on to full power" does NOT mean 100% CPU usage!!!!!

SERIOUSLY!

It means they ramp up the CPU clock speed to turbo which gives better performance than having it idle at 1.2GHz.

Really guys? Learn to read.

@Kloaked @EChondo and @everyoneelseabovemypostwhobelievedthisstupidtitle

 

It literally says in the article 100% CPU usage. I don't understand where your angry typing is coming from. Sorry to have rustled your jimmies mate. Like, I seriously don't understand what your fucking problem is.

[flibberdipper]

New ones are $499 + a $50 student discount.

 

I have a Hackintosh so I can cram in a GTX 760 and dual-boot for gaming, but the Mini just got way more powerful and is now a ridiculously good buy.

I need something with more kick in the ass. I need something like this. http://linustechtips.com/main/uploads/gallery/album_679/gallery_37587_679_72635.png

 

chromebook are f*cking awesome they're cheap fast and some have 11 hour battery life, chromebook plus beast gaming pc are amazing combinations 

Um... Okay?

[Enderman]

It literally says in the article 100% CPU usage. I don't understand where your angry typing is coming from. Sorry to have rustled your jimmies mate. Like, I seriously don't understand what your fucking problem is.

Did you actually read the article's source? Apparently not. The guy who contacted ASUS claims his CPU went to full speed, not that it went to 100%. If think media doesnt skew up information then you should not read the newspaper, because then you would believe all the crap they reword to make a news topic more attractive. Also the guy from ASUS that was emailed submitted a bug report and is waiting for a fix.

[Blake]

I blame Windows' absolutely terrible optimization and scrolling support. Even a decent trackpad is hindered by clunky scrolling.

 

*Resumes buttery-smooth, momentum-based scrolling on MacBook*

I also have buttery smooth scrolling on my windows computer.

 

And, I am sorry, but OS X is simply terrible for anything but grandma (in which case it is fantastic, so much so I want Apple to have proper AD support in it). I know this as I used to support it.

[Guest Kloaked]

Did you actually read the article's source? Apparently not. The guy who contacted ASUS claims his CPU went to full speed, not that it went to 100%. If think media doesnt skew up information then you should not read the newspaper, because then you would believe all the crap they reword to make a news topic more attractive. Also the guy from ASUS that was emailed submitted a bug report and is waiting for a fix.

 

I read it after I made the post because I got more curious. Then I saw your asinine post about it and it threw me off. I have no idea why someone believing an article like this would rustle your jimmies so much. All you had to do was supply some more information. Don't direct your silliness at me or anyone else who ain't got time to read through poorly formatted walls of text just to see the CPU just ramps up a little bit and not 100%, and it's possibly a bug (according to the people he emailed, it didn't sound like one at first, or the people at Asus are just reading off a script - both are likely).

 

Please, stop berating people like you do. It's annoying. I understand your frustration when people would rather have a lesser-factual tl;dr than see all of the truth, but for fuck sake, if you're going to complain about that then provide a bit more information or just shutup.

 

           

[AlexGoesHigh]

I blame Windows' absolutely terrible optimization and scrolling support. Even a decent trackpad is hindered by clunky scrolling.

 

*Resumes buttery-smooth, momentum-based scrolling on MacBook*

i'm going to assume this is an asus thing and not window, because if it was we would be complaining about this on 7 or even when vista came out which we haven't, i do agree windows isn't perfect and it lacks a bit for laptops, at least 7 which is a 5 year old OS now, so it lacks a few things natively with newer hardware support, dunno about 8 because i never used a laptop with 8, but i assume it has to be a bit better considering mobile was the biggest focus on its development, also you complain a lot about haters on apple threads, but you're doing exactly the same thing here against a windows OEM, so i suggest you think your comment twice