4k YT fps drops

[Sharif]

I am having FPS drops,when playing any 4k video on youtube 

My internet can keep up but what about my CPU?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akU9jidz1zA&feature=youtu.be <---  (Exactly what happens)  

 

CPU - Phenom 955 

[Naeaes]

Does look like a CPU issue. My phone does the same thing with 1080p. To verify you could try forcing HTML5 on if isn't yet, let the video load fully before playback. 

[SeanAngelo]

I am having FPS drops,when playing any 4k video on youtube 

My internet can keep up but what about my CPU?

 

CPU - Phenom 955 

it's your cpu i'm guessing.

[alexhelvetica]

My netbook struggles at 360p.

so yer.

[Guest]

4K was laggy when I had an i3, but plays it smoothly with an i5, so yeah, it's the CPU.

[Majestic]

I already get 40-50% CPU load on my 4ghz 4670K. So yeah, the 955 will struggle.

[Sharif]

I already get 40-50% CPU load on my 4ghz 4670K. So yeah, the 955 will struggle.

4K was laggy when I had an i3, but plays it smoothly with an i5, so yeah, it's the CPU.

My netbook struggles at 360p.

so yer.

it's your cpu i'm guessing.

Did some fishing around,firefox peaks my CPU at 100% ,while MS edge played the 4k video at 20-30% utilization :blink:

How is ms edge running it so happily? 

 

Does look like a CPU issue. My phone does the same thing with 1080p. To verify you could try forcing HTML5 on if isn't yet, let the video load fully before playback. 

Already on since years ago =p 

[TheMcSame]

Technically speaking it's more of a software issue than hardware, chrome seems to flat out refuse to use hardware acceleration. Then end result is a heavy load on the CPU and FPS drops for some high res content.

[Sharif]

Technically speaking it's more of a software issue than hardware, chrome seems to flat out refuse to use hardware acceleration. Then end result is a heavy load on the CPU and FPS drops for some high res content.

Thanks,It reduced the choppiness (Still unwatchable but you were proved right) 

I had disabled it,for troubleshooting an issue months back and forgot to turn it back on,I can watch 1440p now at least   

 

Basically my conclusion seeing MS edge,it's definitely a software issue