I can't figure it out. All the 4k videos are choppy in Chrome on YouTube but they work perfectly in IE. Both versions of flash are up to date (as far as I can tell). There's also no CPU throttling happening.

Any ideas?

12/2/2013 7:38:49 PM

hardware acceleration on in chrome?

12/2/2013 8:12:03 PM

I just checked - it's choppy as hell for me as well

12/2/2013 8:31:47 PM

^^I think it's on by default. There's an option to force GPU rendering on all pages as opposed to pages that have GPU accelerated layers but it's still choppy. I looked through the rest of the settings with no luck.

I guess IE it is for the time being for higher than 1080p stuff.

--a few posts I've seen online say IE is really the only browser currently optimized for Windows 8.1 especially with higher resolution displays. May just have to wait this one out.

[Edited on December 2, 2013 at 9:11 PM. Reason : s]

12/2/2013 9:03:23 PM

This is the first I've heard that there is something beyond 1080p.

Is there a reason to watch >1080p on a computer? Hell is there a reason to watch 1080p on a computer if you aren't sending it to a big ass TV? Just trying to learn here bros.

12/2/2013 9:26:07 PM

Yes 4k looks way better on my 3200 by 1800 13.3" screen than 1080p does. I really didn't think the difference would be as noticeable but it really is.

--I mean just think about it. DPI has to do with viewing distance. The reason higher resolution screens on cell phones are so popular is because people view them so close to their eyes. TVs have always had such traditionally low DPI because you're always sitting 7-10 feet from them.

[Edited on December 2, 2013 at 9:33 PM. Reason : s]

12/2/2013 9:32:38 PM

IE is a better browser than chrome

12/2/2013 10:19:32 PM

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"IE is a better browser than chrome"

you are out of your mind.

12/2/2013 10:43:22 PM

nope. IE is just plain better

12/3/2013 9:54:51 AM

Well it looks like for high DPI and Windows 8.1 machines IE is a ton better. Don't get me wrong I'm a huge Chrome fan but Chrome seems to kill my battery life and videos are choppy. IE touch support also works a lot better as does scaling.

12/3/2013 11:14:36 AM

IE's rendering is more efficient than chrome, but chrome will do multicore rendering. This means given enough cores chrome will be faster than IE, but it also means it will use more of your cpu at the expensive of other programs. So if all you do is browse the web AND you have a very fast cpu w/ lots of cores, chrome may be a better option

[Edited on December 3, 2013 at 11:42 AM. Reason : a]

12/3/2013 11:42:05 AM

but but but

chrome has this awesome extension ecosystem

12/4/2013 1:56:28 PM

Yeah I'm missing out on my extensions, pinned tabs, and syncing bookmarks/pages across devices but IE is pretty solid on 8.1.

12/4/2013 1:57:31 PM

try disabling DASH

http://lifehacker.com/preload-entire-youtube-videos-by-disabling-dash-playbac-1186454034

12/4/2013 2:43:33 PM

Messed around with that as well. Didn't change too much. Chrome is just pretty buggy in Windows 8.1 and hidpi screens so I'll stick to IE for now. IE appears to use a lot less battery life too.

12/9/2013 4:26:28 PM

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"but but but chrome has this awesome extension ecosystem"

yeah I wish IE's TPLs worked on browser plugins so it blocked flash ads and i'd like to be able to do custom page tweaks (like changing css/js/html for certain sites).

12/9/2013 4:37:14 PM

indeed, the most custom CSS you can do is a single custom stylesheet

12/10/2013 1:02:43 AM