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		darkestkhan on Aug 5, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Solving Different Problems My system isn't shader capable and still playing HTML5 video tag consumes only ~30% of CPU while playing flash ~90%. There is no excuse for that - I could understand higher CPU usage, but not by factor of 3.

novalis on Aug 5, 2012 [–]

Are you on Linux ? That is the only plat that I see taking higher cpu usage while playing viedo in flash. Both windows and osx now play flash with little cpu usage.

darkestkhan on Aug 18, 2012 | [–]

Yes, I'm on Linux - but it still doesn't explain why flash is consuming so much CPU (I'm using VESA drivers for graphics)

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