YouTube stream in 1080p at 60 frames per second with heavy CPU activity.
YouTube stream in 1080p at 60 frames per second with heavy CPU activity.
Previously faced similar issues with Chrome, requiring a stock cooler and thermal paste for maintenance (especially during high temperatures and gaming). Performance lagged significantly in IE and Firefox, though smoother playback was achieved in Chrome. After updates and CPU overclocking with a solid cooler, everything now runs well. However, Chrome remains the source of frustration since even older browsers played back content flawlessly.
I don’t understand how long this has been happening. I didn’t see the issue on my desktop because of the faster CPU and water cooling (so fans didn’t speed up even with high load). On my old laptops, I often forced Flash Player due to certain keyboard shortcuts, but Flash can’t handle 1080p60, so the problem never appeared. Either way, I’m currently doing a clean install now, after a mistake when trying to dual boot OS X Yosemite with Windows. I’ll check if that helps.