Hardware-accelerated Flash 10.1 coming today? AMD seems to think so

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  • RyanMMRyanMM Ferndale, MI Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    If this stops Firefox and Chrome from eating up 100% of one of my cores when Flash memory leaks get out of control, great. But if the tradeoff is 100% GPU usage when Flash craps the bed, then I hope they offer a way to disable it.
  • TushonTushon I'm scared, Coach Alexandria, VA Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    It's all about out of process plugins in FF4. Flash trying to shat bricks all over your computer? Kill its process. Whammy!
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    Interesting. Do we know HOW recent the Intel chip needs to be? Link to hardware list plox? Also, did they release for Linux as well?
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    I did link to the list - it's in the PDF release notes.

    Still, LAZZZYYYY ;D
    Release notes wrote:
    Intel Hardware video decoding of H.264 content in Flash Player 10.1 is supported on Intel® 4 Series Chipset family and the all New 2010 Intel® Core™ Processor Family with Intel® HD Graphics starting with the graphics driver version 15.16.5.2021(8.15.10.2021) for 32/64-bit Windows Vista and Windows 7.
    For the Atom/Intel® GMA 500 chipset, hardware decode is supported starting with the graphics driver version 5.2.1.2020 (8.14.10.2020) for 32-bit Windows® 7. For all supported Intel GPUs, we recommend using an Aero windows theme. Performance is significantly improved for fullscreen playback with Aero-enabled Windows environments.
    Release notes wrote:
    Adobe Flash Player 10.1 offers GPU-acceleration for NVIDIA ION and supported NVIDIA GeForce and Quadro-powered PCs. The latest drivers are available at http://www.nvidia.com/drivers, and the latest list of supported GPUs is available at http://www.nvidia.com/object/gpus_supporting_adobeflash.html.
    Release notes wrote:
    Hardware video decoding of H.264 content in Flash Player 10.1 is supported on AMD/ATI products with UVD2 with the ATI Catalystâ„¢ Software Suite, starting with version 9.11 for the ATI Radeonâ„¢ family of products, and driver release 8.68 for the ATI FireProâ„¢ family of products.
    • Radeon HD 4xxx (and higher)
    • Mobility Radeon
    • Mobility Radeon HD 4xxx series (and higher)
    • Integrated/Motherboard
    • Radeon HD 3xxx (and higher)
    • FirePro
    • FirePro V3750, FirePro V7750, FirePro V8700, and FirePro V8750 (and later)
    Release notes wrote:
    Hardware video decoding of H.264 content in Flash Player 10.1 is supported on the Broadcom BCM70012 as well as the BCM70015 video decoding chipset, found in systems with Broadcom Crystal HD Enhanced Video Accelerator hardware. Driver support is available at http://www.broadcom.com/support/crystal_hd.
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    Pssh... not lazzzyy.... just didn't have time to read the release notes.
  • leorick
    edited June 2010
    Finally. I have been waiting for a long time. It feels like a year from the day adobe announced this.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Adobe!

    Regular download (without Adobe Downloader) doesn't update the plugin (still shows 10.0.x in about: plugins).

    Tried using the Adobe Downloader, but it crashes every time.

    Edit: Looks like it's a problem somewhere in my lappy. Remoted in to home and it worked just fine there. :(
  • leorick
    edited June 2010
    Actually, a lot of people are having problems using Adobe's Downloaded. Some gets stuck at 5%, some fails, etc.

    This is why i always download manually through the troubleshooting page. The link is at the bottom.
  • leorickleorick Quezon City, Philippines
    edited June 2010
    Sorry, that was "Adobe Downloader" not downloaded :)
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