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Edge Chromium dropping frames on YouTube videos
Hello (system specs are on the end of the post). I've both Edge Chromium dev (Version 83.0.478.10 (Official build) dev (64-bit)) and Edge Chromium (Version 81.0.416.58 (Official build) (64-bit)) i...
Zaheer_id Thanks for following-up on this, and welcome to the MSFT Edge Insider's community! While I am not aware of any further developments, it looks like the team will be working on it soon.
Fawkes (they/them)
Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
Deleted - hi exactly the same issue here - edge version 81 (which uses the old renderer) no dropped frames on 4k hdr using an intel i9 with nvidia 2060 (asus zenbook pro duo) - version 85, 20 dropped frames a second using exactly the same youtube settings (3840 x 2160, windows scaling off...)
The new renderer doesn't perform anywhere near as well as the old one no matter what flags i use etc....
Also, any chance of fixing hdr so that it maintains similar brightness levels and saturation/gamma across apps? i have to manually adjust brightness, contrast and saturation with virtually every app and game that has hdr 😞