As you know from our earlier article Flash player 10.1 beta was released today and laptopmag.com has already put it through a few performance tests. As you’ll see in the chart below, what was a slideshow now becomes watchable. Sure it’s not perfect, but it’s a heck of a lot better.
Frame Rates Compared: Flash 10.1 vs. Flash 10 on HP Mini 311
An episode of “Heroes” (”Once Upon a Time in Texas”) streamed with an average framerate of 23 fps. When we played the same clip on a Mini 311 with the older Flash player, we saw just 12 fps.
We also saw marked improvement when we tried Flash 10.1 on the Acer Aspire 1810T, a CULV system with integrated graphics. This 11.6-inch notebook features a 1.3-GHz Intel Pentium SU7300 CPU, and Intel GMA4500MHD graphics, so while it started out at a higher spot than the Mini 311, the two ended up with roughly the same frame rates. Below is a chart showing the 1810T’s framerates before and after installing Flash 10.1.
Frame Rates Compared: Flash 10.1 vs. Flash 10 on Acer 1810t
So if you are in the market for a new netbook and want smooth HD flash video you might want to checkout ones with either Ion or Intel 4500HD graphics. A good example of each is the HP mini 311 with Ion graphics, and the Acer 1410 with Intel.
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