Browser Framedrops (Manjaro, YouTube)

[Algo]

Hello,

I have a problem with my browsers. Everything worked fine till i did latest Manjaro updates yesterday.
Now i have the problem, that YouTube videos are quite choppy (around 50% of all frames are dropped according to youtubes “statistics for geeks”). Even the Manjaro website has quite some choopy animation on load.

The graphics card i must admit is quite old … it is an XFX passive cooled Radeon HD 5450? something like that. It is in there, as my brother needed a graphics card for his new PC and i let him use my Vega64 for now. He cannot afford actual graphics card prices.

I’d guess some hardware acceleration is now not used anymore? Or do i just now notice the choppy videos :(?

MfG Algo

Some information about my system:
Well i would add info but is new forum software thinks an inxi output has some kind of Link inside which i’m not allowed to post :(. And it seems i cannot attach files too? … well sorry :(.
EDIT: inxi info: https://pastebin.com/kbpLr9FX

[Mirdarthos]

Hi @Algo,

Perhaps you can use Pastebin for logs and/or https://0x0.st/ for screenshots, although screenshots aren’t recommended.

The hardware acceleration not being available also makes a huge di8ffference. Have you tried disabling it in the browser. to see what effect that has?

[Algo]

Well pastebin won’t work as i’m not yet allowed to post links … but now i’m confused … i DEactivated hardware accelleration and now it works fine … no framedrops anymore even in 4K . Well i have to check it later again but all i did was deactivating hardware accelleration in Firefox settings.

[Mirdarthos]

1. To paste links now, paste them surround them wi8th a single backtick (`). That’ll cause the links to be rendered like this, http://www.google.com/, making them much easier to work with.

2. That actually makes sense, since now Firefox isn’t trying to give the GPU something it can’t do.

[Algo]

OK here we go if it helps in any way … although my problem seems to be solved:
inxi iformation: https://pastebin.com/kbpLr9FX

[Mirdarthos]

Perfect for the future!