Vista IE7 Unsmooth scrolling?

XxDeadlyxX · 06-15-07, 08:31 AM

In XP, IE7 scrolls very smoothly, however in Vista it seems more sluggish and laggy. CPU usage also jumps straight to 100% whenever i scroll, probably the cause

Anyone else get this?

Will getting dual core cpu help?

Sazar · 06-15-07, 04:32 PM

Hmm, not being able to duplicate this

Using vista ultimate here, have dual-core. Don't see a jump in proc usage either.

Peoples-Agent · 06-16-07, 04:51 AM

Isn't something to do with IE7 using Cleartype forcefully in?

Think there's an option in the settings somewhere to disable it, not sure if that would help.

Firefox is definately smoother though.

XxDeadlyxX · 06-16-07, 06:23 PM

Hmm I disabled ClearType and its slightly better, but text looks bad without cleartype anyway so thats not an option. Hmm even in Firefox CPU usage is up around 80% when scrolling....

LycosV · 06-19-07, 01:14 AM

Mine scrolls pretty smooth, but I looking at it now I also get a CPU spike when scrolling. Never noticed it before, but if I do some serious scrolling I can get the CPU usage up there pretty good. I'm guessing the smooth-scroll technique for internet browsers is really rough because they figured, "How much scrolling can you do?"

edit: I just checked by turning off smooth-scrolling and yeah, that's the cause of the CPU spike.

XxDeadlyxX · 06-19-07, 01:51 AM

Sigh nice programming there, Microsoft. I wonder how bad this is on worst processors than mine

Peoples-Agent · 06-25-07, 03:27 AM

Sorted.

Disable Protected Mode, and it should work alot better.

XxDeadlyxX · 06-25-07, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peoples-Agent

Sorted.

Disable Protected Mode, and it should work alot better.

Thanks for the solution, I'll test it out when the next Vista driver with the good goodies

makes me install Vista again

06-15-07, 08:31 AM	#1
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06-15-07, 04:32 PM	#2
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06-16-07, 04:51 AM	#3
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06-16-07, 06:23 PM	#4
XxDeadlyxX STALKER!!!!!!!! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NSW, Australia Posts: 1,455	Re: Vista IE7 Unsmooth scrolling? Hmm I disabled ClearType and its slightly better, but text looks bad without cleartype anyway so thats not an option. Hmm even in Firefox CPU usage is up around 80% when scrolling.... __________________ Main PC [Core i7 980X @ 4.3GHz] [Gigabyte X58A-UD7] [7TB of HDDs] [2x Inno3D GTX 480 SLI @ stock] [12GB Team Xtreem 7-7-7-24 @ 1500mhz] [Antec 1200] [Alienware AW2310 (general use/3D Vision) and Samsung 46B650 @ 1080p24] [X-Fi Forte] [Pioneer Blu-ray BDC-S02] [Silverstone Strider 1500W] [Creative Gigaworks S750 7.1] [Windows 7 x64] 3DMark Vantage - 38010

06-19-07, 01:14 AM	#5
LycosV Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 888	Re: Vista IE7 Unsmooth scrolling? Mine scrolls pretty smooth, but I looking at it now I also get a CPU spike when scrolling. Never noticed it before, but if I do some serious scrolling I can get the CPU usage up there pretty good. I'm guessing the smooth-scroll technique for internet browsers is really rough because they figured, "How much scrolling can you do?" edit: I just checked by turning off smooth-scrolling and yeah, that's the cause of the CPU spike.

06-19-07, 01:51 AM	#6
XxDeadlyxX STALKER!!!!!!!! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NSW, Australia Posts: 1,455	Re: Vista IE7 Unsmooth scrolling? Sigh nice programming there, Microsoft. I wonder how bad this is on worst processors than mine __________________ Main PC [Core i7 980X @ 4.3GHz] [Gigabyte X58A-UD7] [7TB of HDDs] [2x Inno3D GTX 480 SLI @ stock] [12GB Team Xtreem 7-7-7-24 @ 1500mhz] [Antec 1200] [Alienware AW2310 (general use/3D Vision) and Samsung 46B650 @ 1080p24] [X-Fi Forte] [Pioneer Blu-ray BDC-S02] [Silverstone Strider 1500W] [Creative Gigaworks S750 7.1] [Windows 7 x64] 3DMark Vantage - 38010

06-25-07, 03:27 AM	#7
Peoples-Agent Vape Therapist Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Berkshire, UK Posts: 4,308	Re: Vista IE7 Unsmooth scrolling? Sorted. Disable Protected Mode, and it should work alot better. __________________ For The Fallen With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free.

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