Re:Why I use old hardware
by antisthenes on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:33PM
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I think browsers is what regressed the most.
I used to be able to open 3 Twitch streams in 720/1080p back in 2010 on a dual core Athlon X2 5000.
These days, if I open 2 HD streams in Firefox on a 4.2 Ghz quad-core 4670k, the system essentially freezes - the browser becomes unusable and both streams lag. Thank god for streamlink that lets you bypass the browser interface and view the streams in VLC or MPV.
Not to mention Electron-based apps using 600-800MB for a chat program with some light jpeg usage.
Developers' blatant disregard the the use of user's system resources is insane. It seems that regardless of hardware improvements, the modern developer only targets "acceptable" levels of performance, leaving power users frustrated.
I used to be able to open 3 Twitch streams in 720/1080p back in 2010 on a dual core Athlon X2 5000.
These days, if I open 2 HD streams in Firefox on a 4.2 Ghz quad-core 4670k, the system essentially freezes - the browser becomes unusable and both streams lag. Thank god for streamlink that lets you bypass the browser interface and view the streams in VLC or MPV.
Not to mention Electron-based apps using 600-800MB for a chat program with some light jpeg usage.
Developers' blatant disregard the the use of user's system resources is insane. It seems that regardless of hardware improvements, the modern developer only targets "acceptable" levels of performance, leaving power users frustrated.