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Flash Beta adds GMA 500 support, no reason not to get netbooks now

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Flash 10.1 Beta 3 is now available to download. Looking through the release notes, I’m not sure what’s new since they’ve merged old updates into the latest release notes with the latest version, though I’m sure I never saw official support for GMA 500 graphics before. We’ve suspected previously that there’s no reason not to support GMA 500 graphics since it already has H.264 1080p video playback decoding like the GMA 4500M HD. You’ll need at least version 5.2.1.2020 (8.14.10.2020) for Windows 7.
I’ve tried Beta 3 on my UL20A with GMA 4500M HD graphics, but windowed and fullscreen 1080p video is still not smooth and results / CPU usage have no been different for me from older versions.
I also tried Beta 3 on my ASUS Eee PC T91MT with GMA 500 graphics, with the above drivers and 720p works nicely - not smooth but it’s not a slideshow like you get without the Flash 10.1 drivers.
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http://netbooked.net/blog/flash-10.1-beta-3-now-available-adds-official-gma-500-support/
 
Careful though a lot of the older / cheaper models don't have GMA 500. It sounds like it's not that great anyway, just better than nothing:

> with the above drivers and 720p works nicely - not smooth but it’s not a slideshow like you get without the Flash 10.1 drivers.
 
DaveSimmons said:
Careful though a lot of the older / cheaper models don't have GMA 500. It sounds like it's not that great anyway, just better than nothing:

> with the above drivers and 720p works nicely - not smooth but it’s not a slideshow like you get without the Flash 10.1 drivers.
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Well alot of what people watch in flash is youtube and hulu. I think most youtube high def videos can be downconverted to 480p. The fact that its watchable in fullscreen is what makes it really nice for people.
 
Looks like you're right - I guess it's just that at the moment, it works best on Nvidia hardware. ATI and Intel were meh at best.

Pretty cool for the GMA 500 support. Netbooks / other Atom devices need it the most.
 
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