Hi everyone, I've encountered a problem recently. I use my computer mostly to watch videos, and I don't install updates often. About 2 weeks ago I was watching a Youtube video and got some lag spikes while watching it, I didn't think much of it. A few days later the lag in the video playback was so bad I couldn't watch in fullscreen anymore, I could still watch videos in non-fullscreen but only in 480p, and even then there is still small CPU spikes in playback. This has been happening on both IE and Chrome, and on all sites that play video. Especially on HBO GO where the problem never goes away.
I realized that the problem is my CPU usage. If im sitting on Chrome with two tabs open neither playing video then CPU is around 0%-25%. When I start playing a video in 1 tab by itself it'll be fine for the first 3 minutes with CPU around 60%-75%, After that I hit random CPU spikes of 100% that cause my video to become choppy for about 8 seconds and this problem continues to reoccur every 20 seconds give or take. Some would presume this is a problem with internet connection. The only problem with that is my internet has been great for the past year and a half, even when I test the speeds they're great. I don't know what to do, I've updated video drivers, Flash, Java, nothing fixes it. Thank you for reading all of this, any help is GREATLY appreciated.
I realized that the problem is my CPU usage. If im sitting on Chrome with two tabs open neither playing video then CPU is around 0%-25%. When I start playing a video in 1 tab by itself it'll be fine for the first 3 minutes with CPU around 60%-75%, After that I hit random CPU spikes of 100% that cause my video to become choppy for about 8 seconds and this problem continues to reoccur every 20 seconds give or take. Some would presume this is a problem with internet connection. The only problem with that is my internet has been great for the past year and a half, even when I test the speeds they're great. I don't know what to do, I've updated video drivers, Flash, Java, nothing fixes it. Thank you for reading all of this, any help is GREATLY appreciated.