Gpu usage during vlc and flash player?

[abhishekshukla1989]

I have a 5850 hd gpu.I just noticed recently that while playing videos on vlc the gpu usage goes between 4 to 12% (It never stays the same) and similarly with videos playing on flash player.Is this normal.Also,even when I am not playing any videos the gpu usage hovers between 0 to 6%.

 

[mister g]

Your GPU is being offloaded some video work from the CPU, so it's normal, the latest Flash player 10.1 offloads some work off of the CPU on to a compatible graphics card like yours, so it's perfectly normal.

 

[abhishekshukla1989]

Your GPU is being offloaded some video work from the CPU, so it's normal, the latest Flash player 10.1 offloads some work off of the CPU on to a compatible graphics card like yours, so it's perfectly normal.

But i have the older version 10.0 installed.

 

[mister g]

Either way your display is connected to your graphics card, by that logic some signals from your PC have to go through the graphics card, creating the small activity.

 

[builderbobftw]

^ Load would be higer with 10.1