Macbook - slower fps when another window is on top

narf1899 · narf1899 #1 (**permalink**)

03-10-2007, 10:22 AM

has anybody else noticed that when playing an online game or watchin a video the fps get slower when its not ur current window? like im playin a game, then somebody IM's me, i click onto the IM box and the game's fps drop waayyyy down until i click back onto it...is this a normal thing? it happens on my imac too btw, which has a 256mb graphics card...

cazabam · cazabam #2 (**permalink**)

03-10-2007, 10:35 AM

Many programs detect when they are not the primary focus and reduce their speed accordingly. This is to allow the foreground process (the thing that you're ostensibly most interested in) to have as many system resources as possible. There is a very interesting article about how Safari manages such things here

narf1899 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 05, 2007 Posts: 465 Mac Specs: iMac 20" C2D 2.4 ghz 2gb iMac 20" C2D 2GB 256MB Graphics Macbook C2D 2GB Powermac G4 Dual 450	03-10-2007, 10:22 AM has anybody else noticed that when playing an online game or watchin a video the fps get slower when its not ur current window? like im playin a game, then somebody IM's me, i click onto the IM box and the game's fps drop waayyyy down until i click back onto it...is this a normal thing? it happens on my imac too btw, which has a 256mb graphics card... iMac Aluminum 20" 2.4 ghz 2gb RAM 300gb HD iMac 20" Core2duo 2gb 250gb Macbook White Core2duo 2gb 80gb Powermac G4 dual 450
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Member Since: Jun 06, 2006 Posts: 1,153 Mac Specs: MacBook 2.0GHz White, 512MB RAM, 60GB HDD	03-10-2007, 10:35 AM Many programs detect when they are not the primary focus and reduce their speed accordingly. This is to allow the foreground process (the thing that you're ostensibly most interested in) to have as many system resources as possible. There is a very interesting article about how Safari manages such things here
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