Re: [Public WebGL] GPU locking up laptop

[John Davis <jdavis@pcprogramming.com>]

Firefox beta 12 stays responsive for the same case, I've no idea why.

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Steve Baker <steve@sjbaker.org> wrote:

It shouldn't crash your computer - or lock it up beyond recovery - but
you can't seriously expect and program that's doing heavy-duty 3D
rendering not to "affect the responsiveness" of what is (let's face it)
not the fastest computer in the world.

 -- Steve

On 02/26/2011 08:26 AM, John Davis wrote:
> Not sure if this is a browser thing or an Angle thing.  Please take a
> look at this sample.
>
> http://www.pcprogramming.com/flight.html
>
> If I zoom in far enough on Chrome, my little Asus UX50V laptop will
> start to sputter and intermittently lock up.  FireFox beta 12 doesn't
> seem to have the problem.  Makes me a little nervous that a web page
> running WebGL can affect the responsiveness of the OS.
>
> JD
>