Scrolling smoothness

[egps2]

Ever wonder why the stock samsung internet browser worked better and smoother than google chrome? Its because google chrome for some reason was set not to use the gpu by default.

You can check by toggling the Show GPU updates in the developer settings. Launch chrome and you will see that only the notification bar is drawn by the gpu. The rest of the app is just being rendered by the cpu.

I think this is simply an issue with chrome not allowing the GPU updates to display properly. I used the App CpuFloat to measure GPU usage and noticed that scrolling in Google Chrome results in between 10 and 40% GPU usage depending on the page even though it is not correctly displayed by the GPU updated under developer options. Using the CpuFloat tool I noticed that basically anything I do results in GPU usage suggesting that it is already being utilised to at least some degree.

After so many years since GPU rendering become commonplace I would imagine it would be used wherever possible. I think the Samsung Internet app is simply better optimised to work on Samsung hardware. I have also noticed better overall performance but rely on Google's integration with Chrome on my PC and saved passwords in my Google account.

 

[Orginator]

Got 'High Performance' enabled on the S7?

Sure.

Tho I didn't notice a difference with or without the high performance mode.

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[usersky007]

Comming from OnePlus 3 I can say S7 is significanlty laggier and jerkier. Very dissapointed. Really not trolling. I use extensively Poket - Read It Latter so I know every single animation. On S7 reading an article and opening top right menu, I can clearly see first the text menu items appearing and after that icons on the left of the items being drawn. My old S5 does it better. OnePlus3 does the menu rendering instantly. This and a lot of scrolling lag, small delays and jerkiness makes makes me wonder what is wrong this S7, it cannot be hardware really. I even set resolution to half (hd ready), nothing changes.

Edit: S7 is new, unlocked, Exynos variant, 7 days old, with last stock Android.

 

[michel333alfa]

Comming from OnePlus 3 I can say S7 is significanlty laggier and jerkier. Very dissapointed. Really not trolling. I use extensively Poket - Read It Latter so I know every single animation. On S7 reading an article and opening top right menu, I can clearly see first the text menu items appearing and after that icons on the left of the items being drawn. My old S5 does it better. OnePlus3 does the menu rendering instantly. This and a lot of scrolling lag, small delays and jerkiness makes makes me wonder what is wrong this S7, it cannot be hardware really. I even set resolution to half (hd ready), nothing changes.

Edit: S7 is new, unlocked, Exynos variant, 7 days old, with last stock Android.

It's nougat issue. Samsung softwarely makes s7 older, so many people will RUN for new s7 and note8. Install or pixel like ROM(but with stock s7 nougat android)(cuz it's with tweaks), or try to install via Odin official marshmallow, or try to enable force GPU rendering.

 

[waingro808]

Comming from OnePlus 3 I can say S7 is significanlty laggier and jerkier. Very dissapointed. Really not trolling. I use extensively Poket - Read It Latter so I know every single animation. On S7 reading an article and opening top right menu, I can clearly see first the text menu items appearing and after that icons on the left of the items being drawn. My old S5 does it better. OnePlus3 does the menu rendering instantly. This and a lot of scrolling lag, small delays and jerkiness makes makes me wonder what is wrong this S7, it cannot be hardware really. I even set resolution to half (hd ready), nothing changes.

Edit: S7 is new, unlocked, Exynos variant, 7 days old, with last stock Android.

I downgraded to Marshmallow, and it is buttery smooth again.

 

[carlocristi]

S7 8.0 smoothness

I've updated to the latest software (S7 exynos). I must say, the device is very fast, and the scrolling is very smooth, comparable with iphone. I refer to pinch to zoom in photos, websites, etc. The smoothness is definetely better than most android phones (non-samsung).