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ProMotion stuttering
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Same brightness as the intel one and hdr is same brightness barely noticeable any change; also the promotion doesn’t work on main things like safari so won’t say it’s amazing
Then I'd check your eyes. The new displays are noticeably brighter, sharper (as the DPI has increased) and mine gets down to near true black when displaying blacks.
Yes blacks are better but no I spent hours with my M1 max and intel i9 16” comparing and both with max brightness and auto brightness off there was like zero difference on normal viewing and with hdr on you tube again it was slightly better but not brighter maybe just slightly; I’m a videographer and display calibrater and I know my stuff
Yes Safari is 60fps. See video description for details.
Yet the "start page" seems scrolling at 120fps. Chrome, Edges seem like 60fps too.
I am about as Apple fanboy as it gets and next to my iPad I cannot tell a difference in brightness or color contrast. These are expensive machines and it’s a huge disappointment to have things broken out of the gate.
Nicely done. Edge is 120Hz at least for me after the 12.0.1 MacOS update. (maybe it was before - not sure). Noticeably smoother than Safari ATM.
Added screenshot from testufo:
It’s slowed down but with proper 120hz you would not see that type of gap between frames.
No stutter for me either on my base 14 pro. I have my latest iPad Pro with Promotion sitting here next to me with the same site open (this exact forum) and I am not really noticing a difference at all scrolling them both simultaneously. I've tried it with Chrome also, side by side and full-screen switching back and forth and I just can't see a difference. I do have Promotion enabled and no motion reduction settings are active in Accessibility. The screen is very smooth and resolution looks very crisp and sharp. Loving this machine so far.
Everyone is saying safari is capped at 60hz and looks identical to older macs so not sure why you’re isnt like that
Some people just can’t tell the difference. That’s all there is to it.
Not sure either... maybe I just don't notice it with my 51 year-old eyes. However, when taking it out of the box and firing it up for the first time, it looked noticeably sharper than my previous M1 Air. I even made a little 'oooooh' sound.
Its a true @2x resolution thats why, the M1 Air was at a ~@1.7x odd resolution so it was not as sharp
I'm not experiencing stuttering, but despite my display settings set to ProMotion this is appearing as a 60hz display. My iPad Pro looks much smoother than scrolling in either Safari or Chrome on my MBP. I'm on 12.0.1
Run this JavaScript snippet by pasting it into your console of Safari, and then again in Firefox, you will see the FPS output at the top left of the page - 60 fps in Safari, 120 in Firefox:
JavaScript:
javascript:(function(){var script=document.createElement('script');script.onload=function(){var stats=new Stats();document.body.appendChild(stats.dom);requestAnimationFrame(function loop(){stats.update();requestAnimationFrame(loop)});};script.src='//mrdoob.github.io/stats.js/build/stats.min.js';document.head.appendChild(script);})()No way you're videographer/display calibrator and claim theres no difference between your i9 SDR display and HDR one. Would suggest not using YouTube as your testing method and play an actual HDR/Dolby Vision movie from one of the streaming services. If you can't tell 1600/1000 nits vs 500nits on the i9 then...