What is hardware acceleration?
Hardware acceleration is a component in the browser that essentially uses your graphics card to enhance the performance of the browser.
1. This component helps improve the browser’s performance by enhancing certain graphical tasks and making video playback smoother.
2. It also allows the CPU to work more efficiently by reducing the workload on the processor.
3. In modern processors, this component can lead to energy savings for your computer’s power consumption.
So why disable the hardware acceleration?
- This component relies on the quality of the graphics card in your computer, and if the card is faulty or outdated, this component can cause issues when using the browser.
- Some websites may not function properly when this component is active.
- When this component is enabled, it can lead to performance issues on computers with older hardware, such as lag, screen distortions, and graphical glitches.
In this guide i going to show you, how to disable this feature in chrome:
1. Click on the 3 dots in the right corner of the browser screen.
2. Click on “Settings”.
3. In the “Settings” page click on “System”.
4. In the “System” tab, uncheck “Use graphics acceleration when available” and click “Relaunch”.
When you click relaunch, the browser will close and open again.
