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17 Mar 2011   #1

Windows 7 Pro 32 bit
 
 
IE9 GPU rendering

In Internet Options under the Advanced tab, I see where "Use software rendering instead of GPU rendering" is checked, and it cannot be unchecked. I have a decent graphics card, I would like to try GPU rendering -- how?

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17 Mar 2011   #2

Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
San Diego
 
 

Your GPU and or drivers for it must not meet some minimum spec. What are you running?

You need a DX10 card minumum for HW acelleration...
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17 Mar 2011   #3

Windows 7 x64
Houston
 
 

I've seen reports that ie9 doesn't play nice with ati cards sometimes. It's possible you are experiencing that bug.
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17 Mar 2011   #4

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Birmingham
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by freedomdoc View Post
In Internet Options under the Advanced tab, I see where "Use software rendering instead of GPU rendering" is checked, and it cannot be unchecked. I have a decent graphics card, I would like to try GPU rendering -- how?
You need to update the GPU driver.
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17 Mar 2011   #5

Windows 7 pro 64 bit
Paris
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by freedomdoc View Post
In Internet Options under the Advanced tab, I see where "Use software rendering instead of GPU rendering" is checked, and it cannot be unchecked. I have a decent graphics card, I would like to try GPU rendering -- how?
I have the same thing with my laptop, because there is not graphic card who support directx10.
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17 Mar 2011   #6

Windows 7 64bit
 
 

Not being able to un-check it means your GPU shares memory with the computer (in most cases), and is not using dedicated memory, and IE9 will automatically enable hardware acceleration where available. You can test this by trying some of the IE test drive sites (Fish Tank comes to mind as the beta version of IE would only go to about 20 FPS without HA, and a full 60 FPS with HA. Now without being able to un-check the box IE gets around 40 FPS, so HA does help where it can). For the most part you will see a good overall improvement on graphic intense sites.
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17 Mar 2011   #7

Windows 7 Pro 32 bit
 
 

What do you mean "Fish Tank"?
In trying fishtank.com, it could not find that.
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17 Mar 2011   #8

Windows 7 64bit
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by freedomdoc View Post
What do you mean "Fish Tank"?
In trying fishtank.com, it could not find that.
No, sorry. FishIE tank. FishIE Tank
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17 Mar 2011   #9

Windows 7 Pro 32 bit
 
 

With 50 fish in the tank, I could get right at 30fps. I would like to try HA but it doesn't allow that.
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17 Mar 2011   #10

Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1
Doncaster, UK
 
 

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That was with hardware GPU rendering enabled. Compare with the following, showing the dramatic difference with the rendering done in software.

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