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Chrome GPU Hardware Acceleration - Turn On or Off

How to Turn GPU "Hardware Acceleration" On or Off in Chrome
Published 29 Dec 2012
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How to Turn GPU "Hardware Acceleration" On or Off in Chrome

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In computing, hardware acceleration is the use of computer hardware to perform some function faster than is possible in software running on the general-purpose CPU. Examples of hardware acceleration include blitting acceleration functionality in graphics processing units (GPUs) and instructions for complex operations in CPUs.

This tutorial will show you how to turn GPU Hardware Acceleration on or off in Google Chrome browser.


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You can revert to original settings by simply following the same steps on this tutorial.




Here's How:

1. Open Chrome:

2. Type "chrome://flags" in the search bar:

3. Hit enter and it should take you to a page like this. Scroll down till you find "GPU compositing on all pages". Select the option "Default" and change it to "Disabled":

4. Lastly, click on the "Relaunch now" button to confirm settings:

That's it







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29 Dec 2012   #1
Arc

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit SP 1
 
 

Another nice addition! Great job

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06 Jan 2013   #2
moneybagman

Windows 7 Ultimate x64 / Windows 8 Pro x64
Florida
 
 

Cool, just another neat thing to know if ya need it!
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6 Days Ago   #3
TrunkMonkey

Windows 7 Pro x64
 
 

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How to Turn GPU "Hardware Acceleration" On or Off in Chrome

Select the option "Default" and change it to "Disabled".


Just to clarify for the OCD folks like me, the steps indicated specifically show how to turn OFF hardware acceleration, and GPU compositing acceleration is the same as Hardware acceleration. And default means Chrome is referencing a flag embedded in the destination site's HTML to force GPU acceleration already for certain sites but that's all negotiated behind the scenes by the browser.

Do I got it? I'm pretty sure I do, but humor me here and I can sleep better at night knowing for sure
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