Google Chrome Hardware Acceleration

rubenclavs · Aug 30, 2017

Which makes chrome faster?

Hardware acceleration off?
Hardware acceleration on?

If off, will it affect video playback?

Thanks

jboydgolfer · Aug 30, 2017

i dont think it makes it "faster" i think it uses the power of /Your GPU to render Video.....generally people either switch it off or on for compatibility reasons. for example, Youtube playback was buggy until i turned off HW acceleration.

P4-630 · Aug 30, 2017

I have turned off hardware acceleration in all my browsers and most used apps where possible.
CPU's nowadays don't have any problem with it.

rubenclavs · Aug 31, 2017

@jboydgolfer @P4-630

I have reinstalled Chrome and used its default setting (Hardware Optimization On). My chrome gets black screen when opening it again for 1-2 seconds when i use bluestacks.

Probably this is a memory and gpu issue, bluestacks uses lots of ram. And I only have intel hd graphics, so chrome and bluestacks are using it the same time.

Correct me if I am wrong. Thanks.

P4-630 · Aug 31, 2017

rubenclavs said:
@jboydgolfer @P4-630

I have reinstalled Chrome and used its default setting (Hardware Optimization On). My chrome gets black screen when opening it again for 1-2 seconds when i use bluestacks.

Probably this is a memory and gpu issue, bluestacks uses lots of ram. And I only have intel hd graphics, so chrome and bluestacks are using it the same time.

Correct me if I am wrong. Thanks.

I don't know anything about "bluestacks" but I do know that I see an AMD rig in your system specs, and you are talking about intel graphics?

rubenclavs · Aug 31, 2017

P4-630 said:
I don't know anything about "bluestacks" but I do know that I see an AMD rig in your system specs, and you are talking about intel graphics?

Bluestacks is an Android Emulator, I play Lineage 2 Revolution in there.

Oh, I already updated my rig. I sold the old parts and bought new ones and recycled some. Hehehehe

P4-630 · Aug 31, 2017

rubenclavs said:
Bluestacks is an Android Emulator, I play Lineage 2 Revolution in there.

Oh, I already updated my rig. I sold the old parts and bought new ones and recycled some. Hehehehe

Well a intel igpu isn't that good for gaming as you may know so that might be your problem.

DRDNA · Aug 31, 2017

try an older chrome version. I had no issues with chrome and bluestacks when I i was using it a year or so ago. Hardware acceleration is off always for me on browsers.

rubenclavs · Sep 1, 2017

Thank you guys. Hardware acceleration is turned off in my browser now

P4-630 · Sep 1, 2017

rubenclavs said:
Thank you guys. Hardware acceleration is turned off in my browser now

Did it solve your "problem"?

rubenclavs said:
My chrome gets black screen when opening it again for 1-2 seconds when i use bluestacks.

Regeneration · Sep 1, 2017

Turning off hardware acceleration was useful to sharpen text a few years ago when browsers used GDI font rendering.

Now its better to keep hardware acceleration on for video rendering, lower power consumption and more.

rubenclavs · Sep 1, 2017

P4-630 said:
Did it solve your "problem"?

Kinda, before when I open chrome from the task bar it will be black. So far, I don't experience it.

rubenclavs · Sep 1, 2017

Regeneration said:
Turning off hardware acceleration was useful to sharpen text a few years ago when browsers used GDI font rendering.

Now its better to keep hardware acceleration on for video rendering, lower power consumption and more.

When I installed Chrome these are turned on by default:

P4-630 · Sep 1, 2017

Regeneration said:
Now its better to keep hardware acceleration on for video rendering, lower power consumption and more.

Any source to back that up?
If you have hardware acceleration on, the GPU will be used and that seems to me drawing more power than if you let the CPU do it. No?

rubenclavs · Sep 1, 2017

P4-630 said:
Any source to back that up?
If you have hardware acceleration on, the GPU will be used and that seems to me drawing more power than if you let the CPU do it. No?

I think it will be better for video playback, thats for sure because it uses the GPU right?

P4-630 · Sep 1, 2017

rubenclavs said:
I think it will be better for video playback, thats for sure because it uses the GPU right?

Just test it with on and off.

In your case, you aren't using a dedicated GPU but the iGPU.
Power consumption may not matter in your case regardless of this setting.

rubenclavs · Sep 1, 2017

P4-630 said:
Just test it with on and off.

In your case, you aren't using a dedicated GPU but the iGPU.
Power consumption may not matter in your case regardless of this setting.

I have to save up to buy a GPU. But since I am using an iGPU, I think it will stress out the iGPU since it shared the RAM and also it shares Chrome with Games. Am I right?

rubenclavs · Sep 1, 2017

This is what happens when I use Bluestacks with Chrome (Hardware Acceleration On)

P4-630 · Sep 1, 2017

rubenclavs said:
This is what happens when I use Bluestacks with Chrome (Hardware Acceleration On)

View attachment 91667

Well if everything is working fine with Hardware Acceleration OFF, I'd leave it at that.

rubenclavs · Sep 1, 2017

P4-630 said:
Well if everything is working fine with Hardware Acceleration OFF, I'd leave it at that.

Tried multiple times with Hardware Acceleration Off - No black screen. I recently encountered this on the new Chrome versions.

Regeneration · Sep 1, 2017

I heard lately of a new Android emulator that supposed to be faster than Bluestacks. MEmu, maybe you'll find it useful.

Anyhow, hardware acceleration off isn't a big deal - if it interferes with your system - you're not losing that much.

rubenclavs · Sep 2, 2017

@Regeneration @P4-630

Found some users also have the same black screen as mine. Yes when I maximize Chrome, that is where the black screen starts. Already reported to Google. And yes the temporary fix is to Turn Off Hardware Acceleration.

http://techdows.com/2017/08/chrome-black-screen-minimized-maximized.html

eidairaman1 · Sep 16, 2017

rubenclavs said:
@Regeneration @P4-630

Found some users also have the same black screen as mine. Yes when I maximize Chrome, that is where the black screen starts. Already reported to Google. And yes the temporary fix is to Turn Off Hardware Acceleration.

http://techdows.com/2017/08/chrome-black-screen-minimized-maximized.html

Hardware accel in any browser tends to be buggy, the best fix is to turn it off permenently, besides todays cpus can handle videos and flash content just fine without hw accel...

Vya Domus · Sep 16, 2017

P4-630 said:
CPU's nowadays don't have any problem with it.

Actually they do , 4K playback from YouTube pegs the CPU close to 100%.

EarthDog · Sep 17, 2017

Maybe your CPU.

I am seeing 10-20% across 10c/t, no cores are close to maxed. Two are spiking up and down, one about 50-75%. The others are being tickled.

That said, its sucking down like 40 Gbps though!

EDIT: Clearly more CPU use is to be found on lesser CPUs with fewer cores and slower IPC than mine. I wonder what a 7700K would do compared to the older and woefully slower FX stuff...

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