Enable Hardware Acceleration In Chrome 11
Although Chrome does not offer its users the granular control that Firefox’s about:config offers, it does have several about: pages that enable you to either tweak how Chrome operates, or to access some of the technical underpinnings of Google’s ascendant browser. One such page, about:flags, gives you the ability to utilize experimental features that are still in development and have not been fully implemented into Chrome’s stable build.
If you need to have access to the latest, greatest features and don’t mind being the big G’s guinea pig, read on.
Hardware acceleration is a way of using hardware to perform functions at an accelerated rate than what would be possible in using a software-only implementation when running on the same general purpose CPU. Recently, this feature has begun to be incorporated into web browsers and is available in most popular choices, such as Internet Explorer and Firefox.
While it is not enabled by default in Google’s Chrome, you can configure it through the about:flags page. To get started, type about:flags into the omnibox and press Enter. Now, enable the following three settings:
- GPU Accelerated Compositing
- GPU Accelerated Canvas 2D
- Web Page Prerendering
Once you restart Chrome, the settings will be in effect.
Via Lifehacker
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