Google Chrome 10 and GPU Acceleration

[Dom]

I read recently that Chrome 10 (along with Firefox 4 and IE9) uses hardware acceleration to help render certain graphical elements faster. I was just wondering if anyone knew any details about it, such as exactly what elements of a page the GPU will render; if it only supports a specific range of GPUs or not; and if you can turn it off.

I've got a distributed computing project on the go, and it uses my available graphics card power to do things, but if that available time is going to be lowered because Chrome is using my graphics card to show me YouBoob videos, then I might consider either turning off GPU acceleration, or switching browsers.

TIA! 

[neal]

I've got a feeling it's only canvas and webGL that will be making use of GPU hardware acceleration. I don't know if switching browser will work either, as I'm pretty certain FF4 and IE9 have it in some stage of development too.

[sickpuppy]

Here's how to switch it off
http://www.webtlk.com/2010/12/10/how-to-turn-on-disable-gpu-hardware-acceleration-on-google-chrome/

[Dom]

...I don't know if switching browser will work either, as I'm pretty certain FF4 and IE9 have it in some stage of development too.

I read recently that Chrome 10 (along with Firefox 4 and IE9)...

But yeah, I wouldn't have thought it would be used for very much right now, but I thought I'd ask.

I just know that most GFX cards made in the last 3 or 4 years have got their own programming languages that can be used to make the card do things, and wondered if the GPU acceleration made use of that, or if it was some other method that could use any graphics card.

Here's how to switch it off
http://www.webtlk.com/2010/12/10/how-to-turn-on-disable-gpu-hardware-acceleration-on-google-chrome/

Cheers for the link! I guess if it doesn't impact too much on my GPU usage (because it isn't used for rendering much of any given webpage) then it's OK, but if it does, at least I know I can turn it off.

[neal]

...I don't know if switching browser will work either, as I'm pretty certain FF4 and IE9 have it in some stage of development too.

I read recently that Chrome 10 (along with Firefox 4 and IE9)...

Sorry, but after several years of sifting through your inane babble on forums I just don't bother reading your posts any more!

[Dom]

Haha, I don't blame you. Purple, monkey, dishwasher.