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[Proposed] What is hardware acceleration?
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This was brought up in another thread,
/forums/knowledge-base-articles/705213
[In KB] How do I upgrade my graphics drivers?
(me) Does proposing this new article mainly have to do with hardware acceleration in Firefox 4? If so, another option might be a new "What is hardware acceleration?" article, with a section on updating your graphics driver. We could link to it from the Options window - Advanced panel General tab "Browsing" section, which currently says this for Fx4:
*Use hardware acceleration when available: Firefox can use your computer's graphics processor to display some pages with video and animation. This makes Firefox faster since your computer's graphics processor is much better than your computer's main processor at displaying these types of things. This box is checked by default but the feature isn't available for all graphics processors. Firefox will enable it when possible. Read more about hardware acceleration.
(scoobidiver) HW acceleration is another topic that should be treated in a dedicated how-to article that is scheduled by Michael.
This was brought up in another thread,
[/forums/knowledge-base-articles/705213]<br>
[In KB] How do I upgrade my graphics drivers?
'''(me)''' ''Does proposing this new article mainly have to do with hardware acceleration in Firefox 4? If so, another option might be a new "What is hardware acceleration?" article, with a section on updating your graphics driver. We could link to it from the [[Options window - Advanced panel#w_general-tab|Options window - Advanced panel General tab]] "Browsing" section, which currently says this for Fx4:''
''*'''Use hardware acceleration when available''': Firefox can use your computer's graphics processor to display some pages with video and animation. This makes Firefox faster since your computer's graphics processor is much better than your computer's main processor at displaying these types of things. This box is checked by default but the feature isn't available for all graphics processors. Firefox will enable it when possible. [https://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/09/hardware-acceleration/ Read more about hardware acceleration.]''
'''(scoobidiver)''' ''HW acceleration is another topic that should be treated in a dedicated how-to article that is scheduled by Michael. ''
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