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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

Disabling GPU makes FF faster (on my machine)

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romarin12
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Hello there,

It's more an observation than a question.

FF was slow when several pages with video feeds were opened. Looking at the about:processes, I saw that the GPU usage was high. Disabling hardware acceleration solved this problem.

This occurred on a Dell XPS-15-9520, Win11, i5-12500H, 64GB RAM, Iris Xe. I don't have this problem on Linux machines.

May I suggest to benchmark and monitor hardware acceleration so that both CPU and GPU are used in case of heavy workload?

Many thanks,

Olivier. (very long time, happy, FF user ... )

Hello there, It's more an observation than a question. FF was slow when several pages with video feeds were opened. Looking at the about:processes, I saw that the GPU usage was high. Disabling hardware acceleration solved this problem. This occurred on a Dell XPS-15-9520, Win11, i5-12500H, 64GB RAM, Iris Xe. I don't have this problem on Linux machines. May I suggest to benchmark and monitor hardware acceleration so that both CPU and GPU are used in case of heavy workload? Many thanks, Olivier. (very long time, happy, FF user ... )

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zeroknight
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If your integrated Intel GPU is too slow, try switching to your discrete Nvidia GPU.

Windows Settings > System > Display > Graphics > Add firefox.exe > Options > High performance GPU