My problem is that on my system, using Chrome, or Chrome based browsers, or even some Electron apps really suffer unless I go into and disable hardware acceleration. What i’m curious, is if this is normal.
The common issue is lag. The browser can take 3-4 seconds to response to a keystroke.
System details are:
- Core i7-12700KF CPU
- PRIME Z690-P WIFI D4 motherboard
- Radeon RX 6600/6600 XT/6600M GPU
OS is Fedora 41, and I use Wayland.
Is disablilng hardware acceleration in Chrome, Brave, etc. just an unwritten rule that every does? Is this a “just me” problem? Do I need a GPU upgrade?
Any tips/ideas welcome. Thanks!
I’m using hardware acceleration with (depending on the machine) an intel iGPU, a rx580, or another older intel iGPU. I mostly use firefox, but keep a Chrome open for Teams or sometimes Foundry. Works just fine with hardware acceleration on all three machines (arch, arch, ubuntu)
What are you getting from top, nvtop?
Any useful output when launched from terminal?
I notice that brave when launched I have to wait a moment or 3 before I can use it. Then about every hour or so I have to wait again and if I’m watching a video or videos (youtube and twitch) the videos stop with a loading circle and then after a couple of moments everything resumes. An all amd build here (ryzen 9 3900x am4, asus x570e gamming mobo, amd rx 7900xt 20gb gpu.) I haven’t tried turning off or on hardware acceleration.
I just thought it was brave updating it’s shields on launch and every hour after. Haven’t looked any further into it since I’ll take the annoyance over being hijacked / compromised!
Nvtop, top, etc don’t really show much difference when the issue occurs. I did have an RX580 before this card, but it went up in smoke, which is why I upgraded. I don’t recall having issues with it. But I also don’t recall having issues with the 6600 until about 2 years ago, was fine the first year. Which seems to tell me its drivers/kernel.
Tempted to try something more on the budget side from Nvidia like a 3050/3060.
Any chance I could tempt you with firefox or librewolf?
Otherwise, any real downside to disabling hardware acceleration for now?