Chrome 7 allows you to offload processing to your GPU . Since the feature is not ready for primetime, you have to enable it through a command line switch . You can do this easily by making a batch file that calls the following: C:\Users\ username \ AppData \Local\ Google \Chrome\Application\chrome.exe -enable-accelerated-compositing Once you run the batch file, you will be able to go to about:memory and note there is a new memory item called "GPU." Here's what mine looks like: Related articles by Zemanta How to turn GPU acceleration on in Chrome 7 (zdnet.com) Enabling GPU Acceleration in Chrome 7 (thechromesource.com) Google Confirms Chrome GPU Acceleration (hardware.slashdot.org)
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