Windows 10: When enabling Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling, do you also need to specify a program in...

Curious if I need to set each application or if its just a global setting?

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intel graphics & 'hardware acceleration' in chrome

It is not just for video decoding.

If you go to chrome://gpu you can see what is being accelerated.

 

GPU Clocks Up If a Hardware-accelerated Program is Running while Gaming

I have a GTX1060 (Gigabyte), BIOS firmware version 86.06.39.00.50 and the most recent Nvidia drivers, updated and reinstalled (clean), running on Windows 10 64 bit. Here is the problem:

When a 3D game capped at 1080p 60fps is running the card can easily remain at a clock speed of 925-1300MHz and voltage of 0.625-0.7V. This is good, it is how it should be. HOWEVER if ANOTHER program with hardware acceleration is opened at the same time as the game, the GPU ramps up to maximum clock speeds and voltage (1900MHz+ and 1V+) for no reason, wasting ~40W+ of power out of the wall and heating up the GPU unnecessarily.

I can trigger this by opening any web browser with hardware acceleration enabled, no need for any tabs to be open, or ANY other program with the setting available. Things like Discord, with its UI HW acceleration option trigger the problem, or enabling my video player's HW acceleration.

Those programs create no problem running on their own, I can have 3 HW accelerated browsers running at the same time and the GPU is fine. The issue is when even ONE is open, even minimized, while a semi-demanding 3D game is running.

When the problem is occurring, the HW accelerated program isn't actually putting any extra load on the GPU. I know this because if I turn off V-sync I get the same max FPS with or without the HW accelerated program running. In the Nvidia Control Panel I'm using Optimal power setting, of course.

Normally I can just keep browsers closed, but this has now become a problem, because seemingly GTA V's Social Club UI has hardware acceleration enabled and I can't turn it off or run the game without it.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

How do I find out if I can enable my hardware acceleration?

Hi,

I'm Jen, a fellow user and an independent advisor.

The easiest way to know if you have hardware acceleration is through Chrome browser. Type in chrome://gpu to your address bar. If you see Hardware-accelerated next to most of the options here, you already have it enabled.

If acceleration is unavailable, it can mean two things: you don’t have it turned on yet, or there is an error.

Follow our steps to enable hardware acceleration:

First, you need to open the Settings page:

Click on the three dots symbol in the top-right of your browser, then select Settings.

Or, type chrome://settings in your address bar and hit enter.

Scroll to the very bottom of the page and click on Advanced.

Scroll down further until you see System. Here, click on the switch next to Use hardware acceleration when available so it turns blue.

If you previously had hardware acceleration turned off, you might be prompted to relaunch Chrome.

After you’re done, type in chrome://gpu to your address bar. You should see most of the options have Hardware-accelerated written next to them.