[Beta Channel] Google Chrome 7.0.xxx.xx (for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows)

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So who's going to run some benchmarks on the hardware acceleration so everyone on Neowin can go potty over browsers as usual? laugh.gif

I just did for HA and IE still wins by far on my system. I'm using Chrome, though, since it does everything faster.

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The new dev version scores 241 points (+12 bonus points) in the HTML5 test, while IE9 scores 96+5.

As before, IE9 does 95/100 in the Acid 3 tests, but interestingly enough Chrome only manages 97/100, down from a perfect 100 in the last dev version. Someone else experienced this?

IE9 is still far ahead regarding hardware acceleration however, Chrome still stutters at a few measly frames per second in IE 9's HTML5 Fish tank test and the Psychedelic browsing experience is not much better at 13 revs/m.

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The new dev version scores 241 points (+12 bonus points) in the HTML5 test, while IE9 scores 96+5.

As before, IE9 does 95/100 in the Acid 3 tests, but interestingly enough Chrome only manages 97/100, down from a perfect 100 in the last dev version. Someone else experienced this?

IE9 is still far ahead regarding hardware acceleration however, Chrome still stutters at a few measly frames per second in IE 9's HTML5 Fish tank test and the Psychedelic browsing experience is not much better at 13 revs/m.

I get 100/100 in Acid. Must be an extension you have?

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I get 100/100 in Acid. Must be an extension you have?

Yeah that's possible, have a couple of them installed that could be interfering with the test.

I'm a bit surprised that Chrome is so behind Firefox and IE9 when it comes to hardware acceleration, probably something the dev team will have fixed in a few weeks though ;)

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Yeah that's possible, have a couple of them installed that could be interfering with the test.

I'm a bit surprised that Chrome is so behind Firefox and IE9 when it comes to hardware acceleration, probably something the dev team will have fixed in a few weeks though ;)

Do any websites even use hardware acceleration heavily yet?

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To my knowledge only "demo" sites.

Woah, so all the browser wars are basically all about benchmark sites just now and not even "real world results" laugh.gif That's hilarious.

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Yeah, hardware acceleration isn't working and at least the Psychedelic Browsing test just loads a blank page and navigating elsewhere produces an Oh Snap! error.

You need to let the browser wait for a minute or two, and then the test screen appears. However as I posted above, it only produces scores of around 23-30 revs/m.

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Accelerated compositing and accelerated 2D canvas are two different things. It doesn't seem like accelerated 2D canvas is enabled by default yet.

ah I it enabled via switches. If you guys want the acceleration working try this:

--enable-gpu-plugin --enable-gpu-rendering --enable-accelerated-2d-canvas --enable-video-layering --enable-webgl --enable-fastback

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ah I it enabled via switches. If you guys want the acceleration working try this:

--enable-gpu-plugin --enable-gpu-rendering --enable-accelerated-2d-canvas --enable-video-layering --enable-webgl --enable-fastback

you can drop webgl flag

it is now enabled by default in this build

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