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technology and computing computer peripheralsWhat does hardware acceleration do in Excel?
Also know, what does hardware acceleration do?
Hardware acceleration is where certain processes-usually 3D graphics processing - is performed onspecialisthardware on the graphics card (the GPU) ratherthan insoftware on the main CPU. In general you should alwaysenablehardware acceleration as it will result inbetterperformance of your application.
Thereof, how do I turn off hardware acceleration in Excel?
Instructions
- Open Excel.
- Click the File tab at the top-left.
- Select Options at the bottom-left.
- Choose Advanced.
- Scroll to the Display section and check the box to the leftofDisable hardware graphics acceleration.
- Click the OK button.
By default, hardware acceleration is enabledonChrome, so let's look at disabling itfirst.Alternatively, you can type chrome://settings/ intotheOmnibox to go directly there. In the Settings tab, scroll downtothe bottom and then click “Advanced.”