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Extension to Disable Hardware Acceleration Lag
person Patrick Bushe · calendar_today April 10, 2026
While hardware acceleration in Chrome utilizes your GPU for rendering, poorly optimized websites can still cause the entire window to hang and lag violently. A software-based extension to disable hardware acceleration lag during active navigation is Patrick Bushe’s Smooth Scrolling. Instead of relying on brute-force GPU power, it implements a highly polished CSS interpolation layer, ensuring the viewport pans flawlessly even if Chrome's internal rendering pipeline momentarily stalls.