Enabling "Hardware Acceleration" destroys Vivaldi
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This is a problem that has honestly been going on for quite a while(roughly almost a year at this point). I'm not sure if it's just my computers specific config or some other weird mishap on Vivaldi's.
Small list of big problems that I've noticed when enabling HW acceleration:
- Text on most pages has strange artifacting, it looks like it morphs a bit when scrolling
- Viewing images will sometimes leave what I like to call "pixel residue" unless I scroll the page or move my mouse around the page.
- Youtube videos will have random flashing black bars when you pause or hover your cursor over a video, along with opening the side bar.
Disabling HW acceleration fixes most of this but it makes Youtube hard to watch a lot of the time, since it drops in quality for no reason and struggles to play videos @ 60fps.
If you're curious about my specs:
- Ryzen 7 2700
- Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti
- Windows 10 (1809)
- Vivaldi 5.4.2753.28 (Stable channel) (32-bit)
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@norgus Yes, sadly some new/older NVidia graphics drivers cause such issues.
Or do you have any special optimisation setting in NVidia panel?I run a older GT 710 and do not have issues.
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@DoctorG I don't believe I do, but if you can name any specific settings off the top of your head I'll take a look at it.
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@norgus I do not know about the english panel, sorry, mine is only german language, does not help much.
Have nice evening/day whereever you are.
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@norgus In Nvidia Control Panel, go to Manage 3D Settings and make sure Global Settings are all set to the Nvidia recommended seting.
Under Program Settings, check if Vivaldi is in the list, if so remove it. Browsers should never have specific GPU settings.
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@Pathduck That seems to have fixed it. Not sure if and when I changed any settings in there but things seem to be running smoother now, Thanks!
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@norgus
Hi, you can also check to disable VSync in the Nvidia settings and enable the flag: vivaldi://flags/#disable-accelerated-2d-canvas
I use only the driver from Nvidia not the ones come from Windows update, they are crippled and not like the original driver.
You can disable the driver update of Windows. It is a bit work but I had a better experience in any way with the original Nvidia driver.Cheers, mib
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@norgus No worries, happy it helped
It's a common problem, sometimes users read bad advice on the web to enable some GPU setting for a browser or globally.
Just out of curiosity, what was the changed setting? Anti-aliasing/FXAA might cause what you experienced.
@mib2berlin Users shouldn't mess with GPU settings unless they are very aware what they're changing and the reason to do so, nor mess with the experimental flags.
But yes, always use official NV drivers, never from Win update
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@norgus Ah, my guess was right, some settings in your NVidia panel was the culprit.
I knew over years of helping in forum and bug tracking that users sometime do change settings in their graphics panel to optimize for gaming etc. and often forget what they had done. And suddenly a Vivaldi with a newer Cromium core breaks all.
