Why is firefox 4 not HW accelerated?
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At first i thought it was my computer but then i tried chrome. Why isnt firefox not hardware accelerated? The first screenshot shows chrome at 23% usage. The 2nd shows 59%. I have 2 cpus which is why it isnt 100% usage. The game pictured is biolab
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Application Basics
Name
Firefox
Version
4.0
User Agent
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0
Profile Directory
Open Containing Folder
Enabled Plugins
about:plugins
Build Configuration
about:buildconfig
Extensions
Name
Version
Enabled
ID
Modified Preferences
Name
Value
accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar
0
browser.places.importBookmarksHTML
false
browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion
2
browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID
20110303194838
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone
rv:2.0
extensions.lastAppVersion
4.0
gfx.font_rendering.directwrite.enabled
true
network.cookie.prefsMigrated
true
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages
127602
privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs
true
Graphics
Adapter Description
Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Vendor ID
8086
Device ID
2a42
Adapter RAM
Unknown
Adapter Drivers
igdumd64 igd10umd64 igdumdx32 igd10umd32
Driver Version
8.15.10.2202
Driver Date
8-25-2010
Direct2D Enabled
true
DirectWrite Enabled
true (6.1.7600.16385, font cache n/a)
WebGL Renderer
Google Inc. -- ANGLE -- OpenGL ES 2.0 (ANGLE 0.0.0.541)
GPU Accelerated Windows
1/1 Direct3D 10
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