{"id":196256,"date":"2021-03-07T12:30:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T09:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-to-enable-or-disable-hardware-acceleration-in-discord\/"},"modified":"2021-03-07T12:30:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T09:30:22","slug":"how-to-enable-or-disable-hardware-acceleration-in-discord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-enable-or-disable-hardware-acceleration-in-discord\/","title":{"rendered":"#How to Enable or Disable Hardware Acceleration in Discord"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#How to Enable or Disable Hardware Acceleration in Discord”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\"Discord<\/p>\n

When you\u2019re playing a game<\/a>, the last thing you want is a dropping frame rate. If Discord is taxing out your CPU in the background, however, that\u2019s exactly what\u2019ll happ<\/a>en. You can overcome this by enabling hardware acceleration in Discord.<\/p>\n

Hardware acceleration is not necessarily the cure to all Discord issues. If your graphics card (or PC, more general<\/a>ly) is struggling under the strain of modern gameplay, hardware acceleration can cause even more issues, leaving you no option but to disable it.<\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019re enabling or disabling hardware acceleration in Discord, the process is easy to do. You can only do this in the Discord desktop app on Windows or Mac, however, as hardware acceleration isn\u2019t available in the Discord mobile apps or in the web client.<\/p>\n

To start, open the Discord app on your Windows 10 PC<\/a> or Mac<\/a> and sign in. Once you\u2019ve signed in, click the settings gear icon displayed next to your username in the bottom-left corner.<\/p>\n

\"To<\/p>\n

In Discord\u2019s Settings menu, select the \u201cAppearance\u201d option in the menu on the left. You can find this listed under the \u201cApp Settings\u201d category.<\/p>\n

\"In<\/p>\n

In the \u201cAppearance\u201d menu, you can change various display settings, including Discord\u2019s theme, message layout, and accessibility options.<\/p>\n

Under the \u201cAdvanced\u201d section, click the slider next to the \u201cHardware Acceleration\u201d option to enable or disable it. When the slider is shown in green with a check symbol, the setting is active and hardware acceleration is enabled.<\/p>\n

\"Click<\/p>\n

To disable it, make sure to shift the slider to the off position, shown in gray and with an \u201cX\u201d symbol.<\/p>\n

\"To<\/p>\n

Changing the setting to enable or disable hardware acceleration will require the Discord client to restart. In the \u201cChange Hardware Acceleration\u201d pop-up window, click \u201cOkay\u201d to confirm and restart the client.<\/p>\n

\"To<\/p>\n

Once it\u2019s restarted, Discord\u2019s hardware acceleration setting you selected will become active. You can enable or disable the setting at any point by repeating the steps above.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n