Hardware acceleration in computing happens when an application will offload tasks onto a GPU, also known as GPU rendering. Web browsers have the option to use this option which can be turned on or off. This can be problematic at times.
Known problems with browser hardware acceleration.
lag or hanging in browser,
Web browser crashing frequently and randomly,
Web browser is very slow at startup,
Fonts and text look weird,
Keyboard lag while typing in text boxes on web pages,
Colors are either very bright or very dull while browsing web pages,
high CPU usage and high RAM amount