Simply double-click on it to modify it, replace whatever is in its Value data: field with 1, and click on OK. If the DWORD value exists, it will probably have a value of 0. In the right pane of the Registry Editor, check to see if a DWORD value titled DisableHWAcceleration exists.In the right pane of the Registry Editor, click on the Avalon.Graphics sub-key under the Microsoft key to having its contents displayed in the right pane.In the left pane of the Registry Editor, navigate to the following directory: HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft.Type regedit into the Run dialog and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.
Turning Hardware Acceleration will cause applications to be run in software rendering mode, meaning that all graphics will be rendered by software and the computer’s CPU and no graphics rendering work will be outsourced to the GPU.
While Windows does have Hardware Acceleration enabled by default, it is entirely possible and actually pretty easy to disable Hardware Acceleration. Hardware Acceleration has been proven to allow for better graphics performance, but that does not mean that it is a feature that ALL Windows computers need. The idea behind Hardware Acceleration is to speed up graphic performance and rendering and making it better by moving it from the CPU to the GPU, allowing for better performance. In almost all cases, Hardware Acceleration is used to make the rendering of graphics on a computer smoother and faster by offloading graphic rendering responsibilities onto the computer’s graphics hardware (its Graphics Processing Unit) instead of software and its CPU (Central Processing Unit). Hardware Acceleration basically refers to using a computer’s hardware to perform a specific task (that is usually performed by software, not hardware) faster and better.