Will hardware-accelerated scaling work on all computers?įor hardware-accelerated scaling to work, you need Microsoft DirectX 9 with VRAM 128MB for Windows and OpenGL for Apple Macintosh, Mac OS X v10.2 or higher. What is hardware-accelerated scaling?Īlthough Flash Player can display high-quality video and images by itself, hardware-accelerated scaling uses the video or graphics card on your computer to display images and video more clearly and quickly than Flash Player can on its own. What happens if I do nothing?īy default, Enable Hardware Acceleration is selected to improve the quality of playback in Flash Player, particularly the performance of full-screen playback.
To change Flash Player settings on mobile devices, visit the Settings Manager for mobile devices. This information applies to Adobe Flash Player on desktop and notebook computers.