Spotify Hardware Acceleration. Hardware acceleration is a process that uses your computer hardware, rather than the Spotify software alone, to optimize Spotify's performance. The downside to hardware acceleration is that.
Enabling hardware acceleration in Spotify will cause Spotify to use those specialized pieces of hardware present in your CPU/motherboard/sound card in order to decode and play back the audio. Spotify makes use of the Hardware Acceleration feature by default which enables it to perform tasks at higher efficiency and greater priority. Essentially, by checking this box, you allow Spotify to use your computer's hardware to optimize performance.
What is Spotify Hardware Acceleration and How to Enable/Disable It?
How to fix hardware acceleration disabled problem in laptops and desktops.
However, there's a downside to it. On certain systems (not only Linux), incompatibility with the graphics drivers causes some content to fail to render. The downside to hardware acceleration is that.