HTML 5 speed test: Internet Explorer 9 vs. Chrome 6

The IE9 ‘test drive’ HTML5 examples are fantastic — and using unbiased code too! What you see here is IE9’s hardware (GPU) acceleration blowing Chrome 6 out of the water. The reason it looks ‘choppy’ is because, seemingly, my screen capture tool is only running at 15 FPS or so. It says it’s running at 30 FPS, but who knows… More at: www.downloadsquad.com

Hardware accelerated HTML5 Web browser comparison (Opera, IE9, Firefox 4 and Chrome)

Opera now has hardware acceleration! We pit it against other Web browsers, including Firefox 4, IE9 and Chrome 10, all of which also have hardware acceleration. Opera does surprisingly well… More at: downloadsquad.switched.com If you want to try the FishIE test yourself: ie.microsoft.com (There’s some odd flickering in the second half of the video. Fraps is throwing in a few frames from my second display, for some reason. We hope it doesn’t cause any seizures.)