Chrome and Edge are currently broken on PCs using 12th Gen Intel Core processors

Just this week, we reported on a major security bug surrounding the Google Chrome browser. Well, as it turns out, that might not be the only issue affecting the world’s most popular browser. Users with PCs powered by 12th Gen Intel Core Alder Lake processors are reporting that they’re noticing some major problems, such as severe lag. It also seems to affect not just Google Chrome, but other Chromium-based web browsers too, such as Microsoft Edge.

Intel is aware of the issue, and pinpoints the source of the problem being the drivers for their Intel UHD Graphics 770 integrated GPU that’s found on a lot of their Alder Lake chips. If you have the problem, you’ll notice that your browser is lagging, sometimes to the point where it’s as though it’s frozen. Clicking on links for instance can lead to a two-second delay, and scrolling on webpages might be pretty choppy. You’ll also more likely to get the problem if you’ve opened a bunch of tabs at once, or if you’re using an old school mechanical hard disk drive.

It should be noted though that not all 12th Gen Intel Core processors feature the Intel UHD Graphics 770 integrated GPU, but that doesn’t mean you definitely won’t run into the problem. However, you’ll want to be wary of the lag if you’re using a CPU with Intel UHD 770 onboard, which include:

• Intel Core i5-12500
• Intel Core i5-12500E
• Intel Core i5-12500T
• Intel Core i5-12500TE
• Intel Core i5-12600
• Intel Core i5-12600K
• Intel Core i5-12600T
• Intel Core i7-12700
• Intel Core i7-12700E
• Intel Core i7-12700K
• Intel Core i7-12700T
• Intel Core i7-12700TE
• Intel Core i9-12900
• Intel Core i9-12900E
• Intel Core i9-12900K
• Intel Core i9-12900KS
• Intel Core i9-12900T
• Intel Core i9-12900TE

Fortunately, Intel did give some methods to try and fix the issue. For starters, you can first try and update your web browser to the latest version to see if that fixes it. If not, you can also try updating your Windows to the latest version and then run any updates you may get.

Following that, you can also try a clean installation of Intel’s graphics drivers with either the latest drivers from your motherboard maker, or use generic Intel drivers from their Download Center website. If that still doesn’t work, you can disable hardware acceleration on the browser, or just switch to an SSD instead.

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