Ubuntu integrated graphics slow while mining on nvidia card

[cpmcgrat]

Applications lag when background GPU mining on Ubuntu 16.04 (running graphics through integrated graphics).

I have 1x 1070 in my computer which I set to mining while my screens are plugged into integrated graphics. However, while the GPU mining, all of the graphical applications I'm running (mostly firefox) slow down drastically. The rest of the specs are:

Intel i5-7400
16GB DDR4 2800 Ram
32GB Swap
256GB SSD: /, /boot, EFI
1TB HDD: /home
Corsair HX1200 PSU
Gigabyte Z170X Mobo

Any idea how to solve this? I can see in htop that I have plenty of processor/memory overhead to theoretically deal with the load.

[cpmcgrat]

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[Ityan]

Got the same issue. Its somehow due to the new firefox. I dont know the specifics but the simplest solution is to switch to another web browser. Try using Chromium. Works well for me. 

[cpmcgrat]

Got the same issue. Its somehow due to the new firefox. I dont know the specifics but the simplest solution is to switch to another web browser. Try using Chromium. Works well for me. 

Interesting. I wouldn't have expected that. Thank you!

[mrmagos]

Got the same issue. Its somehow due to the new firefox. I dont know the specifics but the simplest solution is to switch to another web browser. Try using Chromium. Works well for me. 

Hardware acceleration. Apparently you can turn it off:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration