Acrobat 8, panning, zooming, page flipping speed up

Adobe has snuck in something new into their bloatware PDF reader. If your CPU supports it, you only see the option if it is supported, you can speed up panning, zooming and page flipping.

Edit|Preferences|Page Display

In the Rendering Section, if the check box “Use 2D GPU acceleration” appears check it.

For detail on its effects here is the detail.

http://blogs.adobe.com/2DGPURendering/