I don't have Chrome installed but I've logged in using Firefox. The page load times are equally slow in fact maybe marginally slower and the lag in typing in the text box is far worse, I'm typing blind because so far only the first few words have appeared literally acsingle letter at a time.
It's similar to a complete lack of resources ssue like when you defrag with an AV scan in the background and everything literally grinds to a halt. I'm wondering if it's the advertising bars slowing things down but can't turn it off to see if thee's a difference.
My laptop doesn't have a graphics card it's very old and it used shared RAM for graphics.
I've just clicked on the 'more options' button and it's opened an advanced reply type box which is far more responsive, it works fine with no noticable delay whilst typing.. I think this is the only way I could use the forum.