Web browser resource usage.

[markwolfe Veteran]

But because some of us feels it kind of lag .... while using compared to lower sys usage.

I guess the alternatives are to throw that memory into swap on the hard drive (slow), or to discard cache data (inefficient when you browse back and forth through pages).

There is no magical way to "use less memory" without compromising on some other feature or performance enhancer.

[BryanChung]

:o ... I'm patiently waiting for Maxthon 2 to improve on the MEM usage ...

[Knife Party]

if your firefox uses that much ram, it either means u're bulking it down with shi#loads of extensions and you;re visiting really really really data intensive sites. i have 3 extensions and 15 themes, i have 5 tabs open, i still only manage to use up about 103MB of ram.

mate, you're doing something wrong

oh +1, if u prefer opera, i wud strongly recommend it :)

[kazuyette]

I don't understand why people put 1-2GB of memory in their systems, then complain when programs go and use it.

What did you buy it for, decoration?

+1 for ya .... :rofl: If teh guy is picky about teh memory usage of FF while having lots of RAM, then what the point of having so much ram ?

/me puzzled here ...

[night_stalker_z]

+1 for ya .... :rofl: If teh guy is picky about teh memory usage of FF while having lots of RAM, then what the point of having so much ram ?

/me puzzled here ...

+1. Im more concerned about the browser using 100% CPU since theres not much else you can do.

[BryanChung]

Yeah a lot still boils down to "Why have so much RAM and dun make use of it?" Right? :)

[shakey_snake]

What blows my mind is that people think that looking at a number in the task manager is actually a reliable measure of the use of system resources.

Edited September 26, 2007 by shakey_snake

[Zmark]

What blows my mind is that people think that looking at a number in the task manager is actually a reliable measure of the use of system resources.

I think a lot of people just don't know any better and need to be taught about that.

[wst50]

I used Opera for speed, Fx for extensions (for Urban Dead :lol:).

Still, don't leave too many tabs open. Mine is using 208MB Mem and 303MB Virtual ATM. Still running sweet as a sweet thing. Oh, I have... *counts* 36 tabs. So you should be okay ;)

EDIT: Going by task manager. Too lazy to run any other tools tonight ;)

[tsupersonic]

I'm using Safari right now, on XP Pro. It's using a whopping 153 MB with 5 tabs open. By far, the most resource hogging browser on Windows I've used.

I don't use Safari very much, but the text displays very nicely. Other than that, my primary browser is Opera, and Firefox. The resource usage on those varies from ~40 MB to ~110 MB.

[Huleboeren]

What blows my mind is that people think that looking at a number in the task manager is actually a reliable measure of the use of system resources.

So how do you measure it then? :s