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Seriously, Firefox... (imgur.com)

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[–]MelowMaverick 8 points9 points ago

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Chrome is only slightly better for me. Instead of one process using up 80,000K, I get one that's 50,000K, one that's 15,000K, and a bunch of smaller ones adding up to the same approximate total.

[–]badalchemist 3 points4 points ago

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I think it's so individual tabs can fail without the whole browser crashing /notawebbrowserprogrammer

[–]m00nh34d 0 points1 point ago

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Chrome seems to do a better job of cleaning itself up though after tabs have been closed. Firefox just keeps climbing and climbing.

[–]DasWood 0 points1 point ago

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Chrome memory usage over time won't ballon like FF. Since chrome uses a per process approach it doesn't suffer memory fragmentation nearly as bad as FF does.

[–]kkjdroid 0 points1 point ago

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It still uses somewhere around 1.75 GB for me with 12 tabs open (mostly reddit, no Flash or anything).

[–]DasWood 0 points1 point ago

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How do you know it is not using flash?

[–]kkjdroid 0 points1 point ago

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I don't have any sites open that use Flash.

[–]DasWood 0 points1 point ago

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That doesn't mean flash is not running.

[–]kkjdroid 0 points1 point ago

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I guess it could theoretically be running, but it wouldn't be too resource-intensive with no content loaded.

[–]Heavy_Rain 12 points13 points ago

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Well, unused RAM is wasted RAM.

[–]ScaryFast 5 points6 points ago

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Buy lots of ram, complain because programs use it...makes sense.

[–]cooljeanius 5 points6 points ago

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It's not using all your ram that people complain about, it's when programs try to use more than they're able to use and end up slowing down as a result.

[–]pemboa 2 points3 points ago

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Then people should complain about Firefox causing a lot of swapping. That is not what they are saying.

[–]Jaffacakelover 2 points3 points ago

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Yeah, but I might want to run more than one program at the same time.

[–]SouthFresh 0 points1 point ago

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Wizardy!

[–]Headchopperz 3 points4 points ago

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Operas just gona help itself to popcorn while it watches.

[–]lanks1 1 point2 points ago

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Seriously. I am listening to iTunes and on the internet. Together, both programs take up over a half-gig.

[–]TheEdes 2 points3 points ago

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Don't use iTunes, use something lighter like foobar2k, it starts up faster and has more features.

[–]quantazelle[S] 0 points1 point ago

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Yep, I second foobar2000: it's super lightweight .. for playing files, tho. If lanks1 likes buying stuff through iTunes and getting their recommendations, then, not so much.

I like that it has context menu file options, so if I love a track when I hear it I can copy it somewhere while it's playing.

[–]revital9 1 point2 points ago

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Try MemoryFox add-on. It helps.

[–]Kanpai 3 points4 points ago

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It's not that bad. Everyone who looks at their Task Manager and sees that firefox.exe is taking up 542K (mine at present) ram and flips out needs to calm down. In an age where more and more people have 4-8+GBs of ram, a half gig is not that big of a deal. Moreover, Windows is really lazy about freeing up memory when it doesn't have to, so if you have ram to spare, your firefox memory is always going to balloon. If you need that memory at any point, chances are you can get some of it back. Otherwise, what do you care? As has been said here, unused RAM is just going to waste.

[–]kkjdroid -1 points0 points ago

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When it's taking up a third of your RAM, it's a problem. Chrome takes up nearly 2 of my 6 GB of RAM.

[–]Etni3s 2 points3 points ago

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Why is it a problem when it's taking up a third of your RAM?

[–]kkjdroid 0 points1 point ago

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Well, Windows wants between 1/6 and 1/4, and I have other programs.

[–]revile221 2 points3 points ago

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Try using Waterfox. About the same memory usage, but since it's x64 and uses some usage techniques to reduce dependencies, it's a bit faster.

[–]aerosquid 1 point2 points ago

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do all plugins work the same?

[–]Misharum_Kittum 1 point2 points ago

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That was my first thought too, and according to their FAQ, yes they do!

[–]aerosquid 0 points1 point ago

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cool... mayhaps i'll give it a try!

[–]revile221 1 point2 points ago

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Yes indeed they do. The only thing you'll have to do is download the 64-bit versions of flash and java, which are included on the download page. There really is no downside, I've been using it for 2 weeks now and it's great.

[–]jetson215 1 point2 points ago

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I have 12 GBs of RAM and FF still causes me problems. I just said the hell with it and went outside and got some fresh air.

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[–]jetson215 0 points1 point ago

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boss.

[–]Fyzzle 0 points1 point ago

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I got Chrome, fuck outside.

[–]cooljeanius 4 points5 points ago

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Chrome just makes it look like less because it splits everything up into separate processes, so you have to add everything up

[–]sandboxed 0 points1 point ago

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Turn on don't load tabs until selected. This is a great future if you like to leave lots of tabs open.

[–]FrankReynolds 0 points1 point ago

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My Firefox is using 1.5GB of RAM right now. Even with all of my other system processes (an open VM VPN'ed into work, Steam, GTalk, etc. etc.) I have 9GB of free RAM.

I don't see a problem. Most RAM goes unused anyways.

[–]eddywin 0 points1 point ago

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http://i.imgur.com/lR7aW.jpg

I'm having the same issues.

[–]Hazasoul 1 point2 points ago

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An important fact you left out is: How many tabs? I've currently got 45 tabs open with a couple of youtube vids, and Chrome is using ~1,3 GB RAM.

[–]kkjdroid 1 point2 points ago

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Chrome is using > 1.5 GB for me and I only have 12 tabs, no Flash/YouTube.

[–]flammable[!] 0 points1 point ago

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That's nothing. I get upwards of 2.3GB regularly

[–]kkjdroid 0 points1 point ago

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This is a screenshot of my processes sorted by top memory usage. Chrome has 44 processes total, I counted.

[–]m00nh34d -1 points0 points ago

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Can you spot the moment I closed Firefox? http://i.imgur.com/pLdkZ.png

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