07-11-2004, 01:41
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Firefox hogging RAM
Is there anything I can do to stop Firefox taking 20-30MB of RAM whilst browsing?
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07-11-2004, 02:52
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Re: Firefox hogging RAM
Use Internet Explorer 
If you think 20-30Mb is bad, then try 42Mb - 1 tab open on Ebuyer. Now that's a RAM hog for you.
'tis another thing that puts me off from using Firefox. That and the painfully slow loading time of the browser itself.
That said, IE can be just as bad with the RAM usage too when you load pages with loads of images. 19Mb currently with 3 sites open - BBC News, Cable Forum and Romulus 2 feedback - not too bad.
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07-11-2004, 04:34
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Re: Firefox hogging RAM
The average computer probably has at least 256MB of RAM these days and seeing as you're just browsing, you're hardly going to see a decrease in performance from an app using 20-30MB.
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07-11-2004, 10:50
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Re: Firefox hogging RAM
nffc, I think you gotta admit it's time to upgrade your old 386 
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07-11-2004, 11:22
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Re: Firefox hogging RAM
Firefox handles multiple pages in multiple tabs, it's like having multiple versions of Internet Explorer open at the same time. The RAM usage can seem excessive but IE would probably use around the same amount if you had it showing the same number of sites at the same time.
I have 3 tabs open at the moment, this site, bbc news and neowin, firefox is using 27MB of RAM, hardly an issue in my eyes 
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07-11-2004, 12:33
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Re: Firefox hogging RAM
I have 24 tabs open in one window and it's using 81MB.
81MB / 24 = 3.375MB for each one - not bad.
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07-11-2004, 15:38
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Re: Firefox hogging RAM
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Originally Posted by Gareth
nffc, I think you gotta admit it's time to upgrade your old 386 |
If I admit to having an XP2000+ with 512MB RAM, then I'll have enough wealth to buy Forest... oops I did 
As for firefox, if that figure is normal then that's cool... just if I open this forum and go through opening the threads I wanna read in tabs, it slows firefox right down...
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08-11-2004, 11:56
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Re: Firefox hogging RAM
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Originally Posted by nffc
If I admit to having an XP2000+ with 512MB RAM, then I'll have enough wealth to buy Forest... oops I did |
Glad to see you're a footy fan with a sense of humour
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