Is Firefox Designed to Consume So Much Memory?
Is Firefox Designed to Consume So Much Memory?
This setup includes one open tab. I currently have 8 tabs active and 20GB of storage. Considering the trade-off of using Firefox (chrome monitors everything), it’s not a big concern, though it feels like a lot. A quick thought: I almost chose 16GB of RAM, thinking 30GB was unnecessary, except for the fact that DDR5 RAM in 8x2GB packs wasn’t available at a high speed. There are also around 5 or 6 Firefox instances using minimal memory.
I saw an option in the general settings labeled "performance" that suggests using recommended performance settings. When I turned it off, my system dropped to 1GB, and the CPU load decreased by 20% while temperature fell by 14 degrees. The description claims it adapts to your OS and hardware, but I’m still puzzled as to why it requires so much RAM and CPU usage just because it can.
Just for fun, if someone with 60GB or more of RAM sees this, let me know what usage you experience when the option is enabled.
Under performance? Are you talking about Task Manager or your motherboard's BIOS? If it's the motherboard, which one specifically?
In the Firefox settings, the general category is on the left, and when you scroll down to the bottom, the third item from the end is labeled Performance.
I have confirmed it.
I haven't adjusted that setting before, and I rarely even check Firefox's options.
I'm almost always using the default configuration.
also need to examine what that tab displays. a simple log in screen provides far less information compared to one with several videos, audio, and other animated elements on the page. one tab is currently open for me, and i'm just over 250mb used. if i switch to another tab on the main youtube page, it's nearing 1 gb used. therefore, it really depends on what you're actually viewing, even with just a single tab.