my firefox gets unreliable when opening the TSL cast for example, it has crashed twice. Which is kinda weird :D i might actually go back to opera or maybe even IE, these days firefox seems not only unreliable, but also slow and a resource hog.

Mystlord

United States10264 Posts

January 18 2010 09:47 GMT

#22

Update everything to its latest versions. Also close ALL FF tabs, and open up a livestream with just one and see how much memory that takes.

The problem with FF right now is that everything is handled within one process, so you have a lot more strain on a CPU core that cannot handle all of the memory that the one FF process needs.

LaiShin

Australia978 Posts

January 18 2010 09:51 GMT

#23

I've had this problem before.Seems like if you leave a webpage with flash open it'll use more memory, causing FF to lag. Someone confirm my "theory" lol.

Now I use Chrome :D

LF9

United States537 Posts

January 18 2010 09:52 GMT

#24

Use Google Chrome; believe it or not, it is the fastest browser for pretty much any use, at least in my experience (compared to IE, FF, Opera).

Plexa

Aotearoa39261 Posts

January 18 2010 09:57 GMT

#25

On January 18 2010 18:47 Mystlord wrote:
Update everything to its latest versions. Also close ALL FF tabs, and open up a livestream with just one and see how much memory that takes.

The problem with FF right now is that everything is handled within one process, so you have a lot more strain on a CPU core that cannot handle all of the memory that the one FF process needs.

takes between 30-50% CPU

kOre

Canada3642 Posts

January 18 2010 10:00 GMT

#26

I had pretty much the same problem with FF regardless of whether it was the most recent version or not. I'm using Chrome now for pretty much everything, FF for only when I want to download some videos, and IE for anything that happens to not work on the first two browsers.

azndsh

United States4447 Posts

January 18 2010 10:00 GMT

#27

oh well, at least you can still use your other core

buy more cores imo

Plexa

Aotearoa39261 Posts

January 18 2010 10:05 GMT

#28

In chrome its still taking up 30-50% CPU =/=/=/

Shauni

4077 Posts

January 18 2010 10:07 GMT

#29

On January 18 2010 18:52 LF9 wrote:
Use Google Chrome; believe it or not, it is the fastest browser for pretty much any use, at least in my experience (compared to IE, FF, Opera).

When I tried it a month or two ago Chrome handled flash applications worse than any other browser. Not sure they've fixed that or not. In any case, Flash is very demanding and if you don't have a really fast CPU the slowness will be noticeable in any browser (but both IE and Opera consumes less CPU with flash for me than Firefox).

TeCh)PsylO

United States3552 Posts

January 18 2010 10:07 GMT

#30

I have same issue, couldn't resolve so I switched to opera until firefox updates

kOre

Canada3642 Posts

January 18 2010 10:08 GMT

#31

I'm running just Chrome right now watching Roffles stream and I have BW running the background as well as a couple other small programs open (Word, MSN, IRC, etc) and my CPU Usage is between 10-25%.

EDIT: When I run all of that PLUS Firefox with Roffles stream (so I have both Chrome and FF running Roffles stream) my CPU Usage is in between 25% and 50% and I have the latest FF.

azndsh

United States4447 Posts

January 18 2010 10:09 GMT

#32

I mean, it's entirely possible that decoding video is a cpu-intensive task... though that generally applies to HD stuff. in any case, your other core should be enough to handle your other tasks, unless you're trying to live-stream + play games at the same time.

Mystlord

United States10264 Posts

January 18 2010 10:10 GMT

#33

On January 18 2010 18:57 Plexa wrote:

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takes between 30-50% CPU

Wow wut? That's really weird. I would suggest a clean reinstall of Firefox and see if the problem persists :/

Tyraz

New Zealand310 Posts

January 18 2010 10:14 GMT

#34

On January 18 2010 19:05 Plexa wrote:
In chrome its still taking up 30-50% CPU =/=/=/

Well I'm using a netbook and flash heavy sites grind it to a halt. Flash is graphics intensive so it's probably more to do with graphics card than anything... I'm presuming HD youtube slows it even more?

Plexa

Aotearoa39261 Posts

January 18 2010 10:15 GMT

#35

I never watch HD youtube.. I don't have a use for it. Opera is maxing out around 60% cpu usage rofl =/

I don't know if its a gfx card issue - it's certainly a possibility.

R1CH

Netherlands10343 Posts

January 18 2010 10:36 GMT

#36

The latest Flash 11 beta has support for hardware accelerated video decoding if you have a supported video card.

Catch]22

Sweden2683 Posts

January 18 2010 10:50 GMT

#37

Chrome.

Yamoth

United States315 Posts

January 18 2010 10:50 GMT

#38

I don't think your problem is firefox... What your videocard?

Plexa

Aotearoa39261 Posts

January 18 2010 10:56 GMT

#39

On January 18 2010 19:50 Yamoth wrote:
I don't think your problem is firefox... What your videocard?

Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family
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It's a work laptop lol

Yamoth

United States315 Posts

January 18 2010 11:13 GMT

#40

There couple solution you can try. First off, if you haven't get 3.6rc, that give me a good 10 percent cpu reduction and drop firefox memory usage by a good 15-20 percent. If that doesn't help, try to reinstall some older graphic driver for your intel chip set. Intel and ATI graphic tend to cause some problem with firefox running flash, especially if you're using xp.