FF mem usage

Mr.Suave · 01-23-2006, 04:24 AM

each time i look into my task manager firefox seems to increase its mem usage slowly. y is that? it would start as ~20,000 K then soon its at 50,000 then 70,000 then 100,000 and the highest its gotten was 300,000. also in task manager under performance the PF usage would increase as well. got up to 1.96GB one time.. ill ive been doing is surfing the web. and as it increases, my comp seems to slo down more. y is FF using soo much memory?

is there a way i can stop/prevent this?? could it be my FF extensions? all i have is adblock, fasterfox, flashgot, and the weather thing.

Xycron · 01-23-2006, 05:11 AM

Mine never goes fast 50k, and thats when i have alot of tabs and such open.

palmmann · 01-24-2006, 03:02 AM

this also happens to me, but i never let it get that high.

Mr.Suave · 01-29-2006, 06:52 AM

any ideas on how to fix this? its happened a couple of times today. FF just keeps gettting higher and so does my PF usage. my pf usage is at 1.36GB right now and i dont know y. i added up all the processe's mem usage and it comes to about 500 with FF at over 100,000 K and when FF is at 30,000K when i start it up again the PF is still 1.36GB...

Xycron · 01-29-2006, 07:19 AM

Maybe its not FF?

whateverd · 01-29-2006, 03:33 PM

I started a thread on the same topic some time ago.
I highly doubt it has anything to do with what sites I have open. but rather it has to do with how long they've been open. Right now as I type this I have 2 windows open and the mem. usage is at 306,524k
highest it's ever gotten was around 500,000k. I'm slowly switching to Opera now, haha.

diduknowthat · 01-29-2006, 04:15 PM

yeah that's happening to me right now. I'm using FF with 2 tabs and half hour ago its memory usage was 40k and now its at 47k...wierd

Veurruckte · 01-29-2006, 06:03 PM

This seems to happen fairly often with applications on windows, which is why you should reboot every few days(I'm not bashing).

Of course Firefox is known for it's memory leakage. One of the culprits is believed to be the flash plugin. Either remove it or restart firefox every once in a while.

I wish there was a better solution

.

Xycron · 01-29-2006, 08:06 PM

Do you have the latest version of FF?

Mr.Suave · 01-30-2006, 12:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xycron

Do you have the latest version of FF?

yes

and ya thats all ive been doing to solve it. just restart, but it sometimes gets annoying always having to restart and then finding the website i was just looking at all over again.

but i still dont get y my PF usage gets soo high.

01-23-2006, 04:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mr.Suave Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,373	FF mem usage each time i look into my task manager firefox seems to increase its mem usage slowly. y is that? it would start as ~20,000 K then soon its at 50,000 then 70,000 then 100,000 and the highest its gotten was 300,000. also in task manager under performance the PF usage would increase as well. got up to 1.96GB one time.. ill ive been doing is surfing the web. and as it increases, my comp seems to slo down more. y is FF using soo much memory? is there a way i can stop/prevent this?? could it be my FF extensions? all i have is adblock, fasterfox, flashgot, and the weather thing. __________________ The Comp: CPU--Athlon64 X2 4200+ Manchester @ 2.5!!!:D HDD--WD Caviar 250GB 7200 RPM SATA MB---DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR RAM--OCZ Titanium 2GB (2 x 1GB) GPU--Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900XTX 512mb SPU--Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS PSU--ENERMAX Whisper II 535W all inside a Thermaltake Matrix VX

01-29-2006, 06:52 AM	#4 (permalink)
Mr.Suave Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,373	any ideas on how to fix this? its happened a couple of times today. FF just keeps gettting higher and so does my PF usage. my pf usage is at 1.36GB right now and i dont know y. i added up all the processe's mem usage and it comes to about 500 with FF at over 100,000 K and when FF is at 30,000K when i start it up again the PF is still 1.36GB... __________________ The Comp: CPU--Athlon64 X2 4200+ Manchester @ 2.5!!!:D HDD--WD Caviar 250GB 7200 RPM SATA MB---DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR RAM--OCZ Titanium 2GB (2 x 1GB) GPU--Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900XTX 512mb SPU--Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS PSU--ENERMAX Whisper II 535W all inside a Thermaltake Matrix VX

01-29-2006, 04:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
diduknowthat formerly liuliuboy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Massachusetts Age: 18 Posts: 6,633	yeah that's happening to me right now. I'm using FF with 2 tabs and half hour ago its memory usage was 40k and now its at 47k...wierd __________________ Dell Latitude XT Convertible Tablet Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 1.2ghz CPU 3GB DDR2 677 Memory 120GB 1.8" PATA Hard Drive ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 Graphics 12.1" WXGA LED Touch Screen N-Trig Capacitive Touch/Active Digitizer

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01-23-2006, 05:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
Xycron banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,099	Mine never goes fast 50k, and thats when i have alot of tabs and such open.

01-24-2006, 03:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
palmmann banned Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 979	this also happens to me, but i never let it get that high.

01-29-2006, 07:19 AM	#5 (permalink)
Xycron banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,099	Maybe its not FF?

01-29-2006, 03:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
whateverd Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida Age: 23 Posts: 34	I started a thread on the same topic some time ago. I highly doubt it has anything to do with what sites I have open. but rather it has to do with how long they've been open. Right now as I type this I have 2 windows open and the mem. usage is at 306,524k highest it's ever gotten was around 500,000k. I'm slowly switching to Opera now, haha.

01-29-2006, 06:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
Veurruckte Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Age: 18 Posts: 240	This seems to happen fairly often with applications on windows, which is why you should reboot every few days(I'm not bashing). Of course Firefox is known for it's memory leakage. One of the culprits is believed to be the flash plugin. Either remove it or restart firefox every once in a while. I wish there was a better solution .

01-29-2006, 08:06 PM	#9 (permalink)
Xycron banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,099	Do you have the latest version of FF?