Firefox 3 seems to use a lot of RAM replied by GIB @ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:26:21 +0800

GIB — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:26:21 +0800

After I removed the DownThemAll addon, the memory usage reduced a bit. I also read somewhere that if I increase the cache, it will lower memory usage too so I have done that as well. The memory usage is more manageable now.

As for the disk thrashing, seems to be caused by the option that auto clear private data when closing FF. Turned that off and now OK.

Firefox 3 seems to use a lot of RAM replied by LatecomerX @ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:41:20 +0800

LatecomerX — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:41:20 +0800

Originally posted by GIB:

I wonder if anyone is having same issues that I am having with my FF3.

I use about 15 to 20 tabs at a time but after I close all except for one and I check the Task Manager, the memory usage is about 150MB and over. When all the tabs were open, the memory usage was about 275MB. Seems like the memory usage reduced a bit after closing all tabs except for one but still seems like there are memory leaks going on.

I also noticed that when I close the FF3 window, seems like my disk drive is thrashing a lot and for quite some time.

Anyone else having these issues? Or is it just me?

Probably caused by your add-ons. Try backing up, delete the folder where your profiles and add-ons are stored and perform a re-installation of Firefox.

Firefox 3 seems to use a lot of RAM replied by FrozernFire @ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:08:21 +0800

FrozernFire — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:08:21 +0800

why yours so much ram? i open 50 tabs only 300mb, big improvement over ff2

Firefox 3 seems to use a lot of RAM replied by AndrewPKYap @ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:09:35 +0800

AndrewPKYap — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:09:35 +0800

.... ff3 is very good except that it is not 100% compatible with sgforums...

...some minor irritations....but works just fine with other forums...

Firefox 3 seems to use a lot of RAM replied by dukedracula @ Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:05:35 +0800

dukedracula — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:05:35 +0800

ff3 is a lot faster than ff2.......

Firefox 3 seems to use a lot of RAM replied by gd4u @ Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:13:24 +0800

gd4u — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:13:24 +0800

6 tabs at 98MB of ram .... seems to be just abit less than FF2

Firefox 3 seems to use a lot of RAM replied by Fs4751 @ Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:40:34 +0800

Fs4751 — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:40:34 +0800

good for you....mine always hang......maybe due to not enough ram....btw, any difference with ff2?..looks like theres no diff...

Firefox 3 seems to use a lot of RAM replied by FireIce @ Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:02:21 +0800

FireIce — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:02:21 +0800

i find tt ff3 less laggy and uses less ram than ff2

ceteris paribus

Firefox 3 seems to use a lot of RAM replied by GIB @ Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:00:16 +0800

GIB — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:00:16 +0800

I wonder if anyone is having same issues that I am having with my FF3.

I use about 15 to 20 tabs at a time but after I close all except for one and I check the Task Manager, the memory usage is about 150MB and over. When all the tabs were open, the memory usage was about 275MB. Seems like the memory usage reduced a bit after closing all tabs except for one but still seems like there are memory leaks going on.

I also noticed that when I close the FF3 window, seems like my disk drive is thrashing a lot and for quite some time.

Anyone else having these issues? Or is it just me?

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