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Hobbies & Interests => Computer & Technology => Topic started by: bruisedknee on May 21, 2012, 04:22:57 PM

Title: chrome is pissin me off
Post by: bruisedknee on May 21, 2012, 04:22:57 PM

atm, my CPU usage is at 50-90%, and Chrome.exe is accounting for the vast majority of that...that's complete BS

each tab i open just adds to my computer's slowdown and my frustration

besides Firefox, which i've used in the past, what are good alternatives to Chrome atm?
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quad core 2.4, 4 gigs of RAM, 100ish gigs of hard drive space left...could any of those be the problem?

Title: Re: chrome is pissin me off
Post by: lifemystery on May 21, 2012, 04:42:36 PM

I had the same frustration as you. I never went back to chrome after uninstalling it. For now I'm using firefox.

Title: Re: chrome is pissin me off
Post by: bruisedknee on May 22, 2012, 01:43:29 AM

Quote from: lifemystery on May 21, 2012, 04:42:36 PM

I had the same frustration as you. I never went back to chrome after uninstalling it. For now I'm using firefox.

i copied/pasted my current tab URLs from Chrome to Firefox...and CPU usage went down to under 10%...i'm done with Chrome till the idiot engineers make it less of a resource hog

Title: Re: chrome is pissin me off
Post by: six on May 22, 2012, 06:16:13 PM

Dude....I keep telling ya time and again....it's because you're using Windows XP!   ::)  Your system is probably utilizing only one core and 1.5 gig of memory....in actuality, not that theoretical stuff.  As for the rest of your system....part of it is being used for overhead (AKA being wasted) and part of it is unusable, because of Win XP.

The solution is to upgrade to an OS that can take full advantage of your hardware - Windows 7.  OR disable Flash.

Title: Re: chrome is pissin me off
Post by: bruisedknee on May 22, 2012, 06:29:27 PM

Quote from: six on May 22, 2012, 06:16:13 PM

Dude....I keep telling ya time and again....it's because you're using Windows XP!   ::)  Your system is probably utilizing only one core and 1.5 gig of memory....in actuality, not that theoretical stuff.  As for the rest of your system....part of it is being used for overhead (AKA being wasted) and part of it is unusable, because of Win XP.

The solution is to upgrade to an OS that can take full advantage of your hardware - Windows 7.  OR disable Flash.

i'll do a clean install of Win7 this weekend and see if that makes a diff

though i will say i did a little bit of research, and other win7 users also say Chrome is a resource hog

gonna use Firefox till the weekend tho