Firefox 3 beta 1 RAM usage test

[Anusha]

Ok, I was pissed about the Firefox 2.0 RAM usage and JavaScript chaos, so I installed Firefox 3 finally. With the help of this tool, I managed to install (or rather, unlock) all my addons (80% of them were incompatible).

so, this is the time to put Firefox 3 to the ultimate test.

I loaded up tabs; lots of them; kept for about couple of hours.

These are the tabs which were open: (~35 tabs)

Here's the memory usage from the task manager: (note that I don't use a pagefile, so Firefox's memory manager has to do a lot of things to clear up the unused RAM. If a pagefile was there, the Operating System would have taken care of part of that process)

MUCH MUCH BETTER PERFORMANCE!!! NO SLOW DOWNS WITH ALL THOSE TABS!!! SIMPLY AWESOME!!!

 

[Ranhiru]

Hmm almost 150MB of RAM!! Well my Firefox 2.0.0.11 is using about 95MB of RAM with only 3 tabs open!

 

[Anusha]

Hmm almost 150MB of RAM!! Well my Firefox 2.0.0.11 is using about 95MB of RAM with only 3 tabs open!

I have gotten Firefox 2.0 to use 400MB+ with just 5 tabs

 

[hul2000]

My Firefox 2 uses 90 MB RAM with 1 Tab !!!!

 

[Ranhiru]

I have gotten Firefox 2.0 to use 400MB+ with just 5 tabs

Damn!! So what u say is Firefox 3 will be eating less RAM than 2 is it???

 

[hul2000]

Ok, I was pissed about the Firefox 2.0 RAM usage and JavaScript chaos, so I installed Firefox 3 finally. With the help of this tool, I managed to install (or rather, unlock) all my addons (80% of them were incompatible).

so, this is the time to put Firefox 3 to the ultimate test.

I loaded up tabs; lots of them; kept for about couple of hours.

These are the tabs which were open: (~35 tabs)

Here's the memory usage from the task manager: (note that I don't use a pagefile, so Firefox's memory manager has to do a lot of things to clear up the unused RAM. If a pagefile was there, the Operating System would have taken care of part of that process)

MUCH MUCH BETTER PERFORMANCE!!! NO SLOW DOWNS WITH ALL THOSE TABS!!! SIMPLY AWESOME!!!

What tool did you use to install the add-ons?

 

[Anusha]

Damn!! So what u say is Firefox 3 will be eating less RAM than 2 is it???

Hell yeah!!! And it hasn't slowed down...not even a bit. I all those 35+ tabs open, I can browse without even feeling that the browser is pushed to the limits. Just awesome. We only need the app/addon compatibility.

 

[Anusha]

What tool did you use to install the add-ons?

Sorry forgot to link it.
Link

 

[geethq]

FF 2 6 tabs 56MBs

 

[Ranhiru]

Hell yeah!!! And it hasn't slowed down...not even a bit. I all those 35+ tabs open, I can browse without even feeling that the browser is pushed to the limits. Just awesome. We only need the app/addon compatibility.

WOW!! Awesome! That will be THE REASON 4 me to try FF3 beta before a stable version is released!

 

[hul2000]

Sorry forgot to link it.
Link

Thanks. I'll try this also.

 

[icreations]

ela ne

 

[Ranhiru]

Oh well i switched 2 FF3 Beta 1....and where the hell are my bookmarks???

 

[dexter.morgan.666]

10 Tabs with FF 2.0.0.11 and usage is only 38mb WTF

 

[geethq]

10 Tabs with FF 2.0.0.11 and usage is only 38mb WTF

33k open karala balanna

 

[zCexVe]

Firefox 2.0.0.11 3 tabs 0.5 MB

 

[Anusha]

Oh well i switched 2 FF3 Beta 1....and where the hell are my bookmarks???

Ah there is a slight problem with that.
You need to export the bookmarks from the backups inside your firefox profile.
Eg: From here:
%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxxx.default\bookmarkbackups
and select the latest one.

 

[Anusha]

10 Tabs with FF 2.0.0.11 and usage is only 38mb WTF

Remember you people use a pagefile. With a pagefile, memory usage is lower.

 

[Thenura]

haththilawwe tabs tika !!!!!!!!!

 

[prasadana2]

i got a 128mb ram i cannot open more than 2tabs at ones even in firefox3 beta1..