#Why does firefox use so much ram drivers

This enhanced reliability because problems with a tab were usually confined to a single process and the other tabs would be unaffected. Usually each tab had it's own process but tabs on the same website would often share a process. But reliability was sometimes a problem because if there was a problem in one tab it was likely to take down the entire browser.From the beginning Chrome went a different route. This tended to keep memory usage lower because threads have a smaller memory overhead than processes. Older traditional browsers put everything in one process. I need it, and the Profiles system it has is invaluable and I couldn't do my job without it. If you have 64-bit system, it will use even more as aggressively as it possibly can.This is why it's fruitless to even try to fix it if chrome has a process running, and also why I disable it from running in the background.I'm not saying the answer is 'don't use Chrome', but it's impossible to troubleshoot if chrome is actively processing, because it's busy loading hundreds of pages that you may or may not ever actually visit.and more.PS. The trade of is significantly worse performance, RAM utilization, and battery life (if you like fast loads though, it mightbe worth it). It preloads pages 3 pages deep from any page open just in case you might click on them later, so it can fake a faster load. I hope that will help pinpoint the source of the problems.PC using ram for no reasonChrome. causing CPU usage to go mad.Д¬annot confirm that though, that is something a FF developer would need to check. I suspect there might be a problem with racing for resources: if FF wont get something calculated fast enough it tries to do the calculation again, and again cannot get the answer in time, so it tries it again, etc. I would expect that even if my CPU drops from 2.4 GHz to 1.2GHz, then its usage would go up twice, not 10 times. I am aware that when a CPU throttles down there is less power so a higher percentage is expected, but a jump from 10% to over 100% CPU is not normal. That causes FF to use much more resources when thermal throttling starts.

Looking at that I think there is some weird interaction between Firefox and the thermal throttling process of the OS, Both laptops and macs are known for having terrible cooling and often running hot.

Reading this thread seems that most people experiencing high CPU usage are using either a laptop or MacOS.I analysed my netdata information and found out that high CPU usage starts the moment the CPU reaches 95 degrees, which is the value for thermal throttling for most CPUs.After watching a video for a longer period of time it starts using 100% CPU and playback stops (audio still plays, but video is frozen).I had a similar problem (not sure if the same) on Manjaro linux. Spamming keys upper 10s and rare times in the 20s, one time it jumped to 40%ДЄ6-6310 laptop (4 cores 1.8Ghz, with 2.4Ghz if only using one core), 4 Gigs of RAM. Video paused 5 - 7, mostly just in 6, rarely 10(upper and lower) with one time hit 19% While spaming the keys it is in the upper 20s, sometimes but rarely hitting 30%, 40% one time.

#Why does firefox use so much ram drivers

I opened a problem with the 'key input' problem in another Bugzilla ticket for the streaming site Smashcast but it was solved by the Smashcast dev, I had to nag both Bugzilla and their team for a long time about it.ДЄlso, I don't know why Microsoft still has the AMD drivers from November 2016, but with those, the CPU usage while watching Twitch was in the high 40s capping at the 90s, but 17.2 version of the AMD drivers lowered it down, the driver thing affected even Chromium browsers but they were still in the 30's and capping in the 60s max.Д¦2% on loading upper 10%s averaging in the 20%s and rarely hitting 30% Well, the Legacy version was also problematic a long time ago and it got fixed I guess. It wasn't as bad on the key input in their Legacy version, but it is over with, now. Video paused and chat disabled is lowest 5% and can climb to higher 10s at random times. Spamming keys and holding delete can raise it to 40, and upper 10s as long as I hold Backspace.

Video paused 7 - 20, random flunctuations. Man, just holding the 'Backspace' key and the CPU was constantly in the upper 40s. The climb in % I replicate by spamming keys, or even holding Backspace. If I type(Spaming keys), it can climb up to upper 40% it even hit 60%s(rare and wasn't reproduceable, it was able to replicate to the 50s). As high as 65% while loading, but then it sits in the 30s to Low 40s.