Firefox 59.0.2 64 bit uses too much memory

dsusetyo · Post by **dsusetyo** » March 30th, 2018, 11:20 pm

When I just opened Firefox, and then I checked the TASK MANAGER. I found out that it uses so much memory that slow down my laptop operation. I am using still Windows 7.

Is it normal, or something wrong? How to fix it?

Many thanks

Post by **DanRaisch** » March 31st, 2018, 5:21 am

That doesn't look unusual. How much total memory do you have on that laptop? How many separate Firefox windows did you have open when you saw that report?

dsusetyo · Post by **dsusetyo** » March 31st, 2018, 7:29 am

total memory 3 GB. No other windows or tabs open as I just opened firefox. But as soon as I open few more tabs for sure the memory usage increases.

Post by **LIMPET235** » March 31st, 2018, 7:44 am

Just for comparison with my WIN7 & 4 Gig RAM...only with V57...
V59 should not be any slower.

I do not experience any slow downs at all.

Yours may be due to a "flaky" Profile.
Try creating a new one but don't add anything to it.

ref; > http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_ne ... on_Windows

MarkRH · Post by **MarkRH** » March 31st, 2018, 12:33 pm

You can try going into the General Settings, uncheck the box to use "Recommended performance settings" and lower the "content process limit".

riles · Post by **riles** » March 31st, 2018, 12:35 pm

I upgraded to Quantum and my memory and CPU use went through the roof.... so I patched with .2 and still just a minor improvement, I did all the tricks even eliminated accessibility options, and still my process memory usage with one tab open is approaching a gig...

dsusetyo · Post by **dsusetyo** » March 31st, 2018, 7:18 pm

Thank for all the suggestion. I guess the limitation of 3GB memory is the bottleneck.
@MarkRH: I have tried your advice. This is quite logical. Let's see the result later

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