what is the bottleneck - when clicking google docs tab - it takes half a second

[idh1oi12jkl31jk2bgve3jk12b]

mini pc, intel N95, 8GB. 

3.4GB free RAM. 

Chrome. 

Watching YT, clicking the google docs tab (not sleeping), it takes a tiny bit to show the page. 

 

I did not have this in the past (with other PCs). 

 

I hate lag, loath it, despises it. 

 

What's the issue? CPU? RAM? GPU? 

 

 

[thevictor390]

Almost certainly that N95 (which is both CPU and GPU), it's an extreme low power chip. Equivalent-ish to midrange Intel processors from 10 years ago, except with much lower power draw.

[CaiPott]

A tiny bit of lag with that CPU and RAM is completely fine.

[BoomerDutch]

*laughs as linux user*

Probably ram because chrome ate it all.

 

Try smaller browser or limit your tabs and other programs running in background which is probably never gonna happen in windows.

 

Although linux would eventually solve this but i doubt that's actual solution for you.

[YoungBlade]

You hate lag but bought a mini PC with an N95 and 8GB of RAM?

 

That's like saying you hate cooking with dull knives and buying the cheapest possible knife block at Walmart.

 

The N95 is not meant for lag-free uses. It is meant to be low power draw and cheap with "good enough" performance for basic tasks.

 

8GB of RAM is also at that "good enough" level these days - it's okay for doing the basics, but you're accepting that sometimes it'll slow you down a bit due to the pagefile being hit regularly.

[OddOod]

36 minutes ago, idh1oi12jkl31jk2bgve3jk12b said:

mini pc

Found the bottleneck
You might get lucky with a lightweight Linux install which can have lower overhead

On the other hand, 0.5s? You sure about that? On my 2 year old laptop it takes 5 seconds to load a new, blank document and 8s to load one with 90 pages of text (D&D adventure log). This is according to the dev tools performance tab

 

9 minutes ago, YoungBlade said:

That's like saying you hate cooking with dull knives and buying the cheapest possible knife block at Walmart.

Lol, that takes me back. While I was in Uni I bought a bunch of 2$ paring knives. In all honesty they were fantastic and I only had to get them sharpened every 6months or so, but eventually paying 3 bucks to sharpen a two buck knife started wearing thin, so I upgraded and now only need to sharpen every 18mo.

[Millios]

32 minutes ago, BoomerDutch said:

*laughs as linux user*

Probably ram because chrome ate it all.

Lemme guess, arch /j

But yes Chrome is the main issue especially with such low end components and I talk from personal experiece but switching to other browser (currently on FF) it'll be less but still there cause at the end of the day its till REALLY not good hardware

13 minutes ago, OddOod said:

Lol, that takes me back. While I was in Uni I bought a bunch of 2$ paring knives. In all honesty they were fantastic and I only had to get them sharpened every 6months or so, but eventually paying 3 bucks to sharpen a two buck knife started wearing thin, so I upgraded and now only need to sharpen every 18mo.

I'd argue you dont even need the sharpening and just need a straightening using this (depending on how often you use it and for what)

At least thats how it has been for my family (due to work related reasons, not a restaurant, working with food extensively is a daily occurance)

But like you went for better knives op needs a better PC cause (from personal experience) more ram or smt within what they have to "upgrade" aint gonna cut it (pun 100% intented)

[thevictor390]

5 minutes ago, Millios said:

Lemme guess, arch /j

But yes Chrome is the main issue especially with such low end components and I talk from personal experiece but switching to other browser (currently on FF) it'll be less but still there cause at the end of the day its till REALLY not good hardware

Yep Linux can be great for keeping things fast and smooth in the local UI but as soon as you put a web browser on it we're practically back to square one... it's all the same browsers.

[Millios]

1 minute ago, thevictor390 said:

Yep Linux can be great for keeping things fast and smooth in the local UI but as soon as you put a web browser on it we're practically back to square one... it's all the same browsers.

Ehhh kinda in the sense that will slow you down

But its a lesser evil most of the time

FF, Zen and other lightweight not-chromium-based browsers will be  A LOT easier to handle cause unlike chromium based engines they dont take up 1/4th or more of your ram

I honestly im gonna convert my current potato to a data hoard to digitise media I legally own so I dont worry about the disks breaking/getting ruined or worst case scenario make an am4 DAS/NAS with it

[BoomerDutch]

15 minutes ago, Millios said:

Ehhh kinda in the sense that will slow you down

But its a lesser evil most of the time

FF, Zen and other lightweight not-chromium-based browsers will be  A LOT easier to handle cause unlike chromium based engines they dont take up 1/4th or more of your ram

I honestly im gonna convert my current potato to a data hoard to digitise media I legally own so I dont worry about the disks breaking/getting ruined or worst case scenario make an am4 DAS/NAS with it

Millios is right you know that's why i mentioned smaller browser or keep minimal tabs open to keep space open for other stuff. Although it won't work on windows since windows likes doing stuff in background every so often so it usually takes some resources however with a right linux system it will be lighter on ram and you'll have more space meaning it will be slightly faster because memory is free then system will be able to take up ram faster instead optimizing for less ram usage.

[OddOod]

On 5/22/2025 at 10:59 AM, Millios said:

I'd argue you dont even need the sharpening and just need a straightening using this (depending on how often you use it and for what)

 

Oh no, I honed after every wash. Always. Nothing goes back on the block before being honed. 
These knives are meant to be bought by the gross and tossed after a couple weeks. I was just a dirtbaggin college student who liked his fingers