Giving Firefox even more RAM

[illBelief]

I know everyone complains about browsers eating up a lot of RAM; but hey, if you've got it, why not let it have more? I notice FF maxes out at about 1.5 gigs of RAM for me. Does anyone know if there's a way to let it have more?

 

Thanks guys!

[bloader]

I know everyone complains about browsers eating up a lot of RAM; but hey, if you've got it, why not let it have more? I notice FF maxes out at about 1.5 gigs of RAM for me. Does anyone know if there's a way to let it have more?

 

Thanks guys

You can always get Waterfox at https://www.waterfoxproject.org/ (its a 64bit version of firefox)

[Enderman]

this is why I use chrome

it uses my ram to be faster than other browsers, which is great because i have enough ram for it

[Chasem121]

I'm not sure why your firefox is capping at 1.5 gigs, I've seen it use more on my machine before.

[Guest]

@bloader Firefox is already 64Bit.

 

to answer @illBelief 's question, what you have to do is go into your search bar, and type

 

about:config
 
after that, then search:

browser.cache.memory.max_entry_size

 
in the search bar. After than, remember it is in MB, so remember to multiply the amount of RAM (in GB) by 1024.

 

 

That allow Firefox to access more RAM.

 

Alternatively, go can create a RAM-Disk and move ALL of your cache to said RAM Disk. (Here are the instructions):

 

output.pdf

[Razarza]

I never notice my web browsers using much RAM at all (I haven't really noticed anything higher than 2GB). At the moment I have about an average load on both Firefox (~1.5GB) and Chrome (~1.9GB), tabs if you were wondering, Firefox also has about another dozen reddit tabs off-screen. From the way everyone plays up Chrome's RAM appetite it seems rather tame to me, maybe I don't have enough flash websites open...

[illBelief]

Thanks guys. I ask cause when it starts going over around 1.5 FF just crashes instead of just taking more RAM. 

 

@[member=MagnesiumPC] I'll try your suggestion out. I changed the memory.max_entry_size value from 5120 to 10240 just to try it out.

 

Wish me luck!

[olbaze]

@bloader Firefox is already 64Bit.

 

The Stable release isn't 64bit yet. Stable 42 will have a 64bit option from the ftp but not the official website.

 

Because if you're going to consider what happens outside of Stable, then Firefox is already 64-bit and multiprocess.

[Guest]

The Stable release isn't 64bit yet. Stable 42 will have a 64bit option from the ftp but not the official website.

 

Because if you're going to consider what happens outside of Stable, then Firefox is already 64-bit and multiprocess.

Oh forgot I am running the Testing Repos.