chrome memory usage

[BurntNewt]

chrome took 2 gigs of my system memory to run four tabs. that is not okay. its two tabs of youtube and two forums. how is that even possible. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Do you need the ram for something else? Unused ram is wasted ram. Might aswell allow for better scrubbing.

[BurntNewt]

I don't I just think it's getting ridiculous at this point I mean like honestly why does chrome need it. I can't leave chrome open and play a game anymore that for sure

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, BurntNewt said:

I don't I just think it's getting ridiculous at this point I mean like honestly why does chrome need it. I can't leave chrome open and play a game anymore that for sure

have you tried running chrome and a game? The os is smart about programs using extra memory and it shouldn't cause a problem.

[Skiiwee29]

That is know, in the latest version of Chrome, memory usage went up significantly to address some security concerns. 

 

https://www.extremetech.com/internet/273317-googles-spectre-fix-increases-chrome-ram-usage-by-10-percent

 

https://bgr.com/2018/07/12/google-chrome-ram-usage-increased-spectre-fix/

 

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/google-chrome-ram-usage-spectre,news-27606.html

 

 

[Enderman]

It caches stuff, that's why it's such a fast browser.

A youtube video may be several GB in size.

You think 2 is a lot?

[Speed Weed]

11 tabs here and only use 1.6GB. 

[Shoe_Eater]

Search for an extension called "The Great Suspender" basically it just suspends unused chrome tabs after x amount of time meaning they arent sitting there open in the background using up your delicious cpu and memory resources