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2008-01-29 10:38:46
Ryan
Member
+1,230|7328|Alberta, Canada

I found this out while searching how to speed up Firefox.

I looked at all my processes, and Firefox was hogging up 142k of my RAM. Terrible!

Easy fix?

type about:config in your Firefox address bar.
Right click anywhere and select new > integer.

Then type browser.cache.memory.capacity in the box.
Now, depending on the amount of RAM your computer has, you should choose the right amount to allocate to FireFox. 16MB is an ideal amount.
So for the value, type 16384. If you want to use 32MB if you RAM for FireFox, type 32768 as the value.

Close Firefox, and start it up again. Look at your FireFox process in task manager, and it should be using a lot less. Mine went from 142k down to 52k.

This also is a great way to load your pages faster.

Last edited by Ryan (2008-01-29 10:43:33)

2008-01-29 10:42:09
Gooners
Wiki Contributor
+2,700|7117

Mine already uses 50k and i haven't touched he configuration....
2008-01-29 10:42:47
Gawwad
My way or Haddaway!
+212|7170|Espoo, Finland
How does it load the pages faster with less memory?
2008-01-29 10:42:48
Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|7106|London, England
when I type about.config in the address bar it simply goes to the address not found page
2008-01-29 10:43:02
Ryan
Member
+1,230|7328|Alberta, Canada

Gooners wrote:

Mine already uses 50k and i haven't touched he configuration....
Weird. But it does help load pages faster.
edit: oops, it should be about:config.

Gawwad wrote:

How does it load the pages faster with less memory?
No idea, but it seems to be working for me.

Last edited by Ryan (2008-01-29 10:44:12)

2008-01-29 10:43:47
Gawwad
My way or Haddaway!
+212|7170|Espoo, Finland

Mek-Izzle wrote:

when I type about.config in the address bar it simply goes to the address not found page
The key is to ignore ryan and type about:config instead.
2008-01-29 10:45:58
Gooners
Wiki Contributor
+2,700|7117

Nice it only uses 30k now... dunno if its safe lol
2008-01-29 10:52:54
Ganko_06
Laughter with an S
+167|7130|Camoran's Paradise
Mine only uses 27K.

Last edited by Ganko_06 (2008-01-29 10:53:06)

2008-01-29 10:52:54
Freezer7Pro
I don't come here a lot anymore.
+1,447|6682|Winland

Hm... This means that it'll dump the beginning of large/long flash movies and such, forcing you to rebuffer if you wanna watch again.

Thanks, I'll pass.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
2008-01-29 15:21:03
Cheez
Herman is a warmaphrodite
+1,027|6924|King Of The Islands

Silly Firefox, how dare it use the memory I bought for my computer. I got that for System Idle Process.
My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
2008-01-29 15:28:48
bennisboy
Member
+829|7131|Poundland
no way! mine is using 326,800K!!! ah well, thats still only got my pc up to 43% total memory use
2008-01-29 15:29:54
Brasso
member
+1,549|7116

Only using 53k atm.
"people in ny have a general idea of how to drive. one of the pedals goes forward the other one prevents you from dying"
2008-01-29 15:30:06
mtb0minime
minimember
+2,418|7140

Good stuff! Maybe I'll do that for my parents' and brother's computer (my old one), but my current compy has 4 gigs of RAM, so no need to cut down firefox.
2008-01-29 15:33:02
Kurazoo
Pheasant Plucker
+440|7170|West Yorkshire, U.K
fasterfox seems to do the trick
2008-01-29 16:12:43
CrazeD
Member
+368|7158|Maine

Cheez wrote:

Silly Firefox, how dare it use the memory I bought for my computer. I got that for System Idle Process.
QFT!!!

 

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