Crazy High Amount of RAM Used By Firefox!

Hey guyz, check this.
Firefox seems to be partying on my RAM! Can anyone tell me if this is usual or is it just a unique case (trouble) on my computer.

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Seems like the browser conveniently forgets to release the RAM which was alloted to it when higher number of tabs was open!

no it isnt any unique case... firefox, opera or any other 3rd party soft takes abnormal memory... in RAM..

SUDE

Not Opera. And such cases are normal with Firefox. Switch to a better option.

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I don't think Firefox is the problem.

*www.imgx.org/pthumbs/small/9891/ff_mem.png

Post a big size image of the things there!

mine takes around 85mb and about 10sec to start up

sude said:
no it isnt any unique case... firefox, opera or any other 3rd party soft takes abnormal memory... in RAM..

Not Opera. *Please use the app before you blame it.
Opera's probably got the best bundle of features out there and uses the least amount of RAM of the Major 4 browsers.

Time change the firefox version, download firefox 3,its much faster than opera and IE.In my system ff3 uses 80~100mb wen there r 15 tabs.
>bakup ur profile if needed
>uninstall older ff
>delete all the folder named Mozilla frm Document folder
>install the new one
FF3's speed is amazing

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ye....opera is using only 6 mb now where as firefox is using 57 mb

only the digit website is open in both the browsers.........

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Check if any addon is responsible for that by individually disabling each one.

With only one Tab in Opera .... It uses 142 MB on my system

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u try uninstalling it n den reinstall....
i also had same prob...
i worked 4 me....

Guyz please note that this is Portable Firefox. I hate having to reinstall programs every time I format PC and reinstall OS windows so I use portable apps only. Can it be because of that?

Plus a number of extensions that I use are still not compatible with FFx 3 so upgrade is out of question as of now.

@hitboxx
AFAIK Win XP and Linux handle RAM in different manners so I guess Linux might be able to take care of sh!tty RAM management by FFx which Windows could not

While I am not sure this might be case, I am just saying that is what I think.

kumarmohit said:
@hitboxx
AFAIK Win XP and Linux handle RAM in different manners so I guess Linux might be able to take care of sh!tty RAM management by FFx which Windows could not While I am not sure this might be case, I am just saying that is what I think.

On Open SuSE

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with nine tabs open

I think the problem will also be related to WHAT you do in nine tabs - flash, video, java, etc. ??

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kumarmohit said:
Guyz please note that this is Portable Firefox. I hate having to reinstall programs every time I format PC and reinstall OS windows so I use portable apps only. Can it be because of that?

Plus a number of extensions that I use are still not compatible with FFx 3 so upgrade is out of question as of now.

@hitboxx
AFAIK Win XP and Linux handle RAM in different manners so I guess Linux might be able to take care of sh!tty RAM management by FFx which Windows could not While I am not sure this might be case, I am just saying that is what I think.

Oh, that is Firefox 2 ?! My screenie was of FF3, no idea then what's going on there!

Offtopic:

FF3 crashes here

I can't even start it.. any solution guys ?

if u upload/download files thru sites like Megaupload or RS, the whole file will be stored in cache, mostly in ram. Also some flash sites eats up lots of memory.

And if u browse too much in one tab w/o closing it, then all the pics encountered will be cached in ram for faster reloading.

btw most of the times the memory used cant be strictly proportional to number of tabs opened. It depends on the content of each tabs and the active cache the pages are using.

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Hitboxx said:
I don't think Firefox is the problem.

*www.imgx.org/pthumbs/small/9891/ff_mem.png

Post a big size image of the things there!

Maybe Windows is the problem? You are not on Windows as seen.

There is a RAM-freeing addon for firefox.
Also, u can configure and make ur own versions of portable firefox.
That way, u can have the latest versions with the best plugins u like.

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yes i also saw firefox taking much ram
when i close any tab not window the ram is same even after when i close 4 or more tabs
then
mine was showing that firefox is using 1436537K and it was same even after closing tabs
only when i close firefox browser i free that ram but after closing firefox window it took approx 5 - 10 secs to free the ram firefox was using

i am using 2.0.0.14 version of firefox

i have only 2 tabs opened in firefox and it is using 50860K of memory

i agree with all the above answers but in your case it was taking too much of RAM, so i suspect this may be a spyware or virus problem

No I do not think it can be a spyware becuase I do not use except Internet Explorer for anything except Windows Update, I do not use the computer as an Administrator but as a limited user, I do not click anywhere before I check where the link leads to in the status bar, I am the only person using my laptop so some one else making a mess is out of question.

An even if all fails, there is still Avast (and Bit Defender free )which is able to take care of unwanted things happening on computer. Finally, this is only the problem with ffx running.

Y use an a user instead of admin if u are the only one using it?
[edit: sorry typo]

instead of using portable FF install the latest FF2 version 2.15 and chk the memory usage

Y use an a use instead of admin if u are the only one using it?

Sorry did not get you! If you want to know why I am not using the computer as an Administrator, it is becuase this is a great contributor in overall system security. Not many types of malware can install without my knowledge when I use a computer in Limited user mode.

instead of using portable FF install the latest FF2 version 2.15 and chk the memory usage

I hate the installation thing! if something can be run as portable app, I would not have to install all softwares every time I reinstall Windows so going to an installable version is out of question.

kumarmohit said:
I hate the installation thing! if something can be run as portable app, I would not have to install all softwares every time I reinstall Windows so going to an installable version is out of question.

man......i was not suggesting to use installed FF...just install the new ff just to chk if the problem is related to ur portable FF.....or r u lazy even to do that

Every program can be run as portable application.

Upgrade to Firefox 3 Firefox 3 Website
Maybe portable programs are supposed to take up that much, so don't use it portable. Just install in your hard drive.

Woah seriously dude, I have already explained like twice why i do not want to install it. Did you even read the thread!