Opera GX eating massive amounts of CPU
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Koranthus02 last edited by
Never had an issue with this before but a few days ago Opera GX just started eating as much CPU as it could and even worse if there was a video playing. I tried Hardware Acceleration off and on, i changed to OpenGL which i saw recommended, these brought the numbers down to useable(90 instead of 100%) levels for the most part but its still peaking quite a bit and i'm not sure what happened recently with Opera GX to cause it. The internal tracker said just a single video playing was 50% CPU, which went down to 20% after changing those settings but the actual Task Manager CPU usage barely decreased.
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aristotle213 last edited by
Hello
I totally get what you're going through. I recently faced a similar issue where Opera GX started using a ton of CPU, especially during video playback. Disabling Hardware Acceleration and switching to OpenGL helped reduce the usage a bit, but it still spikes sometimes. Now, I try to limit tabs and stick to lightweight browsing when possible. For example, checking something simple like the waffle house menu works fine without causing any CPU issues. It’s not a full fix, but small adjustments do make a difference while waiting on an official update. Hope your browser stabilizes soon!
