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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      I recently reinstalled opera and now i notice it uses over 2GB of ram for 3 open tabs... (Facebook, Gmail, Reddit). That seems an awful lot for that, any way to reduce ram usage?

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      • zalex108
        zalex108 last edited by

        Look at How to report problems in Opera steps.

        For the clean profile:

        • Opera Help > Find solutions.
          | - And rename the profile folder -.

        Also look at here.


        Windows 10 (x64) | Anniversary Update
        Opera Stable · Beta · Developer

        Opera Test profile | Opera Reset / Back up Linux · Mac · Win

        "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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        • arkus1995
          arkus1995 @Guest last edited by

          @cyneadrift

          I also recommend the program proposed by the zalex108. I use it myself less than a year and I can say it works better than other similar programs of this type.
          In addition, you can set it under yourself, for example, to reduce the memory of only the browser processes.

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          • vegelund
            vegelund last edited by

            But is using ca. 2 GB for a few pages normal?

            I'm seeing the same in 50.0.2762.45 on WIN10-64 and experiencing a very slow and unresponsive Opera after latest stable update. Clean profile.

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            • zalex108
              zalex108 last edited by

              @vegelund

              Do you mean you've tested in a clean profile with the same result?

              "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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              • vegelund
                vegelund @zalex108 last edited by

                Just did a fresh install of Opera, after deleting everything related to Opera on disk.

                Can't figure out how browser behavior changed so dramatically after 50 update.

                Comments: blogs.opera.com/desktop/opera-50

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                • zalex108
                  zalex108 last edited by

                  Any system update between the Opera update?

                  "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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                  • vegelund
                    vegelund @zalex108 last edited by vegelund

                    The KB4056892 update was around the Opera release. (No other changes in settings, hardware or my Opera browser routine.)

                    Latest Chrome and Firefox act snappy and normal.

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                    • zalex108
                      zalex108 last edited by

                      I have not encountered any problem here, but I'm on W10 Anniversary Update.

                      Then,

                      If happens on a clean install... and nothing significant has changed on the system... don't know what could be the reason.

                      You could try to test on a O49 version as StandAlone and check the difference, then should be reported as a Bug if needed.

                      "You cannot know the meaning of your life until you are connected to the power that created you". · Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

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                      • vegelund
                        vegelund @zalex108 last edited by

                        Thanks. I’m sure it’s a local issue on my side, otherwise tons of people would notice this lag and choppy performance after the 50 stable update.

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                          I've already seen it reaching almost 1.5GB of RAM.

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