The High CPU/RAM/ETC Usage Topic - Opera GX

[ethersc1]

ethersc1 @gyrotakashi last edited by This post is deleted!

[Cato501]

Cato501 @gyrotakashi last edited by

@gyrotakashi Thanks for all the input. I tried changing all those things in about://flags/ and you're right, it does help a little bit. What bugs me is why this started happening all of the sudden? A few weeks ago I had no issue at all. And as far as I can see, there are a few other persons with it as well. My guess is that the only real solutions will come only from Opera. We users can't really do much. Anyways, I'm going to leave a few notes in case anyone finds them a good use.

Apparently, when you turn on the CPU Limiter On Opera Gx it actually changes the CPU Affinity so it runs on less cores. I have the Limiter turned On at 33% so Opera Gx uses 4 out 12 cores.

Here's a screenshot from QuickCPU. Can you guess which 4 cores is Opera Gx using while watching a 1080p60FPS stream?

And just to compare, here a screenshot while watching a 1080p60FPS stream but on Chrome.

Quite a difference if you ask me. Also, turning off the limiter on Opera Gx makes the browser use all cores, but then all of them are at above 80% usage which translates into a high CPU Ussage overall plus very high temperatures.

Again @gyrotakashi solutions about changing a few things in the about://flags/ section helped me so others might try it. But it feels as a workaround until the real issue can be found and fixed.

[Takigomekazyshi]

Takigomekazyshi last edited by

Hello I have such a problem, when I go to a site with video hosting the site loads my processor by more than 100% as it is written in GX Control

[Shylin]

Shylin last edited by

Hello,
i have the same problem, when i watch one twitch stream 1080p and 60fps opera gx use more then 25% of my cpu (i7-7700) when i try this with chrome or edge it is only 5% cpu.
why did opera take so much cpu? i cant watch a stream and play games at the same time bcs i have only 20-30 fps in game, sometimes opera has peaks from 30%-50% cpu.
the same problem is on youtube. i dont want to switch my browser but i cant use them so anymore.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Shylin last edited by

@shylin Video processing/decoding can use a lot of CPU, specially if hardware acceleration is disabled or not available or if the codec can't be hardware accelerated.

Check opera://gpu and see if it says that hardware acceleration is being used for the itens in the first section, in special video decode.

[Shylin]

Shylin @leocg last edited by

@leocg but why? Why did opera change that? At the begin and 4weeks ago i didn't had these problems... No hardware change, nothing.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Shylin last edited by

@shylin Change what? Opera didn't change anything. Maybe Chromium has changed it. Maybe you have disabled hardware acceleration.

[Shylin]

Shylin @leocg last edited by

@leocg no I didn't change anything, that's why I am so confused.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Shylin last edited by

@shylin Confused with what exactly? If opera://gpu says that hardware acceleration is not in use, check in the settings page and make sure it's enabled.

if it is, go to opera://flags and make sure that opera://flags/#disable-accelerated-video-decode is enabled.
Also enable opera://flags/#ignore-gpu-blocklist

After have done that, check again the status in opera://gpu

[Shylin]

Shylin @leocg last edited by

@leocg so i try this, my cpu usage is now by 5-10% but now is my Opera Gx gpu usage at +/- 30%, i will see how it works but i dont know why i need to change something. thx for the help anyways

[LowSmp]

LowSmp last edited by

SO I recorded a side by side comparison on my tak manager and Opera GX, On opera GX i scrolled up and down, that it is, just up and down and my CPU would sky rocket very quickly it can be found below

Video

[operagxgmaer]

operagxgmaer last edited by

i replace the chrome to opera gx for the controling the ram but when i open task manger I realized that opera gx is worse than chrome
i want to know is this a bug or not

[operagxgmaer]

operagxgmaer last edited by

i install opera gx today and replace it to chrome beacuse i can control the ram and cpu useage but when i open task manager i see opera gx takes more ram than google chrome if you open 4 tabs the opera take 1 gb ram...... this is a bug or not ?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @operagxgmaer last edited by

@operagxgmaer That is causing any issues? You can use Shift + Esc to see what is using the RAM.

[operagxgmaer]

operagxgmaer last edited by

why opera wont fix this ... this browser take more ram and cpu than google chrome .and cpu and ram controller isnt useful ,,,pls fix this

[palikka0x45]

palikka0x45 last edited by palikka0x45

Hi I have getting some high CPU usages since last update.

I have reported the issue alrealy ~2 weeks ago, but havent got any information back.

am i only with this issue? Reinstall didint help.

5900x 1080ti.

hardware acceleration fixes this issue, but destroys livestreams/youtube playback.

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Your OS (Linux, Mac, Windows)

Windows 10

Your version of Opera GX

Your version is LVL 3 (core: 79.0.4143.73)

A screen-shot of the problem if it's related to something not showing as should

Included

A description of the problem, including as much as information as possible

High CPU-usage

Steps to (try to) reproduce the issue

Update latest Opera updates

Expected behavior and actual one

New Opera GX version

[palikka0x45]

palikka0x45 last edited by

Heres also GPU Log

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @palikka0x45 last edited by

@palikka0x45 Hardware acceleration is off, that's probably why you are having a high CPU usage. If you have disabled it, turn it back on.

[palikka0x45]

palikka0x45 @leocg last edited by

@leocg

okay, what changed. it's been Off always. What forces me to use it? if it worked previously?

It also negatively affects video/stream viewing

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @palikka0x45 last edited by

@palikka0x45 With hardware acceleration turned on, the GPU will do a great part of the job.