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

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    • palikka0x45
      palikka0x45 @leocg last edited by

      @leocg

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      • palikka0x45
        palikka0x45 @palikka0x45 last edited by

        @palikka0x45 said in The High CPU/RAM/ETC Usage Topic - Opera GX:

        @leocg

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        Still same issue as last time. Hardware Acceleration fixes this, but makes videos/streams/gifs diashow, laggy and unstable.

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        • MikahS
          MikahS @palikka0x45 last edited by

          @palikka0x45 Yeah it's the same issue. I also have hardware acceleration turned-off since Discord streaming doesn't work properly with the browser having it turned on.

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          • palikka0x45
            palikka0x45 @MikahS last edited by

            @mikahs are you using ryzen processor?

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            • MikahS
              MikahS @palikka0x45 last edited by

              @palikka0x45 Nope. Intel i7-9700k

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              • palikka0x45
                palikka0x45 @MikahS last edited by

                @mikahs did these issues become in last 2months?

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                • MikahS
                  MikahS @palikka0x45 last edited by

                  @palikka0x45 Yeah they started around this time frame

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                  • palikka0x45
                    palikka0x45 @MikahS last edited by

                    @mikahs so it's Opera GX problem. I made comment around 2months ago in here. I just get trolled by staff. Nothing has changed.

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                    • masoud70
                      masoud70 @leocg last edited by

                      hi i found a way for fix that just remove everything in side bar
                      Just keep workspace
                      It well be ok

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                      • Titoir98
                        Titoir98 @palikka0x45 last edited by leocg

                        @palikka0x45 you are right i got this issue like 2 months ago last update does nothing try all flags that are related to hardware accel. when i play a youtube video my gtx970 take 12% of decoding it's totally normal on 1080p60 but Why when i have nothing just the home page of opera the browser take more then 30% of my ryzen 1200 ???

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                        • jaekobcaed
                          jaekobcaed last edited by

                          It must just be me since I haven't seen any other reports but since the most recent update for Opera GX, I've noticed that the browser uses a huge amount of disk activity when I try to open tabs while running an application that uses any significant amount of system resources. When I observe this in Resource Monitor, I've noticed it's a high amount of my disk trying to read a DLL, for whatever reason. It'll lock up my entire browser for a few seconds when this happens, though when I'm not running anything other than GX, it runs flawlessly.

                          Is this only on my end or is anyone else experiencing this as well?

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                          • operauserx
                            operauserx last edited by

                            opera takes a lot of memory and CPU and ram too, maybe this is becuase i am using a hackintosh (this makes mac OS run on intel based laptops by changing some drivers or something). i have used GX cleaner to resolve this problem but it is not getting resolved.
                            Other browser like safari are having 0.0% cpu. Opera has 44% 12 hour power impact on the computer.
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                            please tell me a solution for this

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                            • operauserx
                              operauserx @operauserx last edited by

                              @operauserx

                              opera takes the highest of all of this, that time i play chess, or do programming it goes up to 50% and the electricity bill goes for a toss

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                              • A Former User
                                A Former User last edited by leocg

                                High CPU usage when Downloads tab is open and a file is downloading

                                Steps to reproduce:

                                1. Start downloading a larger file, to be able to watch the issue (some MB or more)
                                2. Open the Downloads tab (Ctrl+J) with the active download and its progress bar
                                3. Start Windows Task Manager

                                Result:
                                The Windows Task Manager shows many new opera.exe processes, randomly appearing and terminating itself again, repeatedly.
                                The CPU usage of the main Opera CPU process (see Opera task manager) jumps up to 30-100%.
                                If you close the Opera tab with Downloads with the file still being downloaded, the CPU usage returns to normal values, about 3% in my case.

                                Expected behavior: Keeping the Downloads tab open should have no effect to CPU usage.

                                This bug has been reported more times in recent years by different users, but never fixed. I have read that it affects only Windows 7 systems, not Windows 10.

                                Opera GX 82.0.4227.50 on Windows 7 SP1, no extensions installed.

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                  @pavel58 Do see any process being created in Opera's task manager?

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                                  • A Former User
                                    A Former User @leocg last edited by A Former User

                                    @leocg Yes, plenty of new opera processes, appearing and vanishing in a fraction of second.

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                                    • leocg
                                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                      @pavel58 No, I mean in the internal task manager.

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                                        • A Former User
                                          A Former User @leocg last edited by A Former User

                                          @leocg Me too. See the screenshot of Opera task manager. Many "Utility: Windows Utility" processes, appearing for a while, then vanishing and being replaced by other ones with the same name...
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                                          • leocg
                                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                            @pavel58 Don't remember have ever seen such process here.

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