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

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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer @sonwman last edited by

      @sonwman Video processing/decoding can use lots of CPU.

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      • eatadick24
        eatadick24 @leocg last edited by leocg

        @leocg why is it so hard for you to accept that maybe the problem Is in fact on Opera’s end?!

        In every thread about this topic you keep insisting it is some users settings that are the issue rather than the program itself despite there being Multiple users reporting that this feature is not working as advertised.

        Why can’t you accept that? Why insist some one actually did turn off hardware acceleration when they affirmatively stated they have made no changes to their system? Why assume they are either wrong or made the change and forgot? How is that a more likely actuality than “there’s a bug in this application”?

        It’s ridiculous

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        • IWantSlxcky
          IWantSlxcky last edited by

          One Tab Open And No Extensions Iv Used A Limiter Its Set To 1.4gb But Its over The Limit?, WTF Is This Opera GX
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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @IWantSlxcky last edited by

            @iwantslxcky Shift+ Esc to see the processes running in Opera.

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            • IWantSlxcky
              IWantSlxcky @leocg last edited by IWantSlxcky

              @leocg
              after looking around, turns out it was Youtubes live chat causing the ram to be really high, also is 600mb+ standard for opera gx?

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @IWantSlxcky last edited by

                @iwantslxcky Yep, that's normal. I consider it a low RAM usage.

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                • Shogi
                  Shogi last edited by

                  hi i got a problem with opera it started to use 100% of my cpu and and more than 1gb of ram
                  the problem started few days ago if i watch video on yt the cpu jumps by 70% and sometimes the entire opera just goes black and doesnt respond. does anyone know how to fix ?
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                  • Djems
                    Djems last edited by

                    even with the limitor i only have 2 tab open 2 adblock i dont know why he take 4gb... if i could have help it'ld be nice thanks

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @Djems last edited by

                      @djems Shift + Esc to see the processes running in Opera and how much memory they are using.

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                      • Djems
                        Djems last edited by Djems

                        @leocg hi thanks for the help here the screen, litteraly just having the forum open i unstalled all my extention (just one is left) i tried to unstall re install gx but it say that i cant ... RY8sTyi.png BGF8FU4.png

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @Djems last edited by

                          @djems Memory usage seems normal.

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                          • Djems
                            Djems @leocg last edited by

                            @leocg i compared with a friends and all of his task are way lower than mine, mine is 150k average and his are between 20k - 50k (his also on gx) and some time ago it didnt take 4gb but 1.5/2 so idk

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                            • Djems
                              Djems @leocg last edited by

                              @leocg but thanks tho

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                              • stealthusk
                                stealthusk last edited by

                                Still a resource hog my dudes.

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                                • Shkverik
                                  Shkverik last edited by

                                  3 tabs are open and uses 6GB of RAM memory49cf3ebf-9471-4c19-881a-21edbd7d864b-image.png

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                                  • leocg
                                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @Shkverik last edited by

                                    @shkverik Without any useful information, it will be difficult for someone to try to help.

                                    What are the opened pages? Did you check the processes running in Opera with Shift+ESC?

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                                    • JannyC0
                                      JannyC0 last edited by

                                      Hi there. I am encountering this problem for quite some time and it is getting on my nerves. This browser is using lots and lots of RAM without a particular reason. What seems to be chugging the RAM is the "GPU process:" task, but also it seems that every tab is using a lot more RAM on this browser than what the same tabs use in other browsers (like Chrome, for example - as you can see in the attached picture; Chrome has the same tabs opened as Opera GX has, but still having a lot of active extensions, unlike GX). So what really is the problem here?
                                      Thank youimage_2022-10-02_140242472.png

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                                      • leocg
                                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @JannyC0 last edited by

                                        @jannyc0 Seems a normal usage for me. In fact it's a low usage.

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                                        • LeonardoJose
                                          LeonardoJose @leocg last edited by

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

                                          @zhimhd Open Opera's internal task manager and check what is using that much CPU.

                                          Use Task Manager to view CPU consumption to help identify the process or application that's causing high CPU usage:
                                          Select Start, enter task, and then select Task Manager in the search results.
                                          The Task Manager window defaults to the Processes tab. ...
                                          Select the CPU column header to sort the list by CPU usage.

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                                          • A Former User
                                            A Former User last edited by

                                            OperaGX consumes more ram than microsoft edge even in its most efficient mod
                                            There is no gap between them, but there is a difference of 200 300 mb.

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