<![CDATA[Opera extremely slow since v 78]]>Hi Guys,

I dont know what to do, Is my only recourse to switch to Vivaldi or another browser. I have been stuck on v77 because ever since some changes in v78 and above, every time i update to a newer version, Opera gets very slow and laggy due to the amount of tabs i have (around 250 tabs over 6 windows), My cpu is a i7 and i have 32Gb Ram as well as a SSD drive. Its not my computer resources, I have tried vivaldi with a lot of tabs and thats seems ok even though i think they use chromium as well. And opera v77 works fine, but every time i upgrade, it becomes really slow and laggy. I keep thinking the memory usage / CPU usage will get fixed over the updates but its now up to v84 and still ongoing. I am thinking its something that is inherent in Opera and hence is expected to be just part of the browser now? I have seen other people report this on here and it doesnt seem like they have found a fix besides staying on the older version as well...

Anyone have any ideas? Ideally i still want to stick with Opera. But I am getting worried staying on a older version for this long as i presume there are security and other fixes that occurs.

Are there any features / flags / things i can switch off to make it run better. When i mean laggy or slow its because once i start using the browser (when its left alone , the resource usage seems to drop down to something acceptable) and going through tabs, the memory and cpu usage really spikes alot. I already use a TaB suspender so basically 99% of all my tabs are suspended at any given time with only a couple of active tabs.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/54421/opera-extremely-slow-since-v-78RSS for NodeSat, 18 Jul 2026 18:49:04 GMTMon, 28 Feb 2022 08:55:10 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Opera extremely slow since v 78 on Wed, 02 Mar 2022 08:00:27 GMT]]>@zenixco I do have some extensions but i have tried turning them all off. I have tried a clean install by removing everything and installing etc. All had the same problems once i started to have a lot of tabs. Only thing that fixed it was going back to v77. I am now trying the latest v84, still slower than v77 but definitely better than what i used to get on v78,79,80 etc.

I am going to stick with it and see if i can handle it because i do want the newer versions for security reasons.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275829https://forums.opera.com/post/275829Wed, 02 Mar 2022 08:00:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera extremely slow since v 78 on Wed, 02 Mar 2022 01:51:08 GMT]]>@lonewolf01 question here did you manage to download things that might slow down cheers -random person on the forums

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275807https://forums.opera.com/post/275807Wed, 02 Mar 2022 01:51:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera extremely slow since v 78 on Wed, 02 Mar 2022 01:16:12 GMT]]>@lindencoll Yeah I find anything past v77 a lot slower. i dont know what changed in v78 and above but there was some engine change with chromium i presume.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275796https://forums.opera.com/post/275796Wed, 02 Mar 2022 01:16:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera extremely slow since v 78 on Tue, 01 Mar 2022 23:22:52 GMT]]>78 is incredibly slow loading on my notebook - this without any extensions and all speed dials disabled.

Not so bad once running but I don't use many tabs.

Fortunately I have a portable 77 which I went straight back to.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275783https://forums.opera.com/post/275783Tue, 01 Mar 2022 23:22:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera extremely slow since v 78 on Tue, 01 Mar 2022 01:48:47 GMT]]>@burnout426 said in Opera extremely slow since v 78:

You can try some things mentioned here. But, I don't know if they'll help in cases where Opera slows downs because of lots of tabs open. You can try though and change things back if they don't help.

Thanks, I will try them out.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275703https://forums.opera.com/post/275703Tue, 01 Mar 2022 01:48:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera extremely slow since v 78 on Mon, 28 Feb 2022 14:01:18 GMT]]>You can try some things mentioned here. But, I don't know if they'll help in cases where Opera slows downs because of lots of tabs open. You can try though and change things back if they don't help.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/275610https://forums.opera.com/post/275610Mon, 28 Feb 2022 14:01:18 GMT