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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer @mmmatukas last edited by

      @mmmatukas menu - developer - task manager or shift escape.

      See if there is any process using too much RAM or CPU

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        mmmatukas @leocg last edited by

        @leocg Had the issue on normal opera too but right now I'm on GX. There's nothing in particular, opera is around 3-4gb of memory and it's the highest of all. The next app is just 0,3gb.

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          leocg Moderator Volunteer @mmmatukas last edited by

          @mmmatukas So there is no process running in Opera that is using too much RAM? So maybe there are just many processes running using a normal amount of RAM?

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            Nearmelab @mmmatukas last edited by

            @mmmatukas , Did you test the 10 tabs in private mode when extensions are not active?

            Also did you benefit from the RAM limiter which allows to set hard limits or fine-tune exactly how much memory GX can use.

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              mmmatukas @leocg last edited by

              @leocg Yes. There's no single process using too much RAM. For example with 15 tabs open, it says 36 tabs. I guess it splits websites up into multiple processes

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                mmmatukas @Nearmelab last edited by

                @Nearmelab I'll try and see how it works. I only have the opera adblocker extension though.
                Wouldn't using the RAM limiter make it even slower?

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @mmmatukas last edited by

                  @mmmatukas If you are talking about Windows task manager, it doesn't show number of tabs but number of processes as the name of the tab says.

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                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @mmmatukas last edited by leocg

                    @mmmatukas And, yes, Chromium is multi process. But it doesn't split pages on multiple processes.

                    There is a main process, one process for each tab, one for each extension, one for video, one for sound, one for network, etc

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                      saimayob220 @leocg last edited by

                      @leocg I'll try and see how it works. I only have the opera adblocker extension though.
                      Wouldn't using the RAM limiter make it even slower?

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                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @saimayob220 last edited by

                        @saimayob220 As I said, go to menu - developer - task manager or use shift escape to see the processes running in Opera and check if there are any using a lot of RAM or CPU.

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                          saimayob220 @leocg last edited by

                          @leocg ok thank you

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                            mmmatukas @saimayob220 last edited by

                            @saimayob220 huh why did you copy my comment word for word lol

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