firefox is maxing my cpu

twicky_kid

twicky_kid

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quite Vulgar [FUN]

06 Nov 2005 at 06:08 - 1
my firefox is maxing out my 1.6 ghz cpu. can anyone tell me why?

i dl it from the site and have kept current with updates.

Josh

Josh

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

England, UK

D/Mo

06 Nov 2005 at 11:07 - 2
Do you have a lot of internet tabs open? Or webpages that use a lot of resources? Maybe lots of graphics/flash/etc..?

bright_yooper

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2005

middle of freezing

MATH

W/Mo

06 Nov 2005 at 15:02 - 3
yes firefox is a huge hog of your cpu.. especialy with all these flash popup's and advertising that i only keep 2-3 tabs up while im playing and none when im gvg or tombs

Pr1nc355SaRa

Pr1nc355SaRa

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

UK

Here Be Dragons

06 Nov 2005 at 15:26 - 4
i just don't have it open when in game and it's fine

go Firefox!

Saba The Hobo

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

Homeless.

Mo/N

06 Nov 2005 at 16:51 - 5
Flash ads are pretty much the only thing I've noticed that slow up Firefox.

An ad-blocker or something to that extent would probably help if that's what's causing your problem.

Josh

Josh

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Join Date: Oct 2005

England, UK

D/Mo

06 Nov 2005 at 18:15 - 6
Quote:
Originally Posted by Saba The Hobo
Flash ads are pretty much the only thing I've noticed that slow up Firefox.

An ad-blocker or something to that extent would probably help if that's what's causing your problem.
It's the flash adverts (smiley one) on this Website is what lags me, if they were removed or I could block the URL they came from, I'd be fine.

Josh

Josh

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

England, UK

D/Mo

06 Nov 2005 at 18:18 - 7
[edit]
sorry, lagged and double posted.

Techie

Techie

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

Fairfield, Ohio

Mo/W

06 Nov 2005 at 23:36 - 8
Heh you ain't the only one that does it Josh XD

And my back-up Dell has 1.6 GHZ Williamette and it runs it smooth as butter, RAM is probably a factor. If you have 256MB it is probably bottlenecking.

twicky_kid

twicky_kid

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Quite Vulgar [FUN]

07 Nov 2005 at 03:52 - 9
i have 1 gig of ram

its the flash ads that are doing it. I hate the IPOD banner. i like to look up resources while i play. might have to go back to IE

how can i block the ads or can i disable the flash so they can't upload?

Techie

Techie

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

Fairfield, Ohio

Mo/W

07 Nov 2005 at 03:56 - 10
Ok but I still don't see how they can be lagging you. My dell has 512MB RAM and it doesn't lag.

Well that is your choice, but your sacrificing speed for security :P