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Your JS heaps are not approaching 16GB unless you have thousands of tabs loaded. You can verify this in about:memory.
by pcwalton 10y ago
Your JS heaps are not approaching 16GB unless you have thousands of tabs loaded. You can verify this in about:memory.
- tossedaway334 10y ago_something_ about the browser (either chrome or firefox, fresh profile, no extensions) is eating ungodly amounts of ram however, and it tends to be at its worst with JS heavy sites. EDIT: no addons either
- Senji 10y agoMaybe you have some random addons(not extensions) installed?
- Retric 10y agoThat would be more relevant id the choice was 15GB vs 16GB. However it's normally 8 vs 16 and that 8 is used by many processes. So, it can easily be comparing 0.5 of free memory vs 8.5 GB of free memory.