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Due to the way RAM works, you also always have a use for more RAM. Chrome is slowing down other programs on your system by using more RAM, so it's not using mor
by Sylos 9y ago
Due to the way RAM works, you also always have a use for more RAM. Chrome is slowing down other programs on your system by using more RAM, so it's not using more memory in exchange for speed, it's sacrificing the speed of the rest of your system to speed itself up.
- johncolanduoni 9y agoJust because your disk cache is expanding to fill your available RAM (which doesn't even always happen depending on the kernel/RAM size) doesn't mean that extra cache buys you anything. At some point it's just going to be holding stuff that isn't used before it's evicted.
- spacehunt 9y agoDisk cache? Nowadays Chrome is eating so much RAM that it's pushing other programs into swap.