Firefox is the worst browser for heating up gpu

Phil2008 · 18 May 2011 at 13:02

Why is this, as I would have though IE and chrome would heat up the gpu the same, but the temp dont budge on the others?

mrk · 18 May 2011 at 14:29

I've not noticed anything out of the ordinary between any GPU enabled browser... Maybe it's your GFX card drivers. I am on nvidia, these have never really had problems in this regard anyway though whereas ATI have had various issue sin the past and quite possibly still do.

Memphis · 18 May 2011 at 15:22

Do you have any evidence to backup your post? How you tested? Your setup? Examples?

Fanatic · 18 May 2011 at 15:47

When I had GPU acceleration turned on in Firefox it would set my 6950 clocks to maximum, so it did increase the temperature. Though with a quad core CPU don't need GPU acceleration anyway.

Phil2008 · 18 May 2011 at 20:06

Memphis said:
Do you have any evidence to backup your post? How you tested? Your setup? Examples?

This is from about 5secs of scrolling on ocuk. When the screen is static, ie your not browsing or scrolling, the clock speed drops and temp goes down. But you can scroll like mad with the other browsers without effecting gpu at all.

Idel clock speed 250mhz,
idel temp about 34c

Merlin5 · 18 May 2011 at 20:14

Phil, you mentioned it the other day to me, so I installed FF and yes, my gpu temp suddenly increased. I only use chrome though, don't need FF. I think you said it's because FF uses 3D or something?

Phil2008 · 18 May 2011 at 20:18

Merlin5 said:
Phil, you mentioned it the other day to me, so I installed FF and yes, my gpu temp suddenly increased. I only use chrome though, don't need FF. I think you said it's because FF uses 3D or something?

Yeah but all the browsers use 3D/hardware acceleration now. You tried IE and chrome aswel, and they didn't effect your temps either.. So why is firefox different?