Memory usage keeps Increasing ?!?

badogblue · 22 May 2011 at 17:03

I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium with 2GB ddr3 memory. The problem is that when running Internet explorer or Firefox the memory for each process continuously increases. Each time a new page is loaded (same tab) more memory is used. After 5 min or so the memory usage is around 130mb and is over 500mb in 1hour, with only 1 tab!

I have run with add-ons disabled and in safe mode with little difference. I have also done a scan with Norton to no avail.
Any advice would be most appreciated! Thanks.

Predicament · 22 May 2011 at 23:26

Buy another 2 Gb

Gammawolf · 23 May 2011 at 00:33

I've caught my opera on occasion at 800Mb

, another 2GB of DRR3 is peanuts, i'd just upgrade.

JimboJet · 23 May 2011 at 03:35

...and get rid of Norton, its notorious for being a resource hog!

PhillyDee · 23 May 2011 at 04:05

Well, 300K of memory is 1/6666th of your ram. I would not worry at all. When it gets to 300Mb then I would worry. But even so, it depends what its doing.

Shadz · 23 May 2011 at 08:19

2gb of memory now a days though its really low, i would definately invest in another 2gb
and you will notice some difference.

DragonQ · 23 May 2011 at 11:28

Firefox usually uses 500-700 MB for me, with ~20 tabs open.

Meekal · 23 May 2011 at 12:03

JimboJet said:
...and get rid of Norton, its notorious for being a resource hog!

+1 Best thing anyone with norton could do :-)

badogblue · 23 May 2011 at 13:21

Just realized I made a serious typo, I meant to say that after 5 min it uses around 130mb and over time gets as high as 300mb or more, with just one tab open.

badogblue · 23 May 2011 at 20:40

Found this graph that shows average memory usage with 1 tab open. How is it then when i run IE9 with one tab open, memory usage reaches over 300mb.
Could this be "memory leak" as it never decreases, just remains constant untill a new page is loaded were it increases by 20-30mb. Though this happens with every website!

Any help would be most appreciated.