So I'm almost 100% sure this is software, but I thought I'd ask for a second opinion or 100. I have 20-70 tabs open all the time. It seems like when I get passed a threshold of images on these pages, windows shits every where and I have all kinds of video issues, where windows smear, I can't read pages, basically the screen doesn't update and often I can't get to be able to view anything well again consistantly.

I think I might just be low on video memory, but shouldnt only what's currently being rendered be in video memory? I'm using firefox3 nightly, 7900gs 256mb, 1gb ram, 4400+x2 XP SP3.

[Edited on May 13, 2008 at 10:38 AM. Reason : sigh, fucked up the title]

5/13/2008 10:37:59 AM

You're out of just normal memory.

Buy more.

5/13/2008 10:44:18 AM

firefox is garbage. close some fucking tabs

5/13/2008 10:44:31 AM

someone should stuff the ie7/8 render engine into ie6/explorer. That would own p. hard.

5/13/2008 10:49:35 AM

Yep, you need more ram.

5/13/2008 11:05:40 AM

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"sigh, fucked up the title"

wouldn't it be nice if they implemented the 'edit title' feature.

5/13/2008 11:08:50 AM

ram is dirt cheap these days...sell that 1gb (whether 1 stick or 2 512mb sticks) and get two 1gb sticks for less than $40

5/13/2008 11:43:18 AM

yeah, I don't run ddr2. ddr1 still costs an arm and a leg. also, firefox only grabs ~300mb at most with 70 tabs open.

5/13/2008 11:50:05 AM

oh...might i suggest getting a new mobo and ram? it'd probably be cheaper than getting another 1gb stick of DDR

5/13/2008 11:54:09 AM

I'd rather run a linux box and xforward to my desktop than buy a new board, chip, and ram

5/13/2008 1:21:00 PM

managed to find 2gb of ddr1 for $69.. we'll see

5/13/2008 5:27:12 PM

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"also, firefox only grabs ~300mb at most with 70 tabs open."

Honestly, I can't imagine that's the case, unless it's not counting what it's paged.

5/13/2008 6:15:35 PM

using firefox 3 nightly build

5/13/2008 6:51:48 PM

that fixed it, unfortunately my 2gb pair doesnt coexist with my 1gb pair, so only 2gb, not 3gb

5/18/2008 8:46:44 PM