google chrome hogs my cpu

[radiocity25]

Hey all

I wanted to have chrome run on my MBP but every time I install and use it, the CPU skyrockets and becomes very slow. Can anyone tell me why this is so?

 

[radiocity25]

no one knows why?

 

[Kawininja619]

How many tabs are you using? Each tab or window in chrome is its own process so... that may be your problem.

 

[stridemat]

It may be because its still in Beta, so all the bugs have not be sorted.

 

[RqThrottle]

Hey all
I wanted to have chrome run on my MBP but every time I install and use it, the CPU skyrockets and becomes very slow. Can anyone tell me why this is so?

I am on the Dev release, but try this:

On Chrome's menu bar, go to "View/Developer/Task Manager"

That should help you diagnose the issue.

 

[C64]

It runs fine here, but when I get to 20 tabs or so, after a while it just starts to go to 100% CPU. A restart of Chrome fixes it most of the time.

 

[radiocity25]

thanks everyone for the replies. Strangely, I am just on one tab and the CPU still skyrockets. I uninstalled chrome since I was worried about it. But still want to give it a go again.

 

[radiocity25]

anyone got any ideas??

 

[stridemat]

anyone got any ideas??

Beta software has bugs. When the final version is released hopefully it wont happen anymore. The CPU rocketing could be any number of reasons, many of which could be specific to your machine.

 

[2Bad4U]

Can anyone tell me why this is so?

It's probably because you are running flash.

 

[radiocity25]

how do i make it not run flash?

 

[thefunkymunky]

how do i make it not run flash?

Are you viewing sites with Flash content? Browse the Extensions Library and search for a Flash Blocker. I use FlashBlock.

 

[Mystikal]

how do i make it not run flash?

Dont go on the internet.

 

[radiocity25]

ok so I re-downloaded google chrome and it runs alright. but when i checked activity monitor I have 3 google chrome helper processes? Is that right?

 

[m85476585]

I tried it and it was unusable for me. I normally have lots of tabs open in Firefox, and my bookmarks folder is huge. Browsing bookmarks was painfully slow in Chrome, and when I tried to open >50 tabs, it just sat there using 100% CPU and didn't load anything.

Chrome makes extra processes for sandboxing tabs and plugins.

 

[WisdomWolf]

I tried it and it was unusable for me. I normally have lots of tabs open in Firefox, and my bookmarks folder is huge. Browsing bookmarks was painfully slow in Chrome, and when I tried to open >50 tabs, it just sat there using 100% CPU and didn't load anything.

Chrome makes extra processes for sandboxing tabs and plugins.

50 tabs? You're kidding, right?

 

[radiocity25]

even stranger. the more tabs i open the more google chrome helper processes pop up in activity monitor...huh?

 

[HerrWulf]

even stranger. the more tabs i open the more google chrome helper processes pop up in activity monitor...huh?

Chrome runs a separate process for each tab. It means that, if something breaks on one site, that the browser won't break, just that one tab.

 

[m85476585]

50 tabs? You're kidding, right?

I've gotten better. In the past I would often have over 100. I have so many tabs open because if I bookmark something I will loose it or forget about it.

I have such a big bookmarks file because I would always bookmark all tabs to save my session before Firefox had session saving.

 

[radiocity25]

ironic how chrome is supposed to be lighter. i did a test and chrome lags so much compared to safari. guess i'll just uninstall chrome til its out of beta or at least til it supports 10.6. thanks everyone.

btw does anyone know if i can have customizable themes for safari?