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Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation

From Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
Newsgroups uk.comp.homebuilt
Subject Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation
Date 2026-06-23 11:30 +0100
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David wrote:

> I have started getting "out of memory" or similar errors, mainly in Chrome.
> Apparently this is a "thing".
> 
> However when I check with Task Manager the memory usage is generally
> between 70% and 75%.
> To my mind 25%-30% free should be enough head room.
> 
> Anyone else encountered this?
I don't use Chrome often enough that I'd notice, but between Firefox and 
Thunderbird, it's pretty common for 80% of memory to be in use, it's not 
brilliant that apps just gobble memory like that, but it's better that 
Windows allows them to use the memory you've bought, rather than let it 
sit unused ...

How many tabs do you have open?  I you close Chrome and re-open it how 
low does memory usage start at, and long does it take to get back to 75% ?

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Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation David <wibble@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-23 09:55 +0000
  Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-23 11:30 +0100
  Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Abandoned Trolley <that.bloke@microsoft.com> - 2026-06-23 11:56 +0100
    Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-23 12:17 +0100
      Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Abandoned Trolley <that.bloke@microsoft.com> - 2026-06-23 12:24 +0100
        Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-23 12:42 +0100
          Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2026-06-30 17:26 +0100
            Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-30 17:23 +0100
    Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation David <wibble@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-24 11:17 +0000
      Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-24 13:11 +0100
        Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation David <wibble@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-24 15:35 +0000
  Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-06-23 16:40 +0200
  Re: Windows 10 - browsers struggling for memory at 75% utilisation Andrew <Andrew97d@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-23 15:49 +0100

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