50% CPU usage all of a sudden?
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I was trying to play games, and wondering why my CPU was running so damn hot when it wasn't before. Lone behold, Vivaldi is taking up 50% of my CPU. I only have 4 pages open and i only run a few extensions like Dark Reader and a video downloader. Nothing that should severely increase cpu load to 50% all of a sudden.
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@bluerosechill
Hi, check Vivaldi taskmanager from tool menu or Shift+Esc which process take so much CPU. On my system Vivaldi takes 3-5 % with a few tabs and 3 extensions running.Cheers, mib
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OS version, Vivaldi version, system specs -
for whatever reason, some sites are reaching 99% cpu on the Vivaldi Task Manager, two different wiki sites was using for a game. Sites that don't use that much on Edge, Opera GX or Chrome.
Windows 10: Version 1909 - Build 18363.1082
Vivaldi is on the most current version
CPU is an Intel 6 Core I5-8400
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@bluerosechill Now we know your system. Looks good.
But for a solution you should give an example which site (adress) caused the problem. ^^
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@Ice007 said in 50% CPU usage all of a sudden?:
@bluerosechill Now we know your system. Looks good.
But for a solution you should give an example which site (adress) caused the problem. ^^
https://www.ign.com/wikis/pokemon-sword-shield/List_of_Pokemon_(Pokedex)
https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/all
https://facebook.com
just in this instanceprobably others but i'll have to go through my 300+ bookmarks
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@bluerosechill Opened all 3. Usage is less 300MB. (Complete Vivaldi less 1.5 GB)
A new Extension or other shit installed? Windows Task-Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del) should tell you more. ^^
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@Ice007 No, no new extensions. Windows Task Manager is how i knew it was running with 50% CPU.
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@bluerosechill
Hi, I start my Windows 10 Pro and test your links with a Standalone installation of Vivaldi stable 3.3.2022.45.
All show 1-2 % CPU usage after a few seconds.
By the way, the Vivaldi taskmanager shows 6 threads as 600%.
Windows taskmanager shows 3-5% for all Vivaldi processes.
Please check with a Guest profile to exclude settings and extensions.
https://help.vivaldi.com/article/guest-view/Cheers, mib
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@mib2berlin I opened a guest window and opened all of the links. they did start at 30-40 but i gave it around 10 minutes and it had calmed down, but that doesn't happen with the main browser. Only thing i can think of is Dark Reader as nothing else tampers with website unless it's a store website or has videos. I need Dark Reader or white backgrounds are gonna burn my eyes.
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@bluerosechill
Hm, I add Dark Reader but after some seconds all linked pages are going down to 0-2 % if they are in background.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dark-reader/eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh/related
It is really trial and error, you can disable all extensions and if the issue is gone enable one by one.
The problem is sometimes disable is not enough, you have to remove the extension.
You can also create a new profile, sync without extensions and add Dark Reader first and so forth.
If all is working you can use the new profile as default, I can give you the information if you need then.Cheers, mib
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Have you got an ad or tracker blocker enabled? I have seen this behavior with sites that desperately want to track you. When it fails to access one tracker it immediately tries the next. On grammarly for instance, my blocker was blocking hundreds of thousands of net requests in just a couple minutes. It would max out my 8-core multithreaded CPU. The browser & blocker are behaving as they should, it's just terrible coding by the site, and every site I find that does this immediately ends up on my global block list.
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@BoneTone Just Vivaldi's built-in one
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@bluerosechill well, have you tested with it off, yet? It might not be the cause of your current issue, but as I mentioned, I've certainly seen similar behavior caused by a blocker dealing with sites hell-bent on tracking people.
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Also, this isn't the first performance issue I've seen people report with Dark Reader (if that is the cause of your issue). When I discovered Stylus I have up Dark Reader. Stylus can do what Dark Reader does, can do it with more control & configurability, and can also do so much more. It's like going from Chrome to Vivaldi, you suddenly feel free. Vivaldi gives you control of the browser, Stylus gives you control of the content.
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@BoneTone I have switched over to Stylus, and my browser sped up significantly, idk about CPU load, but... thank you for that.
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