ONE WORD: Turn off Efficiency mode
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My i5-4690 CPU 4th generation was also affected. I don't think efficiency mode makes sense on desktop at all.
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Since my OS is Windows 10 (most recent build), this feature is called Eco Mode.
I do not see it in the context menu of the Task Manager.
Is it only available for newer CPUs? My computer is from 2014. -
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@AllanH
I don't think that is only for newer CPUs, as my "old" Ryzen 1700 is also affected by this, an it causes a terrible performance -
@Pesanur said in ONE WORD: Turn off Efficiency mode:
@AllanH
I don't think that is only for newer CPUs, as my "old" Ryzen 1700 is also affected by this, an it causes a terrible performanceYou may be correct, but the fact remains that I do not see an "Eco Mode" option in the Task Manager context menu for any process.
From what I've read on MajorGeeks, it was supposed to be available to everyone in a Feature Update a couple of years ago.
If it wasn't included in one of the Cumulative Updates for Win10 (the only Update I really care about), that would explain my not seeing it. -
@wholesum
thanks. worked. microsoft need a way for us to disable this feature on desktops. its not needed. -
Just dropping in to say that this really slowed down my browsing as well, on a Ryzen 5 2600. In retrospect I now know that it started back when it was introduced on W10 and was the main reason for upgrading to W11, because I thought my installation was just too old and full. But of course it was just as laggy with W11.... until I disabled this anti-feature. I was about to change browsers, seriously.
Might want to give new users a heads-up during install, or even give the option to permanently disable it without having to tinker with shortcuts.
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Now I need a solution for macOS. It's getting really annoying, always missing 2-3 keystrokes if I forget to wait.
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@Tuexss I am a Linux and Windows user.
I do not know for MacOS how to create a app short and edit its property.
The command for Vivaldi to start would be
open -a "Vivaldi" --args -disable-features=UseEcoQoSForBackgroundProcess -
I can confirm too, that this solved my issues mostly.
Especially after the last major released 6.5 and 6.6, the performance on some website was extremely bad; starting with Amazon.de, which also is mentioned in other threads here, and later GMail. Maybe because they are more or less complex pages, don't know.
However, I also do see the broken website »dead bird« page myself also as reported in other threads and this is still occurring; also started around the last two majors.
When I followed the instructions here, the corresponding »green leaf« icon was removed from the Vivaldi threads in Windows Task Manager and the performance was immediately better at least.
Why is such an option not reflected in the settings to turn it off when it can have such drastic drawbacks? I know that this is a Windows feature and maybe Microsoft is trying to »optimize« Chromium here for their own browser, don't know. But since we know what »experts« in optimization and performance they are, it would fit ...
Please make this an officially settings so no parameter is needed to switch it.
Thanks to @wholesum for bringing in the missing link here!
Vivaldi has by far enough issues even without this. -
@wholesum - I just want to say a big thank you to the OP.
I use a Creative USB DAC in W11, and each time I opened multiple tabs in Vivaldi, the audio from my music player (Plexamp) would start stuttering. So, I simply stopped using Plexamp.
In HWiNFO64, I could see that the E-Cores of my Intel CPU (an i5-12600K) were being pegged to 100% when this happened, with the P-Cores underutilized. A quick Google search led me to this thread, and after adding this flag to my Vivaldi shortcut, the stutters are gone - thanks.
