hard to say really, think you should test the speed of chrome, then when its finished loading , then test the speed of firefox, because it depends on your internet connection speed too.
I recently moved from Firefox 4 to Chrome 11, i must say firefox has the best performance out of all browsers, but stability is still an issue, i cannot sustain my frustration on firefox's crash issues.
Chrome 11 is very stable, never ever has crashed on me and seemed that it has all my daily addons prepacked; pdf reader, flash, java, etc.. still has an issue with that random fullscreen mode on windows xp. I guess it's build more for Windows seven. I hope they could improve chrome's dl manager.
@sonic3243 Using more RAM doesn't mean other will be slower, it reserves the RAM it needs and then adds sometimes. In computer with lower RAM/Graphics it'll consume less of those resources and automatically lose the optimizations that cost large amounts of RAM. Hence how it works on the 512MB RAM Windows XP, but then also consumes 50MB per tab on a computer with the resources.
@3GenGames - Nope. By using more RAM, it limits the performance of other applications that would use that RAM would be limited to the free RAM.
I have a laptop with only 1GB RAM and Chrome used half of that with only one tab open. Chrome just needs to be optimized to run on computers with lower RAM, and with computers that do, still use less RAM.
@sonic3243 Really? My XP machine eats nowhere near that amount. And anyway, just be happy it runs on XP anyway, they could do the modern thing and drop support for computers without better dedicated video hardware. [Vista+] And it doesn't limit the other programs performance, that's BS. It may only limit performance if it has to utilize outside RAM [HDD] but that should never happen. Chrome will drop RAM usage when on the brink.
@3GenGames - I'm not gonna argue with that. I think Chrome is a great browser, but it needs a better computer.
IE9 is crap. But is also isn't. What browser you choose to use is what works for you. For me, any browser would work (because I MAKE it work lol), and IE8 has served me well.
I think Google Chrome seems to be most optimized on Mac OS X, it seems to have better hardware acceleration.
@sonic3243 Yeah, totally. That webkit engine came in handy for satifying the Mac crowd with its optimization. Only PC I haven't used it on was a Linux box yet. That'd be fun. I also believe that the reason it may have been using so much is because you possibly were on a page that loaded a crap ton of unneeded stuff, or was accounting the background RAM used by extensions on the page too. [See: Flash, other Adobe sh!t.] Yeah, IEX is crap. Always will be. FF is okay, but slow to me. Toolittlepage!
I think you made a valiant effort in testing these, but the page load time test must either be synchronized or timed individually. Clicking one after the other is going to introduce other variables. For example, Engadget might not want to send three downloads of their web page simultaneously to the same IP address. That means whichever one you click first (in this case, Chrome) will always finish first.
I think you made a valiant effort in testing these, but the page load time test must either be synchronized or timed individually. Clicking one after the other is going to introduce other variables. For example, Engadget might not want to send three downloads of their web page simultaneously to the same IP address. That means whichever one you click first (in this case, Chrome) will always finish first.
Google, we all love you. Thank you for doing everything right.
Mozilla, thank you for your attempt, but you know chrome is better.
Microsoft, you suck. How does it take you so long to develop a web browser that still isn't the best?! WHAT HAVE YOU PEOPLE BEEN DOING WITH ALL THE MONEY YOU GET FROM SELLING AN OPERATING SYSTEM WITH HOLES IN IT?!?!
@iMikeMiller Ie9 is the best browser to date, this test fails, you must benchmark the test either at the same time sychronized by either using command, or recording then synchronizing the video.
Firefox 10 nightly wins hands down
TheMsdos25 4 months ago
@Dialga003 Well there are some sites I want to remember but not bookmark ...
Pankomputerek 7 months ago
hard to say really, think you should test the speed of chrome, then when its finished loading , then test the speed of firefox, because it depends on your internet connection speed too.
buzincarl 7 months ago
@buzincarl Didn't really think of that at the time... Will make an update soon with all the suggestions that people are posting up here.
Pankomputerek 7 months ago
How can you make your Chrome look like that?
Hovertanke 7 months ago
@Hovertanke It's a theme from official theme gallery from google.
Pankomputerek 7 months ago
Chrome by far!
XXGOLDENXXDRAGONXX 7 months ago
I am just wondering, how can I delete IE9 and use Firefox 4 as my backup browser?
manutd1968 8 months ago
@manutd1968 You can't remove IE (at least in windows 7) but you can disable it from" Uninstall a program" menu (Turn Windows Features on or off)
Pankomputerek 8 months ago
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TheMsdos25 4 months ago
@manutd1968 if you uninstall IE9 it will revert back to IE8! Are you sure you wanna do that?
burger414 7 months ago
@burger414 you can install IE9 afterwards. (it's basicly reinstalling ie9)
TheOz1999 3 months ago
wooooooo firefox,firefox,firefox,firefox 4
rockmetal9739 8 months ago
bad review, he ran all in one instance, should have recorded timing and clear cache for all..
neogaiden 9 months ago
@neogaiden He did clear cache for all.
SOF006 8 months ago
@SOF006 timeline it plox.
neogaiden 8 months ago
I recently moved from Firefox 4 to Chrome 11, i must say firefox has the best performance out of all browsers, but stability is still an issue, i cannot sustain my frustration on firefox's crash issues.
Chrome 11 is very stable, never ever has crashed on me and seemed that it has all my daily addons prepacked; pdf reader, flash, java, etc.. still has an issue with that random fullscreen mode on windows xp. I guess it's build more for Windows seven. I hope they could improve chrome's dl manager.
cactussheep 9 months ago
also i think the features of firefox's awesome bar are given to little praise
deathpwnzer 9 months ago
firefox was a bit faster than chrome but not by much and if all the browsers are on the same bandwidth it makes for unaccurate testing
deathpwnzer 9 months ago
Try without the subjects they disrupt the browsers
(google tradutor, im brazilian)
MegaSapatin 10 months ago
test with google canary 13.0.571.0
im using he now
and its AWSUM
MegaSapatin 10 months ago
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IE9 32 bit is known to be much faster then 64 bit. Why did you use 64 bit? By default users get IE 32 bit even on 64 bit OS
yevgenus 10 months ago
IE9 32 bit is known to be much faster then 64 bit. Why did you use 64 bit? By default users get IE 32 bit even on 64 bit OS
yevgenus 10 months ago
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chuckb1991 10 months ago
there could be reasons why google chrome is faster. It could be consuming more performance or the caching of files could be higher
moosazoras 10 months ago
@moosazoras Perhaps, I'll look at that in my next comparisons because so much has happened since then...
Pankomputerek 10 months ago
@moosazoras it uses a lot of ram, so multitasking with other apps would be slower.
IE9 uses the least RAM, but then again, it's synchronized with the Explorer gui so it probably uses lots of ram anyways :P
sonic3243 9 months ago
@sonic3243 Using more RAM doesn't mean other will be slower, it reserves the RAM it needs and then adds sometimes. In computer with lower RAM/Graphics it'll consume less of those resources and automatically lose the optimizations that cost large amounts of RAM. Hence how it works on the 512MB RAM Windows XP, but then also consumes 50MB per tab on a computer with the resources.
3GenGames 9 months ago
@3GenGames - Nope. By using more RAM, it limits the performance of other applications that would use that RAM would be limited to the free RAM.
I have a laptop with only 1GB RAM and Chrome used half of that with only one tab open. Chrome just needs to be optimized to run on computers with lower RAM, and with computers that do, still use less RAM.
sonic3243 9 months ago
@sonic3243 Really? My XP machine eats nowhere near that amount. And anyway, just be happy it runs on XP anyway, they could do the modern thing and drop support for computers without better dedicated video hardware. [Vista+] And it doesn't limit the other programs performance, that's BS. It may only limit performance if it has to utilize outside RAM [HDD] but that should never happen. Chrome will drop RAM usage when on the brink.
3GenGames 9 months ago
@3GenGames - I'm not gonna argue with that. I think Chrome is a great browser, but it needs a better computer.
IE9 is crap. But is also isn't. What browser you choose to use is what works for you. For me, any browser would work (because I MAKE it work lol), and IE8 has served me well.
I think Google Chrome seems to be most optimized on Mac OS X, it seems to have better hardware acceleration.
sonic3243 9 months ago
@sonic3243 Yeah, totally. That webkit engine came in handy for satifying the Mac crowd with its optimization. Only PC I haven't used it on was a Linux box yet. That'd be fun. I also believe that the reason it may have been using so much is because you possibly were on a page that loaded a crap ton of unneeded stuff, or was accounting the background RAM used by extensions on the page too. [See: Flash, other Adobe sh!t.] Yeah, IEX is crap. Always will be. FF is okay, but slow to me. Toolittlepage!
3GenGames 9 months ago
chrome 12 beta is released, even faster than v.11
Bilijar9 11 months ago
@Bilijar9 well they release new version ever so often... I'll make a comparison soon with voice in background feature comparison etc....
Pankomputerek 11 months ago
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I think you made a valiant effort in testing these, but the page load time test must either be synchronized or timed individually. Clicking one after the other is going to introduce other variables. For example, Engadget might not want to send three downloads of their web page simultaneously to the same IP address. That means whichever one you click first (in this case, Chrome) will always finish first.
Good presentation, and well put together.
jrmckamey 11 months ago
I think you made a valiant effort in testing these, but the page load time test must either be synchronized or timed individually. Clicking one after the other is going to introduce other variables. For example, Engadget might not want to send three downloads of their web page simultaneously to the same IP address. That means whichever one you click first (in this case, Chrome) will always finish first.
Good presentation, and well put together.
jrmckamey 11 months ago
@jrmckamey Thanks for the tip I'll make an update soon... collecting ideas...
Pankomputerek 11 months ago
Google, we all love you. Thank you for doing everything right.
Mozilla, thank you for your attempt, but you know chrome is better.
Microsoft, you suck. How does it take you so long to develop a web browser that still isn't the best?! WHAT HAVE YOU PEOPLE BEEN DOING WITH ALL THE MONEY YOU GET FROM SELLING AN OPERATING SYSTEM WITH HOLES IN IT?!?!
iMikeMiller 11 months ago 2
@iMikeMiller Well Google Bill Gates. See what they were spending money on. Basically ripping people of.
Pankomputerek 11 months ago
@iMikeMiller You sir, are spot on :)
litchi231 11 months ago
@iMikeMiller Thats funny because IE9 just beat Firefox and Chrome in a speed test? What you got to say to that?
SOF006 8 months ago
@iMikeMiller Ie9 is the best browser to date, this test fails, you must benchmark the test either at the same time sychronized by either using command, or recording then synchronizing the video.
iGarthi 8 months ago