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1 - what are all the computer specs needed for chrome with 1

Aug 16, 2017 12:01AM PDT

1 - what are all the computer specs needed for chrome with 100-1000+ tabs to run smoothly?

8g ram on win10 is not enough, need 16g ram

opening lots of tabs makes computer very slow -- for a long long time..

what are the specs to resolve all these problems

2 - would using chrome on win10 or chromeos make any signficant difference or no?

3 - are there any key tests to run on the current computer (and to test on future new computer to make sure all is working stable)? to see what's up with chrome?

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Could take a monster machine.
Aug 16, 2017 8:18AM PDT

Since Chrome could eat a thread for each tab you want the highest core count known today.

So without getting into multiple CPU Xeon machines you are looking at the new i9 with 18 cores and 36 threads. My bet is you'll install 32 to 64GB RAM as well.

There would be no hard disk drives but all SSD to remove another bottleneck.

I can't guess why anyone would do this since that many Chrome tabs would not be visible unless well, this rig -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nthOpo5tQDk there is a part 2 where they got it working.

You are asking for something of a monster machine. Some companies make and sell something less like https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8pack-orionx-dual-pc-extreme-overclocked-pc-intel-core-i7-6950x-and-intel-core-i7-7700k-fs-006-8p.html

I can't guess why you asked but it is possible for a price.

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Just starting with ram
Aug 16, 2017 12:54PM PDT

Open one tab and look at ram usage.

Open 2 and then 3 and then 4 tabs and look at ram usage.

Now do some quick math to see what kind of ram you will need to support 100's of tabs.

I suspect you might be pushing the limits of a consumer grade machine.

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Re: tabs
Aug 16, 2017 1:12PM PDT

That really depends on what you mean with "run".

For example, Firefox 55 opens 1651 tabs 15 seconds on a normal PC, as shown in http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/07/firefox-55-quantum-flow-tabs.
Not bad at all. When running with many tabs forget Chrome.

However, Chrome will run fine with 1 tab in RAM and 1650 tabs in a large enough virtual memory, if those 1650 tabs are not active. If you switch to one of those tabs that means swapping the current one out and the new one in, but with an SSD you might find the timelag acceptable.

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Chrome is a heavy thing.
Aug 16, 2017 1:58PM PDT

I've heard this question before and as long as a big heavy app like Chrome is listed the answers tend to go to the 20KUSD or higher PCs. Frankly I'd just switch to what you noted.

But something odd is going on here. That many tabs. How long would it take to see if they are working?

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chrome^
Aug 17, 2017 1:47AM PDT

good link, this must've been firefox somewhat recently changed something

before that change it was like chrome

with how it handle tabs

but nobody uses firefox anyway -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14420972

chrome has many various way to handle the tab problem

i'll have to think about this...

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Here's Safari with hundreds of pages on an iPhone.
Aug 17, 2017 3:26PM PDT

2 hundred and nine to be exact. Not all "active" but does point out there are less machine crushing browsers.
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Post was last edited on August 18, 2017 11:14 AM PDT

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Source for that image.
Aug 17, 2017 3:28PM PDT
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image seems missing
Aug 17, 2017 10:51PM PDT

image seems missing, are these tabs with content or blank cos they cant be blank to actually test

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They removed it.
Aug 18, 2017 11:15AM PDT

Too bad since it was mildly interesting to so 209 tabs on Safari on an iPhone.

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was the tabs with content or was it blank
Aug 18, 2017 3:11PM PDT

was the tabs with content or was it blank

why would they remove that for....

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Tabs had content.
Aug 18, 2017 4:06PM PDT

It was mildly interesting as it shows just how heavy Chrome is on resources.

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how much ram about used?
Aug 19, 2017 4:34PM PDT

how much ram about used?

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You have to test for that.
Aug 19, 2017 4:56PM PDT
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thought that image had shown the ram or something like that
Aug 19, 2017 10:42PM PDT

thought that image had shown the ram or something like that

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If you meant the video I had shared
Aug 20, 2017 7:06AM PDT

It is now gone. I did not keep a copy.

Post was last edited on August 20, 2017 7:07 AM PDT

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thought it was an image, it's an image hosting site
Aug 20, 2017 4:07PM PDT

regardless, im asssuming the link showed the ram?

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I didn't take notes, just saw it and thought to share.
Aug 20, 2017 4:18PM PDT

It was just something I tripped over and shared. But they removed it before you could see it.

Anyhow, I see above someone noted how to see how much RAM you'll need for your Chrome idea.