Best Browser for slow AMD E-350

[wurkfur]

Alright, topic says it all. I have a cheap laptop for my kids that I received for free after a family member unfortunately decided to do drugs and go for a drive leading to his own demise. That said, I have Win 7 on this guy and Chrome runs like crap. On other 4+ core systems I have Chrome seems like the fastest. But now Internet X-plor-whore, seems faster.

The system after my upgrades has 8 GB of ram and an SSD to speed things up. Any tips would be helpful on this system that only has a pair of slow 1.6 Ghz AMD cores.

 

[BigBadBeef]

It should work just fine. The only thing you can still do is format to windows XP or maybe even ubuntu, or you could make a RAMdisk and move browser cache there.

 

[i7Baby]

You should be fine with 8gb ram. Got slow internet? Or more kids on it?

 

[wurkfur]

My connection is 100 Mbit, so I'm fine there and speedtest shows 32 Mbit downstream to the laptop. I just didn't know if someone knew of some settings to try to get the GPU more involved or less involved. I just really hate IE.

 

[i7Baby]

Do a virus scan - Avast, Malwarebytes

 

[wurkfur]

This is a fresh Win 7 install with the latest drivers. I just was wondering if someone knew of a miracle setting in about:config or something that would speed things up. Chrome can't watch a 720p Youtube clip without choking but IE can. The sad part is Chrome is more threaded than IE. I think I'm just at the mercy of a pair of 1.6 Ghz AMD cores.

 

[i7Baby]

What speed internet have you got?

What make and model router? Dual Band?

What wifi card/chip are you using?

Have you tried a usb wifi card?

How many people share your internet?

Are there walls or floors between your laptop and the router? How far away from it are you?