News Microsoft is working on a RAM limit slider for its Edge Browser, to prioritize memory-intensive applications, PC games

[Admin]

The latest Windows 11 Canary Build shows an interesting feature in Microsoft Edge, where users can limit the browser's RAM consumption with the ability to either run it always or only when a user plays any games.

Microsoft is working on a RAM limit slider for its Edge Browser, to prioritize memory-intensive applications, PC games : Read more

 

[YouFilthyHippo]

Any excess RAM that is needed will be deffered to pagefile. If paging is disabled, either tabs will cease function, until clicked on, at which point the page will have to refresh, possibly losing an open session that relied on constant connectivity. People are going to start getting pissed off at edge when their browser stops working properly, because 99.999999999% of end users are not computer literate. Then they will all switch to chrome because at least it works properly. Microsoft should probably put a disclaimer on there explaining how all this works

 

[Sippincider]

640k?

 

[Geef]

This will work for people with a lot of RAM. 32GB or more. That way any games your running won't have any trouble running if some of that is spent on an open browser. No pagefile needed with a ton of RAM.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

Memory usage is only a problem on office computers, student and media centered laptops, and DDR3 and earlier computers. In 2024 32GB DDR4-3200 is easily found for under $70 and 32GB DDR5-6000 is under $100. There is absolutely -zero- reason anyone should be using less than that on a desktop and 16GB on a laptop if it's being used for "memory-intensive" applications.

This shouldn't even be a problem except Microsoft refuses to implement proper memory requirements for Windows, they never have, and no tech site ever makes it clear that people should not buy RAM underequipped PCs, instead pointing out the CPU and GPU instead.

 

[USAFRet]

One more "setting" for people to misunderstand and misuse.

Like the "Number of Processors" checkbox.
Leave it alone!

 

[vijosef]

This is a great idea, and a necessary feature. I'm forced to use old notebooks limited to 4Gb by the manufacturers. The pagefile doesn't do his work, so programs crash or simply stop working ,when low on memory.

But I will not use any browser from Microsoft, because MS doesn't respect privacy.
I will use it when other browsers implement it.

 

[USAFRet]

This is a great idea, and a necessary feature. I'm forced to use old notebooks limited to 4Gb by the manufacturers. The pagefile doesn't do his work, so programs crash or simply stop working ,when low on memory.

But I will not use any browser from Microsoft, because MS doesn't respect privacy.
I will use it when other browsers implement it.

If you only have 4GB, it does not matter how you can allocate it...if you application(s) need more, it is simply not enough.

 

[coromonadalix]

Instead kill thoses many background process, even with no running Edge

yeah i know the settings, but still not enough

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

Instead kill thoses many background process, even with no running Edge

yeah i know the settings, but still not enough

The problem is Windows processes that aren't listed. As I sit here I have 15GB RAM in use, but only about 2GB is accounted for under the processes tab in task manager. According to RamMap, under active memory usage, 8GB is private process, 2.5GB mapped file. 1.7GB system PTE, 1.4GB nonpaged pool, and the rest are smaller amounts at just over 1GB, so I'm not sure how much Windows actually hides of what's in use.

Also don't forget that Windows 10 and 11 love to fill every bit of RAM that it can so you never have any -free- memory unless you have 64GB or more, it uses "AI" (or what used to just be called "algorithms") to fill RAM with files it thinks you will need for quick loading, called "Standby" memory (renamed Cached memory in Windows 11). Even though standby/cached memory is cleared on demand by active use programs it can cause performance hiccups, especially with "high demand applications" on systems with limited memory.

 

[sjkpublic]

This is so sad it is funny. Windows bloatware will have a memory slider for Edge? Remove the bloatware. Have the OS hide memory management from the user.
Smells like ChatGPT to me.

 

[hotaru251]

But will it be enough to tempt users away from Chome?

Edge is chromium....means its just (basically) a skinned chrome w/ few modifications.

and I'll die on Firefox before ever touching Chromium.

 

[das_stig]

Agree with "Alvar", what this memory management should be is to limit amount of ram a tab is allowed.

 

[usertests]

Wasn't this a feature "Opera GX" marketed on?