Is Google Chrome browser buggy ??

peter999

What's people's experience with Google Chrome browser, is it buggy ??

Occasionally pc tasks slow down, when I check Task Manager, CPU usage is very high.

Then I see there are 3 Chrome tasks with high CPU usage, when I have only 1 Chrome browser open.

I haven't previously opened any other Chrome bowsers or tabs.

Anyone geting same problem ??

peter999

busenbust

Occasionally pc tasks slow down, when I check Task Manager, CPU usage is very high.

Strange, most people complain about Firefox in that regard (not myself I'm glad to say;) ). I have used Chrome but I'm sticking to trusty old FF.

4743hudsonj

peter999 wrote: »

What's people's experience with Google Chrome browser, is it buggy ??

Occasionally pc tasks slow down, when I check Task Manager, CPU usage is very high.

Then I see there are 3 Chrome tasks with high CPU usage, when I have only 1 Chrome browser open.

I haven't previously opened any other Chrome bowsers or tabs.

Anyone geting same problem ??

peter999

Nope not at all. Its one of the more stable ones.

One thing is though, that it has high memory usage (RAM) and these are the processes you found, you cannot see what processes are using up cpu;). If you have low RAM then you may well feel a slow down. It shouldnt be as much as you say, as it uses less RAM than FF and not much more than the others (mainly down to its raw speed).

Maybe do a full virus check to check your pc is clean. There could be some nasties behind the slowdown. This has been borrowed from Browntoa in another thread, follow it step by step.......


Please download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware and save it to your desktop.
Make sure you are connected to the Internet.
Double-click on mbam-setup.exe to install the application.
When the installation begins, follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.
When installation has finished, make sure you leave both of these checked:
Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
Then click Finish.
MBAM will automatically start and you will be asked to update the program before performing a scan. If an update is found, the program will automatically update itself. Press the OK button to close that box and continue. If you encounter any problems while downloading the updates, manually download them from here and just double-click on mbam-rules.exe to install.
On the Scanner tab:
Make sure the "Perform Quick Scan" option is selected.
Then click on the Scan button.
If asked to select the drives to scan, leave all the drives selected and click on the Start Scan button.
The scan will begin and "Scan in progress" will show at the top. It may take some time to complete so please be patient.
When the scan is finished, a message box will say "The scan completed successfully. Click 'Show Results' to display all objects found".
Click OK to close the message box and continue with the removal process.
Back at the main Scanner screen, click on the Show Results button to see a list of any malware that was found.
Make sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
When removal is completed, a log report will open in Notepad.
The log is automatically saved and can be viewed by clicking the Logs tab in MBAM.
Copy and paste the contents of that report in your next reply and exit MBAM.
Note: If MBAM encounters a file that is difficult to remove, you may be asked to reboot your computer so it can proceed with the disinfection process. Regardless if prompted to restart the computer or not, please do so immediately. Failure to reboot normally (not into safe mode) will prevent MBAM from removing all the malware. MBAM may make changes to your registry as part of its disinfection routine. If you're using other security programs that detect registry changes, they may alert you after scanning with MBAM. Please permit the program to allow the changes.


Also, download and run Hijack This. Run the "Do a system scan and save a logfile" option. Once it is complete (few seconds) a log file will appear and paste its contents here. DO NOT do ANYTHING else on Hijack This as one wrong move can render with bigger problems than you started.

Dime_Bar

Also note that Chrome shows a task per tab open, this way if one tab crashes you do not have to restart the whole browser.

I use it all the time and have up to 20 tabs open at anyone time and have no problems.

negg

I find it has very high CPU usage compared to most other browsers. It often hangs for several minutes at a time whilst hammering the hard disk (I assume this is a badly written part of the software that is deleting out-of-date cached items).

The worst thing I find about Chrome is that is regularly stutters a lot and has problems with FlashPlayer. Sometimes takes 4 or 5 seconds to start a Flash item starting which isn't brilliant if a webpage has 15 adverts that all require Flash!

4743hudsonj

negg wrote: »

I find it has very high CPU usage compared to most other browsers. It often hangs for several minutes at a time whilst hammering the hard disk (I assume this is a badly written part of the software that is deleting out-of-date cached items).

The worst thing I find about Chrome is that is regularly stutters a lot and has problems with FlashPlayer. Sometimes takes 4 or 5 seconds to start a Flash item starting which isn't brilliant if a webpage has 15 adverts that all require Flash!

Interesting, i have never had this issue. Are you fully up to date? Im personally always running the betas. I also use safari 4 but cant see any difference between them and i prefer chromes layout.

[Deleted User]

4743hudsonj wrote: »

One thing is though, that it has high memory usage (RAM) and these are the processes you found, you cannot see what processes are using up cpu;).

Windows Task Manager displays values for both the overall CPU usage and also what percentage an individual process is using, although the majority will all be displayed as 00 because Task Manager will only display in whole numbers..

negg

Are you fully up to date?

Yes. The latest version isn't as bad as the previous one I had (version 3?), so there has been an improvement at least.

Bunny82

I liked it but it made my ancient laptop run like an asthmatic dog. Strangely, Firefox doesn't.

bob_a_builder

I find the speed etc fine
but the one issue I do keep getting with it is on forms with radio buttons and check boxes, these will often not display at all, or on rare occasions might do if you just happen to move over the 'secret' button/box. same sites show fine in IE etc
Just seems such a major thing for it to be a still unfixed bug, else something odd about my pc ( athiough I think I get it on more than one)

tweeter

More browser stuff to be worried about.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8463516.stm