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[EatinOlives]

Chrome. Yes it's a resource hog but from my experience FF is worse.

I'd love to say Edge but, like you said, it just isn't ready for prime-time. I've had several CTDs and some general fuckery the first few days I began using it. One time I closed the browser and upon reopening it opened every single tab I had ever opened the past day or so. I'm talking like 30 tabs of sites I had closed many, many hours prior. It just kept that shit in memory and vomited it on my screen for no reason.

 

[Bl4ckSunsh1n3]

The recent update of Firefox to work better with Windows 10 has been pretty good for me so I'll use it for now. I switch between it and Chrome but, come September I'm looking to move away from Chrome on a pretty permanent basis.

 

[kudoboi]

do you own stock from an ram manufacturer ?
that is the most overated bull i read all day.

4 gig is enough xD
heck i still do 6 gig ram no game uses it.
8+ is for video rendering ps music and rendering 3dsmax etc.

srsly chrome is a memory hog and all but 4gig is more than enough to handle it xD

extensions + many tabs opened.

 

[Ushay]

Edge primary, Chrome secondary.

 

[ghibli99]

Another vote for Chrome here. Plays nice with all the Microsoft cloud apps I use for work, so I haven't even had to use/try Edge. Having everything synced across all devices is what makes it the best for me. I'm a pretty casual user, but that feature alone makes it the only browser I ever use.

 

[Winterblink]

Chrome 64-bit, unless you want to play a battlelog game, then also have Firefox handy.

 

[Vinsanity.]

I'm surprised no one has said "Tor"

 

[NoblesseOblige]

I vote for Chrome. Firefox has always acquired a memory leak regardless of what I do to try and curb it.

 

[Melon Husk]

Firefox is the best browser ever.

I use palemoon, mainly because it's basically firefox but I can have my tabs on the bottom if I wish.

++, I try not to rely on Google too much.

If a website uses Flash then any other browser.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Opera - I started using it again, after abandoning the brand when they ditched Opera 12(old Opera was my main browser for years), and went a more Chrome route with a lot less features. It's gotten a lot better, no real complaints

Cyberfox - For some reason, It ran many things really well on an old shitty laptop of mine, especially HD video, so it gets some love from me.

 

[Green Card]

Are you using the 64-bit version of Chrome? You have to select it from the Other Platforms section of the Chrome site.

My god I've been using the 32-bit version this whole time.

 

[Cake Boss]

Opera is my browser <3

 

[Trogdor1123]

I use Firefox 99% of the time but when i watch US netflix i use Chrome and hola. Seems to be a great combo.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

I just use Chrome because of the syncing between PC, Chromebook, and Android. Works well for me.

This plus Chrome Remote Desktop makes Chrome my every day browser. I have 16gb of ram though.

I still use Firefox and Edge as secondary.

 

[c0de]

I'm running Vivaldi as my main and Chrome as my secondary (both 64-bit).

Even though Vivaldi is not even on beta and buggy, it's still solid enough to be my main and has great features. On the case something don't work on Vivaldi, it generally works well in Chrome.

Vivaldi is what the new Opera should've been, yes.

 

[DirgeExtinction]

ITT I learned Chrome has a 64-bit version available.
.___.

 

[rjcc]

I use 64-bit chrome and regularly open more tabs than anyone has a right to use, it's fin e on my laptop with 8gb of RAM.

 

[Exalted]

Here is benchmark of all the main browsers not even a week old :

Web Browser Performance Showdown

 

[Fluxdyne]

How do I find this theme?


Seems like I need to just run both and choose, but I heard Firefox doesn't have a public 64bit download. Is that true?

There are public 64bit download links for the beta:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/beta/all/

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Firefox

 

[Spukc]

extensions + many tabs opened.

no not even close

 

[Chris1]

I use Firefox. May switch to Edge once it gets addons support but unsure yet.

 

[tmdorsey]

Here is benchmark of all the main browsers not even a week old :

Web Browser Performance Showdown

Thanks for this. From this video it seems like Chrome is still the overall better performer.

 

[cyress8]

Can't go wrong with the Netscape Navigator browser.

Seriously, go Chrome.

 

[Dicer]

Chrome, it's not even a contest...

FF fell off ages ago.

 

[MedIC86]

Its about personal preference, i really hate the omnibox thing of chrome, i dont need to see my bookmarks constantly etc, for me firefox is way more customizable etc, but i use waterfox because of the 64 bit support.

 

[rayisbeast]

I used FF a few years ago then I switched to Chrome for about 2 years. Chrome would just stop loading pages and GIFS would take a year to load them. So I had to switch back to FF. Sadly both browsers are in a bad shape currently.

 

[Exploratory]

I'm curious what don't you like about Edge?

 

[Arttemis]

Chrome. My Surface Pro 1 w/ 4 GBs of RAM has no problems running a dozen tabs open, several youtube videos, etc, open at once... on battery saving mode and only 85% of max CPU power.

 

[Sou Da]

Here is benchmark of all the main browsers not even a week old :

Web Browser Performance Showdown

Opera is a main browser? Over Firefox? More like benchmark of the chrome clones.

 

[tmdorsey]

I'm curious what don't you like about Edge?

No plugin/extension support as of now is the main issue.

Opera is a main browser? Over Firefox? More like benchmark of the chrome clones.

If you are talking about the video, they had Firefox as part of their comparisons.

 

[BaldusCattus]

(I admittedly use a damn lot of tabs on Firefox - 60-80 at work, nearly 300 at home. I really need to clean out my tabs.)

wat
Heard of bookmarks??

Seriously though, I'm sticking with Firefox for now on Win10. Not giving my GBs to Chrome.

 

[CreepingFear]

I have both firefox and chrome. Firefox for privacy and downloading youtube videos, Chrome for pretty much everything else.

 

[Shadow Hog]

Heard of bookmarks??

Why bother flooding my bookmarks when pages are kept in-between sessions anyway?

 

[dgrdsv]

Chrome + Firefox. I use Firefox as a primary browser and Chrome as a fallback / secondary one. Edge is a joke, I see no reason to use it whatsoever.

 

[CreepingFear]

Chrome + Firefox. I use Firefox as a primary browser and Chrome as a fallback / secondary one. Edge is a joke, I see no reason to use it whatsoever.

I think the real test will be this fall when it is supposedly going to get extensions. It's still a lot better than IE. I don't think it's a bad browser for the normal people out there who haven't heard of ad block.

 

[BraXzy]

Been using Opera for awhile now after Chrome kept slowing down. Not sure if it's the best out there but it hasn't given me grief yet.

 

[HowZatOZ]

I've just given up on using anything else now, Edge does what I need it to do albeit without some addons that I would like to see. I did however install Firefox yesterday to complete an assignment for uni but that's all I've used it for so far.

Can't really go back to any other browser, Edge just works.

 

[SandTorso]

How do I find this theme?


Seems like I need to just run both and choose, but I heard Firefox doesn't have a public 64bit download. Is that true?

You can either use the developer edition itself, or someone ported it to the stable release.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/devedition-theme-enabler/

It was something you could enable in about:config, but they removed that with version 40.

 

[SandTorso]

Chrome + Firefox. I use Firefox as a primary browser and Chrome as a fallback / secondary one. Edge is a joke, I see no reason to use it whatsoever.

For me Edge has FAR superior hardware acceleration. It's the only browser on my aging PC (Q6600 and GTX 670) that can handle twitch adequately

 

[dgrdsv]

I think the real test will be this fall when it is supposedly going to get extensions. It's still a lot better than IE. I don't think it's a bad browser for the normal people out there who haven't heard of ad block.

It has already lost as it is tied to the Windows platform. It doesn't have the flexibility of Firefox or the performance of Chrome. I don't understand why would anyone use it really.

For me Edge has FAR superior hardware acceleration. It's the only browser on my aging PC (Q6600 and GTX 670) that can handle twitch adequately

That's strange considering that all browsers are using the exact same Direct2D layer for h/w acceleration on Windows. And isn't Twitch limited to 1080p streams? Your 670 should be able to handle these with ease. I think there's some misconfiguration in your Chrome / FF if that's the results you're getting.

 

[mitchman]

I'm running Vivaldi as my main and Chrome as my secondary (both 64-bit).

Even though Vivaldi is not even on beta and buggy, it's still solid enough to be my main and has great features. On the case something don't work on Vivaldi, it generally works well in Chrome.

If simplicity is what you want, then Opera is a better Chrome. If you're more of an advanced user, then Vivaldi is the only really power user browser out there, although still in pre-beta.

Disclaimer: I work for Vivaldi and worked for Opera in the past, so I'm obviously biased.

 

[KrawlMan]

wow.

Am I wrong?

http://www.techspot.com/article/1043-8gb-vs-16gb-ram/page3.html

What's the point of quoting me with this response? The benefits of RAM can't be boiled down to how many frames you get.

Benefits emerge when switching between applications without needing to use pagefiles (HDD space). Let's say I'm gaming with Chrome up on one monitor, Skype running in the background and resource hog of a game on the other and I want to shift between them regularly. I can guarantee more RAM is better.

Edit: On Topic: I've been using Chrome with no issues, but I haven't touched Firefox since around 2010. I've heard things have improved greatly since then.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Chrome + Firefox. I use Firefox as a primary browser and Chrome as a fallback / secondary one. Edge is a joke, I see no reason to use it whatsoever.

Try it on a surface, its outstanding.

 

[Brad Grenz]

For me Edge has FAR superior hardware acceleration. It's the only browser on my aging PC (Q6600 and GTX 670) that can handle twitch adequately

Yeah, the HTML5 video player in Edge must use hardware decode support in GPUs better than Chrome or Firefox. On my rickety old Phenom II I can't play 1080p60 videos on YouTube reliably in anything but Edge. And on 720p60 videos it only uses 3-4% CPU versus 30% with Chrome. It's the difference between being able to play a game with a video on my 2nd monitor with no performance penalty and not.

 

[exfatal]

Chrome it takes all your ram cause it cares...

 

[dgrdsv]

Try it on a surface, its outstanding.

I have no plans of buying a Surface.

 

[RoadHazard]

Chrome for me, although yeah, with just 4GB of RAM it's tight.

 

[nintendork666]

I prefer Opera to both Chrome and Firefox. Works like a charm, no gimmicky bs.

 

[RoadHazard]

I've just given up on using anything else now, Edge does what I need it to do albeit without some addons that I would like to see. I did however install Firefox yesterday to complete an assignment for uni but that's all I've used it for so far.

Can't really go back to any other browser, Edge just works.

No ad block = no way. Sure, you can get around it by using host files and stuff, but eeeeh. A good ad blocker like uBlock is just so convenient.