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Title: Google Chrome Slow To Load
Post by: Oscar on May 04, 2013, 12:18:33 am

Hi i have downloaded Google Chrome to replace IE7 but seems to slower than IE to load web pages.

The computer is XP low resources.

I there anything i can do too make this quicker, if not i will go back to IE7.

Thanks in advance

Title: Re: Google Chrome Slow To Load
Post by: Gamezertruth on May 04, 2013, 05:03:38 am

hi .  :smiley:

try firefox !  :artist:

Title: Re: Google Chrome Slow To Load
Post by: Shane on May 06, 2013, 12:23:56 pm

Chrome is normally faster, I myself use firefox.

Which ever you use make sure to turn down how much cache it keeps. I hate those. They will keep 1 gb normally. And 1 gb of tiny files becomes a few hundred thousand files. I also keep the cache low like 8 mb. Then it is far less hard drive access to try and load the cache.

Shane

Title: Re: Google Chrome Slow To Load
Post by: Oscar on May 06, 2013, 03:08:31 pm

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Chrome is normally faster, I myself use firefox.

Thanks Shane
The laptop is XP Home Edition (low resources) Dial up.
Chrome better for this setup, i don't want to download Firefox if there is no improvement.

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Which ever you use make sure to turn down how much cache it keeps. I hate those.

How do i turn down this?

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I also keep the cache low like 8 mb. Then it is far less hard drive access to try and load the cache.

How do i adjust to 8mb,( is this the same as above) or a separate adjustment?


Thanks again

Title: Re: Google Chrome Slow To Load
Post by: Shane on May 06, 2013, 03:15:00 pm

I dont know how they are with dial up. And with dial up you will want to use the cache more so it doesnt have to download the files again.

Try firefox, if it doesnt feel good then stick with IE. (Never thought I would say that lol)

Shane

Title: Re: Google Chrome Slow To Load
Post by: Oscar on May 06, 2013, 04:53:48 pm

Thanks Shane

Should i still reduce the cache by something?

If so how do i do this?

Thanks again

Title: Re: Google Chrome Slow To Load
Post by: Shane on May 07, 2013, 11:44:50 am

No, leave it be as with dial up you will need the caching more than ever :wink:

Shane

Title: Re: Google Chrome Slow To Load
Post by: Oscar on May 07, 2013, 11:17:00 pm

Quote from: Shane on May 07, 2013, 11:44:50 am

No, leave it be as with dial up you will need the caching more than ever :wink:

Shane

Thanks Shane

Is that why it is faster when i load the same web page for the second or third time?

Title: Re: Google Chrome Slow To Load
Post by: Shane on May 08, 2013, 03:26:57 pm

Yes. Thats what cache is. It will load from cache instead of downloading from the site. On my high speed I turn cache down to low since I have the speed. But on dial up cache is a life saver :-)

Shane