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I have tried for several days to get Firefox to use this GPU; I cannot. Chrome, and Edge use this GPU without issues.

I am using Firefox 151.0 (64-bit) 20260516144017 on Windows 11 Pro 25H2, 26200.8457 Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU with latest driver: NVIDIA RTX Driver Release R595 U4 (596.36) Tue Apr 28, 2026.

Windows > System > Display > Graphics > Firefox GPU preference: High Performance (NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU)

Firefox Settings: General > Performance:

unchecked Use recommended performance settings
 checked    Use hardware acceleration when available

My latest combination of settings are:

gfx.webrender.all = true gfx.webrender.force-disabled = false

webgl.default-low-power = false webgl.disable-wgl = false webgl.disabled = false webgl.enable-prototype-webgl2 = true webgl.force-enabled = true

I have tried several combination of settings to no avail.

I always get: about:support > Graphics > Compositing: WebRender (Software).

Any help is very appreciated -- thank you.

The GPU isn't working properly... I've attached screenshots of the browser I have installed. If needed, I can take any logs, etc. It's very frustrating - I have a fairly old processor and its GPU isn't working properly! If needed, I can create a thread on the forum and attach any information about my system. Sorry if I'm in the wrong place! Best regards, and thank you for the best browser in the world!

I open Firefox and Chrome with the exact same page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/

Chrome is using 296 MB while Firefox is using 590 MB.

What am I doing wrong?

Hey there since a week when I brows with Firefox on Windows desktop the RAM uses jumped from around 60% spiked to 92-95% RAM and that changed just come a long a week ago. If change brows like Chrome different story, back down at 65. So you can also see a massive number on Firefox system running.

Question: Whats the reason for the change? What happend?

Best, Janosch

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Have I made some errors in the Setup?

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Fox version 150.0 is consuming all available system RAM after the latest update. What's going on? I've been using this browser for years, and this is the first time I've encountered such problems! The tips in optimization guide aren't helping!

My problem may not be from the same cause, but I'm experiencing the same issue. Ever since my MacBook M3 Max updated to Tahoe, Firefox has been draining my battery incredibly fast. Before Tahoe, I could count on 8-9 hours of constant work with mixed use of higher processing work. Now, I'm lucky to get 4 hours of light browsing. Before I totally blame Apple, has anyone else experienced a recent shift?

HI i have an ASUS-VivoBook laptop that has an intel i5 10th gen and geforce mx250 with 8gb ddr4 ram when i use firefox it uses about 550 mb ram alone on one page only is that supposed to happen ? if not how can i reduce my ram usage and power usage from settings and thank you for this amazing web browser i realy like the animated castle town from deltarune theme i am never going back to chrome THANKS ALOT

Dlaczego FIREFOX spowalnia i często karty się samoczynnie przeładowują? Nie zdążysz jednego artykułu przeczytać i się wszystko odświeża, cały czas się odświeża. Na konkurencyjnych przeglądarkach MICROSOFT EDGE i AVG SECURE BROWSTER cały czas działające odświeżanie nie występuje !!!!!

henn typing website keeps going to about blank/ crashes all time/ locks up unable to open sites like home depot/autozone xtra slow respondes. must be time to use something else firefox has gotten unusable

Bonjour, J'utilise Firefox depuis plusieurs années sur Mac et, jusqu'ici, tout fonctionnait bien. Depuis quelques mois, la navigation est ralentie voire bloquée. La roue multicolore tourne pendant quelques secondes à plusieurs minutes, allant jusquà bloquer le système et forcer le redémarrage. Pour continuer à travailler, je suis contrainte d'utiliser d'autres navigateurs, dont Chrome (!), sur lesquels je n'ai pas de problème.

Lorsque Firefox est en arrêt (roue qui tourne pendant plusieurs minutes), je peux basculer sur un autre navigateurs ou utiliser un autre programme sans difficulté. Le problème vient bien de Firefox. Aucune mise à jour iOS ou de Firefox n'est venue à bout de cette difficulté.

Je rencontre ce problème, quel que soit le type d'onglets ou programmes ouverts. Le message d'erreur me dit que j'utilise trop de mémoire pour les applications, mais les autres navigateurs fonctionnent parfaitement dans les mêmes conditions. Et ces applications sont par ailleurs nécessaires à mon activité.

Si vous pouvez m'aider, je serais ravie de pouvoir continuer à profiter de la sécurité de Firefox.

Merci à vous, Manuella Georget