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Opera is SLOW!
And I'm not just talking about normally slow, I am talking SUPERSLOW! Opera is reactiong so extremly slow these days I can hadrdy browse the bwe with it!After yesterdays reinstall of Opera, from 7.03 to 7.30 beta 3, I had to get 7.20 because the beta was seriously messed up. But now, I can hardly use it anymore.
Absolutely every page I try to browse is beeing downloaded at a speed of maximum 30 kB/s, as opposed to 140 kB/s I usually get!
Speedtests indicate that with Opera I get 900-930 kb/s, and with Internet Explorer I get 1130 kb/s! It's wild!
When I am browsing my favorite phpBB2 forum, at www.hardware.no, each post in the topic comes up one by one, at a speed of 0.05 kB/s!
What the HELL has happened to my Opera?
Increase the number of connections Opera makes to a server & the max total number of connections.
Are you using ZoneAlarm?
cg
Are you using ZoneAlarm?
cg
I'm sure we can sort this out - your browser won't limit your connection speed if the settings are correct.
Go to preferences: Alt-P
Under Network->Server name completion, uncheck look for local machine and name completion.
Play around with the number of network connections: something in the region of 16/32 should do it.
Uncheck synchronous DNS.
That's the first things to sort out. See what difference they make and report back!
Go to preferences: Alt-P
Under Network->Server name completion, uncheck look for local machine and name completion.
Play around with the number of network connections: something in the region of 16/32 should do it.
Uncheck synchronous DNS.
That's the first things to sort out. See what difference they make and report back!
Look at your preferences in file, preferences, network. Might be something there. I have mine set at 16/32 for max connections.. and uncheck the synchronous DNS (if it's checked)
See here for some useful tips: http://nontroppo.org/wiki/Opera7Performance
and here: http://my.opera.com/tips/
Clearing the cache might help too.
edit: arcticfox beat me to it.
See here for some useful tips: http://nontroppo.org/wiki/Opera7Performance
and here: http://my.opera.com/tips/
Clearing the cache might help too.
edit: arcticfox beat me to it.
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!
Originally posted by arcticfox
I'm sure we can sort this out - your browser won't limit your connection speed if the settings are correct.
Go to preferences: Alt-P
Under Network->Server name completion, uncheck look for local machine and name completion.
Play around with the number of network connections: something in the region of 16/32 should do it.
Uncheck synchronous DNS.
That's the first things to sort out. See what difference they make and report back!
Done, done, done and done. No changes in the speed here
I also think it's something with your ISP or maybe you need to tweak your Opera settings since you just installed a new version. Page loading seems about the same for me with Opera 7.20b3, Firebird .061 and MyIE2/IE6. If anything Opera is a little faster. Checked my bandwidth speed at http://webservices.cnet.com/bandwidth/ with all three and there was little difference.
Opera 1487 kbps
Firebird 1591 kbps
MyIE2 1555 kbps
Opera 1487 kbps
Firebird 1591 kbps
MyIE2 1555 kbps
"The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity."
- Harlan Ellison
Opera 8.54, Windows XP SP1, Pentium III 800 MHz, 512MB RAM - Opera 8.54, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Pentium III 700 Mhz, 512MB RAM - Opera 8.54, Ubuntu Dapper, Pentium II 350 Mhz, 384MB RAM[/color]
- Harlan Ellison
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I want to agree that it is your ISP. Last year I had terrible problems that led to a complete reinstall of Windows, all because my ISP wouldn't admit they had problems with my dialup line.
Intel Core Duo Dell Laptop | 512 RAM | WinXP | Opera 9.25 | 24,000 dialup | Opera ID'd as Opera | My Blog
Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it. -- Jules Renard, 1890
| 24,000 dialup | Opera ID'd as Opera | My BlogLook for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it. -- Jules Renard, 1890
I don't know what it is then Opera takes about 6 seconds to download 1MB for me.
"The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity."
- Harlan Ellison
Opera 8.54, Windows XP SP1, Pentium III 800 MHz, 512MB RAM - Opera 8.54, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Pentium III 700 Mhz, 512MB RAM - Opera 8.54, Ubuntu Dapper, Pentium II 350 Mhz, 384MB RAM[/color]
- Harlan Ellison
Opera 8.54, Windows XP SP1, Pentium III 800 MHz, 512MB RAM - Opera 8.54, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Pentium III 700 Mhz, 512MB RAM - Opera 8.54, Ubuntu Dapper, Pentium II 350 Mhz, 384MB RAM[/color]
Well, I don't know what to say because Opera loads pages a lot faster on my poor little old computer than MSIE does. Although I don't test it that often because it is so painful to open that other browser.
I'm sure someone here will finally lead you to the solution.
to open that other browser. I'm sure someone here will finally lead you to the solution.
Intel Core Duo Dell Laptop | 512 RAM | WinXP | Opera 9.25 | 24,000 dialup | Opera ID'd as Opera | My Blog
Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it. -- Jules Renard, 1890
| 24,000 dialup | Opera ID'd as Opera | My BlogLook for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it. -- Jules Renard, 1890
Originally posted by Blib
Wel, as I said, I DID a speed test, at ITAvisen.no, which is a lot closer to me, and IE won by 200 kb/s
Also, I can feel the difference HUGELY when browsing with Opera verus IE. Opera takes like 30 secs to 1 minute to load 100-150kB!
How did you test? Which browser you tested first? How many times did u test?
I have done a few tests myself in the past.....
Over the Internet you have network conditions, network congestion, DNS Lookup time, caching by your ISP, all sorts of things that COULD be influencing your TEST results..
And you also have your PC, avaliable Ram, Caching of Pages in your Temporary internet files, and the Html in the Page you are loading. Those are all factors.
So...
I tested Opera (several versions) against Internet Explorer 5.5 (on w98SE) and IE6 (on w2000), by loading a semi-large sized PAGE (apx. 1mb+images) from my Local Network.
I cleared my Cache (temp inet files) every single time to make sure that wasn't influencing the results.
I DID NOT SEE more than 1/2 of a second difference
between IE (any version) and Opera (any version 5-7) ever.
The Html Doc I used was a (valid) XHTML E-Book (with a Stylesheet) and a few Images.
I don't notice any difference over the Internet either.
But I BLOCK all ADS, all FLASH, and animated gifs.
So maybe that is a factor to...
Over the Internet you have network conditions, network congestion, DNS Lookup time, caching by your ISP, all sorts of things that COULD be influencing your TEST results..
And you also have your PC, avaliable Ram, Caching of Pages in your Temporary internet files, and the Html in the Page you are loading. Those are all factors.
So...
I tested Opera (several versions) against Internet Explorer 5.5 (on w98SE) and IE6 (on w2000), by loading a semi-large sized PAGE (apx. 1mb+images) from my Local Network.
I cleared my Cache (temp inet files) every single time to make sure that wasn't influencing the results.
I DID NOT SEE more than 1/2 of a second difference
between IE (any version) and Opera (any version 5-7) ever.
The Html Doc I used was a (valid) XHTML E-Book (with a Stylesheet) and a few Images.
I don't notice any difference over the Internet either.
But I BLOCK all ADS, all FLASH, and animated gifs.
So maybe that is a factor to...
Originally posted by akh
Did you install the beta over the 7.03?
Okay, after checking version numers, heres the deal:
7.03, overwritten y 7.20 beta 3.
Buggy
overwritten by 7.11
And I tested with ITAvisen.no's speedtest, which I've ALWAYS gotten MAX on (1100). I first did one with Opera, then 3 with IE and then 5 more with Opera.
And I've been using Opera for quite som time now, and this only began a few days ago. It's not the result of that speed test that worry me, since I *know* Opera is faster, or used to be, it's just that when loading pages it goes HORRIBLY slow! When I try IE on those same pages it loads in half the time. And we're talking about IE here!
And I don't think it is chache...
Your Opera installation must be messed up if it is loading pages that slowly. Please try a fresh installation and test that (you can keep your current installation on the machine, just put the new one in a different folder). Maybe something bad happened when you went back a version.
Originally posted by Blib
Oi! What happened?
Heh, suddenly it was fixed! I took a 3 hour nap and now Opera is back at full speed!
I even got 1356 kb/s on the speedtest (!!)
Well, thanks anyways guys and girlies
Hmmm, I guess whatever you did to fix Opera while you were sleepwalking worked then.
Yeah, I better try sleeping next to my computer with it turned on a bit more often then
But I am guessing it might be the ISP yeah. 'Cause now it's slow again.
And I didnt get 1350 kb/s for nothing. ISP raised it. Doing it for all their customers. Was probably some problem concering that upgrade that is causing the low speeds atm. Trouble etc...
But I am guessing it might be the ISP yeah. 'Cause now it's slow again.
And I didnt get 1350 kb/s for nothing. ISP raised it. Doing it for all their customers. Was probably some problem concering that upgrade that is causing the low speeds atm. Trouble etc...