IE 7 CPU and memory utilization
I've noticed IE7 uses a lot more memory and CPU than IE6 used to. It is not uncommon for IE7 to lockup my machine with 90-100% cpu utlization for several seconds when opening a new complex page. Pages like ESPN's homepage and many others with several embedded Flash pieces and movies cause it. Long pages that make use of client-side XML manipulations cause it as well. I get the impression the rendering engine in IE7 is way suboptimal. Similarly, memory usage is high, and it's not unusual for a single instance to be using 150 Mb or more, even with just one or two tabs in use.
07/022/02007 12:12 PM
