Considering this is basically Chromium with a bunch of code added on top to allow it to have a “menu bar” and fixed information bar (Like Firefox used to) it should be much zippier all around. It uses very little memory, however.īy using a tweak someone on the Vivaldi team gave me, I used a command to ignore the GPU blacklist… this helped with the processor usage (normal now, down to 1-2%) but it is still VERY slow. Opening the browser to a blank page used over half the processor. I found my processor was BLACKLISTED from Vivaldi, making graphics of any sort use up nearly 100% of the processor. Will the data be persistent, and then just flushed out when it goes over the 100 mb threshold? Or will I lose it (despite how I configured it) every time? Would it be worthwhile putting other, non-temp data there (extensions that don’t contain vital info, etc.)?įYI: I followed this fairly detailed guide (with the exception of the file format): ( ), and this one to enable exFAT ( ).Īnd lastly: just to confirm: I can do the same thing for Chrome (substituting “Chrome” for “Vivaldi” in your parameter)? I didn’t see that the file path for the cache was necessary when I looked in the Vivaldi file structure… and since they’re both Chromium-based…
I formatted it as exFAT (which was optimal per most things I read–that won’t be a problem on my Windows 10 圆4 system, will it?).
Now You: Have another tip for improving Vivaldi's performance?ĮDIT ON ABOVE QQ: I ended up determining (from what I read) that formatting it as an image disk set to start with Windows rather than as a volatile disk should be fine (will uninstall CCleaner just in case). Make sure that there is a "blank" between the path and filename, and the first parameter, e.g.Ĭ:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Vivaldi\Application\vivaldi.exe -disk-cache-dir=Z:\Vivaldi\ -disk-cache-size=1073741824 Select Properties in the menu that opens then, and add the parameters to the target field of the properties window. On Windows, you right-click on the Vivaldi icon (for instance on the taskbar), and right-click on Vivaldi in the menu that opens.
This enables low res tiling which helps on slower devices when scrolling pages. This enables low end device mode which improves memory consumption of the browser. enable-low-end-device-mode (may not be supported) If you have enough RAM, z: could be a ram disk to further improve the process. This moves the disk cache that Vivaldi uses to drive z:\, and sets the maximum cache size to 100 Megabytes (the value is in bytes). Useful if you open multiple pages of the same site regularly at the same time, as you will save quite a bit of memory then. This switches the multi-process model from using one process per page, to one process per site. While there may be some differences, you may use the following parameters to improve the browser's performance or resource usage further: Vivaldi supports pretty much the same startup parameters as Chromium and Google Chrome. Tip: I suggest you make use of the built-in Task Manager to monitor memory and CPU utilization of the browser, gpu, tabs and extensions.Įxtensions may slow down the browser, and you may want to disable some or even all to find out whether doing so improves the performance of the web browser. These settings may reduce some of the performance issues that you may experience when running the Vivaldi browser. vivaldi://settings/mouse/ - Disable "allow gestures" and "allow rocker gestures".vivaldi://settings/addressbar/ - Disable "fast forward and rewind".vivaldi://settings/start-page/ - Disable "show background image".vivaldi://settings/themes/ - Edit the current theme, and make sure "accent color from active page" is disabled.Try "use native window" to see if it makes a difference. vivaldi://settings/appearance/ - Disable "use animation" and "use buttons in range controls".