How fast is your browser???

[The Dude]

Test your rendering speed HERE (http://scragz.com/tech/mozilla/test-rendering-time.php)

I just got 19.009 with nothing else open (No tabs,etc)

[the gaffer]

5.463 with email page open and all usual stuff running in the background

[Constance]

6.641... while retrieveing updates for a game at the same time.
No idea if it's supposed to be good or bad, though.

Anyway I guess the results depend a lot on your hardware too... since Firefox takes like 15 seconds to only start on my old K6/2 @ 350 MHz and runs almost instantly on my newest machine (Athlon 64 X2 4200+ ).

[The Dude]

I think the test is based on RAM cause i saved it locally and then loaded it and got the same results.......

[XPY]

the lower the value, the better the performance?

[the gaffer]

system capabilities will make a difference but your geographical location will as well as the the type and speed of internet connection you have.

[The Dude]

system capabilities will make a differenceOh yes.... The more RAM you have the faster stuff is able to load into memory..

[the gaffer]

Oh yes.... The more RAM you have the faster stuff is able to load into memory..

yes dude thats fair comment but many/most systems nowadays have more than ample ram but it gets wasted on unnecessary start up apps etc, a sytem will run quite quick on a lower amount of memory if that lower amount is not wasted.

[The Dude]

You mean it wouldnt do me any good putting a 512 stick in here?? (Right now i have 56 available megs of ram (8 are shared with monitor))

[the gaffer]

you been running that on 56mb ram for ages dude you must love to crawl along,myself i would switch anything on with less than 256,but even a 600 processor with 256 ram will run quick if you dont waste resources,get yourself on ebay mate and whack some more ram in that thing.

[Zootopia3000]

4.5 to 5 on Firefox with cable internet.

Some might wanna try installing Fasterfox extension and tweaking to optimal settings for your system/internet connection...
http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/

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Also, if on high speed, might try tweaking the latency (global TCP Receive Window) setting...
http://cable-dsl.home.att.net/#IncreasingWindow

I actually got mine set to a value of 128 (decimal value of 128480).

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If using Internet Explorer, tweak the following...
Start by making a backup copy of your Registry in case something goes wrong. Next, choose Start, Run, type regedit, and press Enter. In the tree pane on the left, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Internet Settings. With Internet Settings selected on the left, look for an icon that's labeled MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server and another labeled MaxConnectionsPerServer. If you don't see them, right-click in the right pane and choose New, DWORD Value. Type MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server and press Enter. Right-click a second time and create a DWORD value named MaxConnectionsPerServer. Now double-click MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server. The default value is 4, but since you want to increase this, enter a larger value in the 'Value data' box (use the decimal setting)... I have it set at 10. Now click OK and double-click MaxConnectionsPerServer. The default value is 2, but since you want to increase this, enter a larger value in the 'Value data' box (use the decimal setting)... I have it set at 5. If on really slow 56K, a value of 8/4 respectively may work better.

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If on Win2000 or XP, tweak the following...
Windows 2000 and Windows XP come with a "DNS Client" Service that automatically caches (temporarily saves) DNS addresses. This boosts performance by avoiding repetitive DNS lookups of the same address -- the results of a successful lookup (positive response) are saved and reused until the cache expires.

By default the DNS Client also caches negative responses (including the lack of any response from the DNS server). Unfortunately, that can prevent you from recovering from transient DNS errors for an extended period of time. If, for example, the DNS servers at your ISP are temporarily overloaded, or slow to respond due to network congestion, the DNS Client will cache the negative response. Until that cache entry expires, which can take several minutes, it won't even try to lookup that name again -- you'll just get an immediate error. That prevents you from quickly recovering from DNS errors by simply retrying, the recommended thing to do. This can lead to frustrating delays and seeming loss of connectivity problems...

DNS fix:
http://cable-dsl.home.att.net/files/W2KWXPDNSfix.reg

DNS Fix Undo:
http://cable-dsl.home.att.net/files/W2KWXPDNSfixundo.inf

After applying the DNS fix for Win2K/XP, do the following... In the RUN box, type
ipconfig /flushdns
and hit enter.


Best to reboot for some tweaks to take effect.

[The Dude]

I used Dr TCP (http://www.dslreports.com/drtcp) to tweak my settings.

My RWIN is 64240 (Could go higher i think)

[priji]

Download "Mozilla Firefox." It is really fast and provides the best protection against viruses.