Brave has been unusable since upgrade

[afrokichi]

Recently did an upgrade and immediately I noticed that it started using more RAM than usual, crashes sometimes when it plays flash videos, also crashes with I try to open a new tab.

The next morning, it’s pretty much unusable. No tabs will load (even the ones that were previously loaded on existing tabs). Can’t even open brave://settings/. Just says Page Unresponsive. I’ve resorted to using Microsoft Edge posting this

I’m running windows 10 and I wish I can tell you what browser version I’m using but I can’t open up settings.

Can somebody help? Thanks!

[SmartyAadi]

Hey. Do check out if the topic below helps →

Browser becomes unresponsive when opening new tab every time,

Description of the issue: The browser becomes unresponsive for about 5 seconds when a new tab is opened. My hardware is completely fine. Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary) Open a new tab Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!): Expected result: That an internet browser doesn’t lag opening a new tab Reproduces how often: Every time Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu): Microsoft Windows 10 home Additional Information: Hardware ac…

[Qriist]

I’m having the exact same problem. Brave is completely useless right now. :-/

Recent updates have caused extremely high CPU usage

Description of the issue: I don’t tend to close my browser except when I’m rebooting the computer so the version I was previously using (with no issues) is at least a few weeks old. There was a queued update that I never got around to doing until today. The problems began when I installed the long-queued update. Opening the freshly updated browser caused my CPU usage to skyrocket and stay pegged close to 100%. Everything was very sluggish. Pages sometimes seemed to not respond at all. In the m…

[rodrige]

Certainly is not an issue with Brave alone, and certainly is not an issue with Windows 10 alone. Because, me and other users, are still able to use both without troubles.

It would be great to be able to identify what is actually causing this. Maybe more information about other potential SW would help. Extensions? Antivirus? Firewall? Installed versions (Win10 and Brave)? Graphical card? Brave configurations?

One well known configuration that affects performance in Win 10 is hardware acceleration. Try to deactivate it in Settings > System.