steam client webhelper high ram usage

[Dragonquestx]

The Steam client is using a lot of RAM, it can use up to 2 GB over time, there are friends of mine whose RAM is no more than 250 to 400 MB, I already formatted it because I thought it could be a program that is affecting Steam

[Iceira]

if your pc dont have 16gb+ ram, then thats is a problem, we seen game requirements that soon is 16gb as minimum already.

ps.
we are talking about a overall pc spec , to have ram enough for games 8gb+ and other app and system, this is why 16gb ram is minimum now on windows.

next gen game is past 16gb ram now. ( then game take all 16gb ram you need more to rest of system )

2gb is soon seen as nothing here.


if you have a 8gb pc , you are already in trouble ( then game take 8gb )

[Dragonquestx]

Originally posted by Iceira:

if your pc dont have 16gb+ ram, then thats is a problem, we seen game requirements that soon is 16gb as minimum already.

ps.
we are talking about a overall pc spec , to have ram enough for games 8gb+ and other app and system, this is why 16gb ram is minimum now on windows.

next gen game is past 16gb ram now. ( then game take all 16gb ram you need more to rest of system )

2gb is soon seen as nothing here.


if you have a 8gb pc , you are already in trouble ( then game take 8gb )

The problem is that Steam is increasing RAM usage, it starts at 400 MB and increases over time. I have friends who have 32 GB and Steam doesn't exceed 400-450 MB

[Iceira]

You complain over nothing, other steam user is past 450gb to 600gb and they are active in the forums.

just wait to other user tell you, if they will bother with a reply, ( just wait 2 or 4 or 10 years thenb its will be 1000 as minimum.

[Dragonquestx]

Originally posted by Iceira:

You complain over nothing, other steam user is past 450gb to 600gb and they are active in the forums.

just wait to other user tell you, if they will bother with a reply, ( just wait 2 or 4 or 10 years thenb its will be 1000 as minimum.

what are you talking? 600gb ram?

[no154370]

no way will CS 2 will ever require 16 GB of RAM to play at all.

the day it happens will be the day CS 2 will have 128 ticks server which is plain impossible.

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which is why the player base for those games that requires 16 of RAM and more in order to play is quite low.

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majority of the people in this world don't even have 16 GB RAM Computers at all.

[Silicon Vampire]

I’ve seen excessive random access memory usage through Steam only when there is malware involved. You might want to try to scrub that computer..

[Dragonquestx]

Originally posted by Silicon Vampire:

I’ve seen excessive random access memory usage through Steam only when there is malware involved. You might want to try to scrub that computer..

I already formatted it and it keeps going up

[Iceira]

Originally posted by Dragonquestx:

Originally posted by Iceira:

You complain over nothing, other steam user is past 450gb to 600gb and they are active in the forums.

just wait to other user tell you, if they will bother with a reply, ( just wait 2 or 4 or 10 years thenb its will be 1000 as minimum.

what are you talking? 600gb ram?

i ment mb, but you try fix something out of user area, ask steam support but i doubt they will change anything.

its same with MS edge web page ram usage.

system ram is in GB today and you want to fix under 600mb, not going to happend,
you are outdate in and have not follow what been said over last pc generation, then pc was 8gb and we already seen same with 4gb ram game, so this is noithing new, steam has seen this before. ( this is now the new standard ) 1000 mb is not soon seen as a NO problem then they go there someday. )

[Iceira]

Feel free to use steam small mode, and clear all cache and page and stop user forum and other service, thats why i bet steam made small mode again added back into the client.

Dont expect us as user can fix steam, thats mean dont follow steam standard options. ( its your job to reduce steam all option is there in steam settings )

gl with it.

[Dragonquestx]

Originally posted by Iceira:

Originally posted by Dragonquestx:

what are you talking? 600gb ram?

i ment mb, but you try fix something out of user area, ask steam support but i doubt they will change anything.

its same with MS edge web page ram usage.

system ram is in GB today and you want to fix under 600mb, not going to happend,
you are outdate in and have not follow what been said over last pc generation, then pc was 8gb and we already seen same with 4gb ram game, so this is noithing new, steam has seen this before. ( this is now the new standard ) 1000 mb is not soon seen as a NO problem then they go there someday. )

I already sent it to support, they forwarded my problem to the responsible department and it was support itself that told me to go to the community forum

[Pepe]

I'll just leave most of the answer I've posted on a similar topic.

Originally posted by Pepe:

Since the new CEF based Steam, you can't totally disable steamwebhelper without breaking something, but you can make it consume less resources.

Steam Settings:
 > Interface
    > Enable GPU accelerated rendering in web views  ... OFF
      (this should clear "hidden" memory consumption
        from the GPU and GPU time spent on rendering web effects)
    > Enable hardware video decoding, if supported   ... ON
      (this should make any normal video and animated items
        on Steam run smooth, but it doesn't on GNU/Linux, as far as I know)
 > Library
    > Low Bandwidth Mode         ... ON
    > Low Performance Mode       ... ON
      (this does make the library look worse)
    > Disable Community Content  ... ON
 > In Game
    > Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game  ... OFF
      (this can improve the FPS and stuttering in some games)
      (you don't need it if not taking screenshots or
        making in-game purchases)
    > Delete Web Browser Data                 ... DELETE
      (this should clear up some cashed web resources)
      (WARNING: you might need to login to Steam again)

Also, before running a game, or whenever you don't look at a fancy profile or any page with moving effects, you should change the Steam window to display something with no moving effects, like the Library, Community forums, Activity, or Inventory. These pages have no effects and don't put much stress on your CPU. Some animated effects are just video files that Steam can't hardware decode like it should, so they are software decoded by the CPU. Don't leave any extra Steam windows or tabs opened. I think they render the web pages they display if not minimized or closed.

Extra 1: if you have limited RAM memory, it's a good idea to close and start Steam again. CEF based Steam is a memory hog and it will cache a lot of viewed pages in memory over time.

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Bonus: In case you don't use some features of Steam, you could also just remove some parts of it, by enabling Family View and disable Online Content & Features: Steam Settings > Family > Family View > Manage. This would further reduce the memory and CPU usage for Steam, but not by much. You need to consider if it's worth it for you.

[Atomninja]

I (have?) had it too. I finally deleted \Steam\userdata\yournumbrr\config\librarycache.
Since yesterday Steam is loading fine, taking 500 MByte. No more crash-circling etc.
I will report if it starts again. And what I actually "destroyed" by deleting the folder.