Browser Games: Requirements and Resource Usage

Introduction

Here are some requirements (for example Flash Player version) and resource usage information (memory and CPU) for some browser games. This helps me decide for example should I update to a newer Linux version with an old computer when the new Linux version uses substantially more memory than the previous version. Because I use these statistics in real life I'm writing down the whole memory the browser is using to be able to estimate am I going to run out of memory. Of course, no additional browser tabs are open and no unnecessary applications have been turned on (I'm using a different computer to write down the information). See also: Browser Settings, Browser Add-On Settings, Website Settings, Program Settings.

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Cityville (Fedora 13, Google Chrome 13, Wings Computer, 2011)

CPU 40 %. 300 MB.

Dragon Age Legends (Fedora 13, Google Chrome 13, Wings Computer, 2011)

CPU 150 %. 280 MB.

RocketBird (Fedora 13, Google Chrome 13, Wings Computer, 2011)

CPU 190 %. 240 MB.

The Sims Social (Fedora 13, Google Chrome 13, Wings Computer, 2011)

CPU 64 %. 340 MB.

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Angry Birds (Fedora 13, Google Chrome 13, Wings Computer, 2011)

CPU 40 %. 240 MB.

Diamond Dash (Fedora 13, Google Chrome 13, Wings Computer, 2011)

CPU 30 %. 240 MB.

Zynga Poker (Fedora 13, Google Chrome 13, Wings Computer, 2011)

CPU 20 %. 270 MB.

Last modified: May 9th, 2013

Author: Tomi Häsä (tomi.hasa@gmail.com)

URL: http://sites.google.com/site/tomihasa/browser-games-requirements