MICROWAVE Posted January 8, 2005 CID Share Posted January 8, 2005 I am interested in the difference in speeds of FireFox and I.E. I think F.F. will always be faster but, by how much if this is true. On my machine F.F. is over 100 KB/s faster and that doesnt seem right 2me. Until the other day the speeds were very close, I have reinstalled I.E and checked everything and find no problems but how can it be this much slower> Microwave This is with I.E :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 3941 Kbps about 3.9 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 481 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 70 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 2.13 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=GA4DR2EEB And this is with FireFox :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4782 Kbps about 4.8 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 584 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 85 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 1.75 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=RJKPCPX0R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJVageli Posted January 9, 2005 CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 Well for me,Firefox is only installed on my laptop and it averages around 4.8Mbps,while on my PC I use Avant but also take tests with IE,and just until recently IE was faster while taking tests,but now with Avant I average 5.1-5.3Mbps so I have no idea which is faster while taking speed tests.But I know when I download files Firefox is faster,atleast in the beginning,with downloads starting at 1500KB/s. I just took a test with Firefox and got this,so its very confusing,all my browsers have their moments :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5308 Kbps about 5.3 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 648 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 95 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 1.58 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=QE6PIBAMR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted January 9, 2005 CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 I'm not sure about my DL, but my upload is 1KB faster. Thats KB not Kb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikedallos Posted January 9, 2005 CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 FireFox 1.0 "tweaked" XP Pro SP-1 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 3380 Kbps about 3.4 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 413 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 60 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 2.48 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/auth_check.cgi?num=252525 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJVageli Posted January 9, 2005 CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 FireFox 1.0 "tweaked" XP Pro SP-1 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 3380 Kbps about 3.4 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 413 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 60 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 2.48 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/auth_check.cgi?num=252525 When u mean tweaked, u mean going to Tools and then clicking on tweak network settings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted January 9, 2005 CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 microwave, what is yor advertised cap? might there actually finally be a valid reason to lose ie in favor of opensource? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reno Posted January 9, 2005 CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 Well since I some how messed up and lost IE, so I am doing test's on my laptop, Its on a wireless network to. 2.4ghz 640mbRAM FireFox: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 2893 Kbps about 2.9 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 353 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 52 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 2.9 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=GSVEM87PR IE: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 2893 Kbps about 2.9 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 353 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 52 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 2.9 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=2VQ125UHN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted January 9, 2005 CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 ok, IE :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 2960 Kbps about 3 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB) Download Speed is:: 361 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 53 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 2.84 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=L48MODWHD and Firefox :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 2883 Kbps about 2.9 Mbps (tested with 1496 KB) Download Speed is:: 352 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 51 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 2.91 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=FFEDBFH2K hmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICROWAVE Posted January 9, 2005 Author CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 microwave, what is yor advertised cap? might there actually finally be a valid reason to lose ie in favor of opensource? I pay for 3000/256 but just got raised 4free to 4000/512 well to me so far it seems to prove 2me that I have some problem in I.E. that I cant find yet....Grrrrrrr I like Fire Fox its just I'm used to using I.E. and I have I. E. tricked out and it does things that F.F. doesn't do 4me.......... Ya gotta remember I'm an old fart that has used I.E. forever I dont like change I know where everything is and ....... I'm being stubborn I guess and until recently there wasn't much difference in the speeds, I dont even mind formatting my drive that much although I agree it really shouldn't be necessary very often..............but I am using FF more and more so I guess only time will tell.....Hell I even still have an old manuel typewriter that I use from time 2 time.....OK see right now I'm getting ready to use spell check.....how do I do that with F.F. ? Microwave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted January 9, 2005 CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 In what ways have you tricked out IE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted January 9, 2005 CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 IE use to be faster for me, but not today Firefox :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 3462 Kbps about 3.5 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 423 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 62 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 2.42 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=HVRLT1K5W IE :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 3233 Kbps about 3.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 395 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 58 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 2.59 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=CGNDK74FX VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted January 9, 2005 CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 man van, you are always faster than me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted January 9, 2005 CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 man van, you are always faster than me! Not always but this time a day i am, with less traffic here VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted January 9, 2005 CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 Internet Explorer :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4902 Kbps about 4.9 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 598 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 88 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 1.71 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=A4FGXH27F Internet Explorer RETEST :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 4797 Kbps about 4.8 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 586 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 86 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 1.75 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=P19M39Q0J FireFox M2 :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5684 Kbps about 5.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 694 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 101 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 1.48 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=XAP37BYJB FireFox M2 RETEST :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 5621 Kbps about 5.6 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 686 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 100 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 1.49 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=C473CBWUB FireFox is the SHIT! --- IE used to be better for me too Van... but now there really is no comparison. Also, I just scanned with Microsoft Anti-Apyware Beta so there is no spyware in IE... just incase someone thinks that maybe my IE is fucked up or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructable Posted January 9, 2005 CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 ok, so that's wierd, since my speeds are exactly the same cross browser...any firefox tweaks i don't know of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJVageli Posted January 9, 2005 CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 Yes, u can try visiting www.moox.com [edit by .s1] its actualy www.moox.ws [/edit] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted January 9, 2005 CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 Ill post with my results mabey late tonight or real early tomorrow morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Posted January 9, 2005 CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 My FireFox speeds are identical to my IE6 (SP2) speeds. No diff at any time of day or night. In fact, the same applies to Opera and all of the other "popular" minibrowsers out there. They don't offer my system any additonal speed in the least. BUT ...I am an unwilling DirecWay user, and Satellite Internet is a whole different animal as compared to DSL or RoadRunner or ???? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICROWAVE Posted January 9, 2005 Author CID Share Posted January 9, 2005 In what ways have you tricked out IE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REV0LUTI0NIZED Posted January 10, 2005 CID Share Posted January 10, 2005 I.E. :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 6674 Kbps about 6.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 815 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 119 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 1.26 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=U2LAU0P28 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is: 725 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Upload Speed is: 89 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line: 13 times faster than 56K you can upload 1MB in 11.51 second(s) Validation Link :: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=3CMOWERCM Firefox :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 6275 Kbps about 6.3 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 766 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 112 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 1.34 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=4Y2I7GXHG :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is: 742 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Upload Speed is: 91 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line: 13 times faster than 56K you can upload 1MB in 11.25 second(s) Validation Link :: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=JLIG4TX1C I.E is faster in download but not in upload. But I use Mozilla Firefox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICROWAVE Posted January 10, 2005 Author CID Share Posted January 10, 2005 Speedy , Interesting 4u IE is much faster which is oppsite than 4most ppl.... Microwave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REV0LUTI0NIZED Posted January 10, 2005 CID Share Posted January 10, 2005 I AGREE with u Microwave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJVageli Posted January 10, 2005 CID Share Posted January 10, 2005 Well I get the same problem,which I find very weird.Not only that I got the optimized build of Firefox the M3(yes it sounds like a car lol) and still I get slower speeds then IE and Avant,but overall Firefox I think is a much better browser for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbrainerd Posted January 16, 2005 CID Share Posted January 16, 2005 IE: :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 867 Kbps about 0.9 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 106 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 15 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 9.66 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=RZTLQ1OUD FF :::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 861 Kbps about 0.9 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB) Download Speed is:: 105 KB/s Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/ Bottom Line:: 15 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 9.75 second(s) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=3FZDLGS4K Not to much difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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