I usually get about 1.8-2.1 Mbps, so Call Of Duty: Dogs would only take me about 4-5 hours. Far Cry 3 was a decently sized game and took me about 1 and a half, so I guess its just were you live.
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I have the same problem. It goes from 0KB/s to around 100KB/s (my max is 125KB/s) every few minutes. It takes forever to download something and I honestly don't know what's causing this. It's definitely not due to the games being heavily in demand cos it took ages to download Mirror's Edge, Human Revolution and Just Cause 2.
Really?
Steam is the quickest out of all the digital distribution services I use in terms of download speed.
My max is usually around 2.4mbps, but I've seen it go up to 4mbps with steam.
Steam is the quickest out of all the digital distribution services I use in terms of download speed.
My max is usually around 2.4mbps, but I've seen it go up to 4mbps with steam.
It's you, Steam seams to have a 15mb cap on downloading (I'm guessing anyway) but for me it downloads at constant 15mb.Paragon Fury said:
24gb is like 2-3 hours on Steam maybe for me.
I always get a 100% of my speed when downloading from Steam not to mention that my fancy router likes it and doesn't close the pipes when Steam does its stuff. Origin on the other hand has a feud going on with my router and it gets constantly blocked by my IPS software that's in place.
Ah, there was your problem.Paragon Fury said:
If you want fast and consistent download speeds, with anything, never...and I mean NEVER...rely solely on wireless. Especially in light of the ever increasing "signal clutter" in the air.
My suggestion would be to get a new router. Possibly one with both wireless and wired ports, and preferably with faster transfer speeds.
A few things you could try:FFP2 said:
* Check your download speed cap and download region in Steam -> Settings -> Downloads
* Make sure no other program or user is "hogging" the bandwidth on your network
* Check your router's settings
* Be sure no anti-viral or other security programs are interfering with Steam
* Try connecting directly to the router or modem via a cat-5/ethernet cable instead of using wireless
If none of these help to clear up your issue, let me know. I can try to help you figure it out.
I download from Steam (or anywhere) at pretty much exactly what I get at speedtest.net
Also, some of you are using the acronym for Megabits when you clearly mean MegaBytes. Confusing at first.
Also, some of you are using the acronym for Megabits when you clearly mean MegaBytes. Confusing at first.
Try to play around with the Region settings. Just because the data center is geographically closer to you, doesn't mean it will provide the best speeds. I live in Streetsboro, OH, about 1 1/2 hours away from Pittsburgh, yet I find that I get better download speeds from the Columbus region, which is almost twice the distance.Paragon Fury said:
For me, steam is a dream compared to pretty much any other download service because it's one of the few places that actually uses all of my download speed, getting up to my 110Mbps speed on most downloads that aren't in huge demand, like dots 2 updates. For me, origin only ever does half that, while psn is the worst offender with spoeds only really reaching AT MAX 1 MBps less than a tenth of my bandwidth.
Personally i have no problem downloading from steam, even larger game never take me more than an hour or two, besides if its a new game steam allows for preloading a few days before release which is just great
Bizarre, I've been able to download many large games in a few hours, the worst for me has been the PS3 where maybe a total of 1GB of updates takes over 2 hours to get which makes me hate the damn thing when you're just trying to play a quick game before you have to work.
