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Steam downloads so much slower than my WiFi speed

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1 minute ago, Kanna said:

13.3MB/S

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your getting bits and bytes confused.

 

13mB/s  is about 165mb/s

 

Seems about right

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Just read the title I have 250/100 in network speed

 

Edit : I saw this post on the forum using a quick search but wondering if any people here right now know anything

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2 minutes ago, Kanna said:

Just read the title I have 250/100 in network speed

CPU bottleneck? 

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Just now, birdflyer said:

CPU bottleneck? 

How? Does that affect?

 

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1 minute ago, BlueScope819 said:

I have 100 megabits down, but steam reads download speed in megabytes so I only get 12.5 down max.

dude I wish I had your internet, we get 5mbps on a good day

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2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

what speed does you get when downloading steam games?

 

What speed does task manager show?

13.3MB/S

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How? Does that affect?

 

I know that especially downloading games for some reason really affects the cpu. Actually downloading things in general from steam takes a lot of CPU power. I don't know why, but it does. 

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4 minutes ago, Kanna said:

Just read the title I have 250/100 in network speed

 

Edit : I saw this post on the forum using a quick search but wondering if any people here right now know anything

Can you post a screenshot of the steam download speed, as well as the network details (right click on the graph in task manager)

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1 minute ago, birdflyer said:

dude I wish I had your internet, we get 5mbps on a good day

I feel you my other WiFi is like that

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1 minute ago, Kanna said:

13.3MB/S

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your getting bits and bytes confused.

 

13mB/s  is about 165mb/s

 

Seems about right

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Just now, Kanna said:

I feel you my other WiFi is like that

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1 minute ago, birdflyer said:

I know that especially downloading games for some reason really affects the cpu. Actually downloading things in general from steam takes a lot of CPU power. I don't know why, but it does. 

There is no bottleneck with my i5-8400 and my gtx 1060 3gb I see

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There is no bottleneck with my i5-8400 and my gtx 1060 3gb I see

Ya, I just looked at that. shouldn't be an issue.

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1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

your getting bits and bytes confused.

 

13mB/s  is about 165mb/s

 

Seems about right

Probably is that 

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Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

what speeds do you get on a speedtest site?

 

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Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

still seems a bit low, but reasonble.

 

 

I'm connected to the closest servers in my country but I'm on wireless so it's to be expected right now

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4 minutes ago, BlueScope819 said:

Decompressing the downloaded game files

Good to know, I have actually been wondering that. Thanks!

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have an oppisite problem. my steam downloads are faster than my doenloads in firefox and everyehere else. 

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PSU: 750 watt psu gold (Corsair rm750)

gpu:axle p106-100 6gbz msi p104-100 @ 1887+150mhz oc gpu clock, 10,012 memory clock*2(sli?) on prime w coffee lake igpu

Mobo: Z390 taichi ultimate

Ram: 2x8gb corsair vengence lpx @3000mhz speed

case: focus G black

OS: ubuntu 16.04.6, and umix 20.04

Cooler: mugen 5 rev b,

Storage: 860 evo 1tb/ 120 gb corsair force nvme 500

 

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10 minutes ago, Kanna said:

I'm connected to the closest servers in my country but I'm on wireless so it's to be expected right now

I've got 100 Mbits/S down and Steams downloads at 12,5 MBytes/S, so it seems about right, you have 200 Mbits/S down but you might not be getting more than 100 Mbits/S because your network adapter is only 100 Mbits/S. Go to Settings (Windows) / Network / Change Adaptor Settings (or something like that, I don't have Windows in English) and double click on your actual connection.You should get this window:

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If you see there it says the speed of the connection, if it says 100 Mbits/S, that's why you're downloading at that speed.

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Just now, Snowarch said:

have an oppisite problem. my steam downloads are faster than my doenloads in firefox and everyehere else. 

Create a new topic also some sites maybe has bad servers or firefox has limited download speeds

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i wasn't asking for help was just adding to the conversation. 

main rig:

CPU: 8086k @ 4.00ghz-4.3 boost

PSU: 750 watt psu gold (Corsair rm750)

gpu:axle p106-100 6gbz msi p104-100 @ 1887+150mhz oc gpu clock, 10,012 memory clock*2(sli?) on prime w coffee lake igpu

Mobo: Z390 taichi ultimate

Ram: 2x8gb corsair vengence lpx @3000mhz speed

case: focus G black

OS: ubuntu 16.04.6, and umix 20.04

Cooler: mugen 5 rev b,

Storage: 860 evo 1tb/ 120 gb corsair force nvme 500

 

backup

8gb ram celeron laptop/860 evo 500gb

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Just now, Juanmacaam said:

I've got 100 Mbits/S down and Steams downloads at 12,5 MBytes/S, so it seems about right, you have 200 Mbits/S down but you might not be getting more than 100 Mbits/S because your network adapter is only 100 Mbits/S. Go to Settings (Windows) / Network / Change Adaptor Settings (or something like that, I don't have Windows in English) and double click on your actual connection.You should get this window:

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If you see there it says the speed of the connection, if it says 100 Mbits/S, that's why you're downloading at that speed.

Nah my speeds seem correct also yeah my adapter is not the best ik that

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1 hour ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

still seems a bit low, but reasonble.

1 hour ago, Kanna said:

 

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As a resident in south LA, I am dying of jealousy. Your download speed is 10 times faster than mine, and your upload speed is 100 times faster.

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