Steam download speeds

[haswellgamer]

So the problem that persists is the fact that I have an HDD and an SSD, as most people do. But trying to download massive 40 gb games like JC3 is terrible, capping out at about 12 mb/s. I was downloading on the HDD before, but canceled and deleted the downloaded data, and tried downloading on the SSD. Still the same. I have 10 gb/s internet, so what gives?

[Paralectic]

You have 10gb/s internet? Sure, show me a Speedtest result and I'll help you further.

And how is 40gb massive if you have "10gb/s internet" ?

http://speedtest.net

[KettyKoala]

4 minutes ago, Paralectic said:

You have 10gb/s internet? Sure, show me a Speedtest result and I'll help you further.

And how is 40gb massive if you have "10gb/s internet" ?

http://speedtest.net

He probably means 10mb/s haha

[haswellgamer]

Okay, so apparently I DON'T have 10 gb/s internet, weird. Checked it last week and it was working just fine.

[Paralectic]

Just now, KettyKoala said:

How is 10Gbps unfeasible?

Point me out somewhere people have 10GB/s?

He didn't say 10Gbps.

[haswellgamer]

Just now, Paralectic said:

Point me out somewhere people have 10GB/s?

He didn't say 10Gbps.

i meant 10gbps

[KettyKoala]

Just now, Paralectic said:

Point me out somewhere people have 10GB/s?

He didn't say 10Gbps.

Yeah I read it wrong, I've edited my comment my bad

[Paralectic]

Just now, haswellgamer said:

i meant 10gbps

Would mean you have a connection faster than Google Fiber.

[Fyfey96]

I would be happy capping out at 12 mb/s, I get 2mb/s and that's it. I live in a city and love nor money can get me any faster because im "Direct exchanged serviced" they say

[haswellgamer]

My point, whether or not I am wrong about the speeds, is that networking shouldn't be the issue here.

[Oshino Shinobu]

3 minutes ago, haswellgamer said:

My point, whether or not I am wrong about the speeds, is that networking shouldn't be the issue here.

Could you run a speedtest and show us the results? 

Depending on your connection, the network may well be the issue. What are the download speeds for other applications? Tried Origin? 

[haswellgamer]

[Oshino Shinobu]

1 minute ago, haswellgamer said:

Well, there you go. The network is 12Mbps, so you're going to be downloading at 12Mbps tops. 

[haswellgamer]

damnit. are there any better ISPs? xfinity is expensive anyways

[Oshino Shinobu]

Just now, haswellgamer said:

damnit. are there any better ISPs? xfinity is expensive anyways

Depends what's available in your area. I'm not too well versed on US ISPs. 

You could give your current ISP a call and see if they can offer you a better plan/connection. Other option is to go on price comparison sites and find out what's available in your area. Bear in mind that most ISPs will advertise "up to" speeds, which is basically just a way of saying that you're not certain to get those speeds. You may find you're just physically limited to 12Mbps with the line in you have right now. 

[Fyfey96]

Sometimes its not your ISP. No matter who i was to go with I wouldn't get any better.

[haswellgamer]

makes no sense...I was getting 80 mb/s a week or two ago

[Oshino Shinobu]

1 minute ago, haswellgamer said:

makes no sense...I was getting 80 mb/s a week or two ago

First thing I would try is restarting your router and modem. If it doesn't improve, then call your ISP and check what's going on. 

[SaladFingers]

37 minutes ago, haswellgamer said:

So the problem that persists is the fact that I have an HDD and an SSD, as most people do. But trying to download massive 40 gb games like JC3 is terrible, capping out at about 12 mb/s. I was downloading on the HDD before, but canceled and deleted the downloaded data, and tried downloading on the SSD. Still the same. I have 10 gb/s internet, so what gives?

The hard drive has nothing to do with it... 12mb/s is too low to even make the slowest of hard drives struggle. I'd say you're just limited by the servers you are downloading from, I mean you can't expect them to always offer full bandwidth to everyone..

 

Edit: On the other hand, 12mb/s sounds like you got a 100mbit internet connection and are maxing it out without problems. What exactly are you complaining about? It doesn't get better than that in like 99% of the planet.

[minibois]

15 minutes ago, haswellgamer said:

8Mb = 1MB.

Thus you 11.74Mb download speed means your download speed is equal to 1,43375MB/s (Steam shows download speed in Megabyte (MB) while speedtest.net default shows it in Megabit (Mb))

[SaladFingers]

27 minutes ago, Paralectic said:

He didn't say 10Gbps.

He did..

[Oshino Shinobu]

7 minutes ago, Fyfey96 said:

Sometimes its not your ISP. No matter who i was to go with I wouldn't get any better.

Ouch. I struggle to deal with 5Mbps when I visit my dad. 

I'm jealous of the WiFi upload speed I have where I am now. I want it at home too. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

2 minutes ago, Minibois said:

8Mb = 1MB.

Thus you 11.74Mb download speed means your download speed is equal to 1,43375MB/s (Steam shows download speed in Megabyte (MB) while speedtest.net default shows it in Megabit (Mb))

That's not the issue here. He seems aware that he's getting 12Mbps, he just doesn't know why he's getting 12Mbps. He said he got 80Mbps a few weeks ago, so in his first post he likely meant something along the lines of 100Mbps. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

5 minutes ago, SaladFingers said:

The hard drive has nothing to do with it... 12mb/s is too low to even make the slowest of hard drives struggle. I'd say you're just limited by the servers you are downloading from, I mean you can't expect them to always offer full bandwidth to everyone..

 

Edit: On the other hand, 12mb/s sounds like you got a 100mbit internet connection and are maxing it out without problems. What exactly are you complaining about? It doesn't get better than that in like 99% of the planet.

12mb/s is not maxing out a 100Mbps connection. 12MB/s would, but that's not what he's getting. He's getting 12Mbps (12Mb/s), which would be an issue on a 100Mbps connection. 

[SaladFingers]

2 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

That's not the issue here. He seems aware that he's getting 12Mbps, he just doesn't know why he's getting 12Mbps. He said he got 80Mbps a few weeks ago, so in his first post he likely meant something along the lines of 100Mbps. 

Which is really a great speed compared to the rest of the world, I think OP is just upset at the current state of the internet and the size of today's games, and somehow figured its the hard drive to blame, lol.