Download speed

[Godsent]

Hey guys, so I bought RDR2 and the download time is rediculous. Its over 1 days worth of download time, and according to the timer possibly 2 days? Is this normal?? I have never seen this before on steam with any title. Any advice? ty

[=CJ=]

What's your D/L speed? The game is about 150GB so I guess if you have a slow speed it's normal.

[kingfish_ak]

Wow, sorry about that dude. It took about two hours when i downloaded it, and then about ten minutes for the downloader and updates. If you should have better dl speed, try changing your steam connection point. Sometimes being on the right server for steam is going to help you get ideal speeds even if you have poor downloads. (go to steam , settings... )

[Godsent]

I reset my router and it looks like the speed went way up. Not sure what happened there.

[kingfish_ak]

Originally posted by Godsent:

I reset my router and it looks like the speed went way up. Not sure what happened there.

Routers get backed up, they do not get reset and start having a bunch of things slowing them down. Glad to hear your speed is up, this game is amazing!

[Godsent]

It had 55 min to go. I ran out and came back and it was back to its slow speed. I restarted the router again. Hopefully it finishes it out before that happens again.

[Vyrex]

Just get better internet lol

[kingfish_ak]

wifi? if so try using wired.

[Mike MD]

Originally posted by Vyrex:

Just get better internet lol

Can't get it in some areas no matter how much money you have.. I'd have to pay Comcast 10,000 for just the cable they would need to run to my house. It took 5 days for me to DL Red Dead bud and steam stopped at 95% and Had to redo it all over again. If i waited 10 you can hang for 1 or 2. Good things come to those how wait? I guess but, i'm still waiting for them to come.

[Godsent]

I am hooked directly to the internet, no wifi. I don't know if it had to do with netflix running on the tv, but I have never seen a drop off in performance like that with nexflix running while I download.

[Godsent]

I did read the download times were slow, not sure if this is only for RDR2 or if its another issue entirely. Its got 15 minutes or so left now, so we shall see.

[bigbenisdaman]

It's only going to download as fast as the internet you're paying for.

[CEPHY]

Originally posted by bigbenisdaman:

It's only going to download as fast as the internet you're paying for.

It's not that simple.

Many houses still have old copper cables in them. Even if there's all the fancy fibreglass outside, as soon as the cable connects to the copper in the house, everything slows to a crawl.

At least that's the case for me. Can't get any higher than 5MB/s here.

[bigbenisdaman]

Originally posted by ILIAD:

Originally posted by bigbenisdaman:

It's only going to download as fast as the internet you're paying for.

It's not that simple.

Many houses still have old copper cables in them. Even if there's all the fancy fibreglass outside, as soon as the cable connects to the copper in the house, everything slows to a crawl.

At least that's the case for me. Can't get any higher than 5MB/s here.

If you're paying for higher speeds and not getting them (usually +- 10%), i'd recommend talking with your provider. Though you're mentioning 5MB/s, on your bill it's usually shown in "mb/s" so i'd assume you're paying for 40-50 mb net.

[TheRandomGuy]

It took me 4 full days to download. I just left my laptop on to download it overnight for 4 days and used Steam's backup tool and an HDD to transfer it to my main rig.

You probably have faster internet than my rural 3 mbps speed, but I've found the tactic I used works for pretty much everything over 10GB, I do it for most games.

Originally posted by Vyrex:

Just get better internet lol

Y'know, some areas we can ONLY get up to 3 mbps internet. Where I live, only one ISP serves it, and they won't lay down better infrastructure for higher speeds. They charge 80$ for 3 mbps, but it's either that or slower satellite internet.

[IS-2]

Bro,I have 10mb net,It took my 2-3d to download