Fix slow download speeds on the Steam Deck

[PrimeEvlz]

Are you tired of dealing with slow download speeds on your Steam Deck? You're not alone. It's been driving me up the wall. Many an evening, I've experienced the frustration of sitting down to play Diablo 4, only to be thwarted by sluggish updates and downloads. It's a scenario that's all too familiar to many of us on many devices, and it can be incredibly frustrating, but at least on the Steam Deck, I can fix it.

For a while, I resigned to believing that slow download speeds were just a quirk of the Steam Deck, an unfortunate side effect of portable gaming. In my rage-induced scrolling on Reddit, I found a solution, and it's a straightforward one. So, if you're tired of waiting ages for updates and downloads on your Steam Deck, here's how you can finally put an end to the sluggish speeds.

1. Hit the Steam Button.
2. Navigate to Settings.
3. Navigate to Downloads.
4. Find 'Limit Download Speeds' and toggle this on. 5. Set the limit to 10,000,000 (so 7 zeros).

This alone fixed the problem for me in sluggish speeds, but I wanted more. You want MORE speed, right? Well, you can turn up the dial even more by enabling Developer mode.

Head to System > Enable Developer Mode

1. Hit the Steam button.
2. Go to Settings.
3. Go to System.
4. Toggle on Enable Developer Mode. 5. Back out with the B button.
6. Scroll down to Developer.
7. Turn OFF 'Enable WiG Power Management'.
You should now be asked to restart your Steam Deck for the changes to take effect, make sure you click yes.

This method isn't exclusive to the original Steam Deck; it's also effective for the Steam Deck OLED. Users have attested to the significant improvements in download speeds after adjusting just two settings. Some have seen their speeds skyrocket from a sluggish 7MB/s to a blazing 400MB/s. I can vouch for the effectiveness of this fix. With these tweaks, I can now seamlessly update Diablo and jump right into my game without the frustrating delays.

Credit to the author Jenifer Young for bringing this information forward in a recent article, Jen is a News Writer for Windows Central and her original article can be found at Windows Central .com. I thought this was valuable information for the Steam Deck community and reposted it for others to benefit from.

[yokoshlomo]

Pretty sure this fix was known in the community before anyone had to feed their blog with it.

[xCyberBeastx222]

Helped me exactly none still stuck at around 30mbps

[BIG PISS]

Still capped at 17mbps, even when hard wired.