Download speed capped at 2.5 MB/s

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Gon! Sep 7, 2019 @ 1:11am

Download speed capped at 2.5 MB/s

I have about 500 Mbps (60 MB/s), and no matter which downloads region I choose I always get maximum of 2.5 MB/s. Download limit is off.

This does not happen with internet downloads or torrents

It's been a while since I played anything on steam so I don't know for how long this has been happening. Any fix?

Results of speed test: https://www.speedtest.net/result/8569268878

Last edited by Gon!; Sep 7, 2019 @ 1:14am

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sakkuuu Sep 7, 2019 @ 1:27am

Go to your Steam "Settings", select "Downloads" and look for "Limit bandwidth to"
From there choose "No limit"

Gon! Oct 5, 2019 @ 2:39pm

Originally posted by █Saku_Superball█:
Go to your Steam "Settings", select "Downloads" and look for "Limit bandwidth to"
From there choose "No limit"

As I explained in the post: " Download limit is off."

Hannibal Oct 5, 2019 @ 2:57pm

Change your download zone to Israel. This has been a thing for a year. Valve is obviously throttling its western servers. Trace Traceroute just proves it.

Azrael Oct 5, 2019 @ 10:21pm

I'm having this problem for a long time ago, maybe a year. I only have this problem with Steam. I can download at max speed from Uplay, Origin (using the EACore.ini fix), GOG, etc... but never from Steam. I'm always capped at 3 MB/s or around that

From time to time I search if there's a fix for it but never find a solution. I've tried many things but nothing works to increase the limitation

Last edited by Azrael; Oct 5, 2019 @ 10:23pm

Gon! Oct 8, 2019 @ 12:24pm

Originally posted by ~☆ Jim ☆~:
Change your download zone to Israel. This has been a thing for a year. Valve is obviously throttling its western servers. Trace Traceroute just proves it.

That kind of worked, I'm now at 3.0 MB/s

Last edited by Gon!; Oct 8, 2019 @ 12:24pm

76561198812909282 Oct 8, 2019 @ 3:36pm

Originally posted by Azrael:
I'm having this problem for a long time ago, maybe a year. I only have this problem with Steam. I can download at max speed from Uplay, Origin (using the EACore.ini fix), GOG, etc... but never from Steam. I'm always capped at 3 MB/s or around that :cgrazz:

From time to time I search if there's a fix for it but never find a solution. I've tried many things but nothing works to increase the limitation

You won't always get the maximum rate and sometimes your CPU or disk is the bottle-neck.

Steam downloads are heavily compressed, unlike other gaming clients like Uplay which just hands you the files as it is.

Most CPU's cannot keep up with the file-checking.

Last edited by styx; Oct 8, 2019 @ 3:36pm

Gon! Oct 9, 2019 @ 12:16pm

Originally posted by Stealth M4ss:
Originally posted by Azrael:
I'm having this problem for a long time ago, maybe a year. I only have this problem with Steam. I can download at max speed from Uplay, Origin (using the EACore.ini fix), GOG, etc... but never from Steam. I'm always capped at 3 MB/s or around that :cgrazz:

From time to time I search if there's a fix for it but never find a solution. I've tried many things but nothing works to increase the limitation

You won't always get the maximum rate and sometimes your CPU or disk is the bottle-neck.

Steam downloads are heavily compressed, unlike other gaming clients like Uplay which just hands you the files as it is.

Most CPU's cannot keep up with the file-checking.

3 MB/s is ridiculously slow for a CPU or HDD

FMP Oct 9, 2019 @ 12:52pm

Originally posted by BlitzZerg:

3 MB/s is ridiculously slow for a CPU or HDD

That's your current download rate not how hard the disk or cpu is working.

Gon! Oct 11, 2019 @ 7:58am

Originally posted by GDL:
Originally posted by BlitzZerg:

3 MB/s is ridiculously slow for a CPU or HDD

That's your current download rate not how hard the disk or cpu is working.

so then the problem is not my HDD or CPU as the other comment said...

Rock564 Apr 10, 2020 @ 12:54am

Same.

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Konyas Sep 22, 2021 @ 9:01am

Try CLEAR DOWNLOAD CACHE. (settings -> download -> clear download cache)

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BlueKoala Apr 8, 2023 @ 10:41am

I had the exact same issue on a brand new PC. I found the problem though, I had this software running called "Dragon" from Gygabyte. It's a network throughput management tool that ensures your downloads don't kill your ping or gaming experience. I disabled that s**t and my download speed shot up from 2.5MB/sec to 101MB/sec. You might have something similar running, I've seen it with Killer NIC's also in the past.

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