Is there any way that I can make games download faster?

[Microsoft Word]

I'm trying to install destiny 2 rn and it's taking a long time

[かぐや]

Get better CPU, SSD and contact your ISP. Use Steam download region with less traffic = faster downloads. That's how you can make downloads faster.

[Microsoft Word]

I mean is there anything I can do rn? Not buying stuff

[Cathulhu]

What is your internet connection speed (Clarify if you mean MegaBIT or MegaBYTE) and what speed you get on Steam.
Keep in mind that Destiny 2 is a large game, so depending on the speed of your connection it is bound to take time.

Steam itself can saturate even Gigabit connections, usually the HDDs throttle before the Steam download servers do.

[Microsoft Word]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

What is your internet connection speed (Clarify if you mean MegaBIT or MegaBYTE) and what speed you get on Steam.
Keep in mind that Destiny 2 is a large game, so depending on the speed of your connection it is bound to take time.

Steam itself can saturate even Gigabit connections, usually the HDDs throttle before the Steam download servers do.

i mean, i have a good wifi connection

[Kargor]

Originally posted by PhantomFire89:

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

What is your internet connection speed (Clarify if you mean MegaBIT or MegaBYTE) and what speed you get on Steam.

i mean, i have a good wifi connection

WiFi may be a problem, but it's not the important part here -- your ISP gives you "Internet", usually via the telephone line or a TV cable, but it might be something else. You get a certain speed from them -- nothing you do will ever get up above that speed, other than upgrading your contract with them.

That "Internet" arrives in some box, usually a "router". Your WiFi just goes to that router, so the actual "Internet" is beyond that.

So, the first question is -- what does your ISP give you, and what do you actually get when downloading. Because if those are close enough then there's nothing to be done anyway.

[Cathulhu]

Originally posted by PhantomFire89:

i mean, i have a good wifi connection

Yeah, sure, let's ignore everything he said and spout some useless nonsense instead. I'm sure that will fix the problem

[Komrade]

Originally posted by Kargor:

Originally posted by PhantomFire89:

i mean, i have a good wifi connection

WiFi may be a problem, but it's not the important part here -- your ISP gives you "Internet", usually via the telephone line or a TV cable, but it might be something else. You get a certain speed from them -- nothing you do will ever get up above that speed, other than upgrading your contract with them.

That "Internet" arrives in some box, usually a "router". Your WiFi just goes to that router, so the actual "Internet" is beyond that.

So, the first question is -- what does your ISP give you, and what do you actually get when downloading. Because if those are close enough then there's nothing to be done anyway.

WiFi goes to the modem first, then the router.

[Cathulhu]

That doesn't make sense. Absolutely none.

Internet -> Modem -> Router -> Wi-Fi -> Endpoint

That is the only chain that makes sense. Usually Modem, Router and Wi-Fi access point are in one device in home setups, but that doesn't change the facts in which order the signal travels.

[Komrade]

Originally posted by Cathulhu:

That doesn't make sense. Absolutely none.

Internet -> Modem -> Router -> Wi-Fi -> Endpoint

That is the only chain that makes sense. Usually Modem, Router and Wi-Fi access point are in one device in home setups, but that doesn't change the facts in which order the signal travels.

Meant internet, pretty sure you understood what I meant :/