Download speeds.

[deliman7203]

Is there some Steam setting to max out my download speed. My service is a 50mbs download, currently tested at 38mbs, it varies. However my steam download peaks at 10mbs. Can I increase this?
Trying to download 20gb game, it's taking over 30 mins so far. Not playing any games or running anything in background.

[Phantom]

There's a setting that allows you to have no limit.

It's at this state by default though.

Your download speed can be affected by many things, including AV programs.

Try different content servers, even ones closer and further away from you.

[deliman7203]

Yeah my setting for that is "no Limit". I'm connecting to 'Seattle' server. I don't imagine there a list of download speeds from these servers eh? Is it just a trial and error thingy?

[Jerry]

The servers Steam uses have some limitations in their general capacity. Users mentioning, that their download potential is not fully used, are a regular thing.
If that is the tradeoff for a mostly stable service, I won't be one to complain though.

Also, come on, a few hours for 20 GB is not that bad. Sometimes, I think, younglings should be introduced to the internet through 56 kb modems again to get a reasonable perspective.

[The Rock God]

You do realise that on a 50Mbps internet connection a 20GB transfer takes over 53 minutes?

[deliman7203]

Hey grandpa, I've been around since dial-up, I think 14.4 or 28k was my first modem. Wolfenstein was on 1.44mb floppy disks. My first computer had DOS 3.1 boob peep boo booloop poop.
Plus 50 is my service, but I rarely get those speeds, it tested 38 when I did that download, which I think my provider is ripping me off.
But you're right I never did the math before so I guess it's ok, it just seem other sites 'seemed' faster.
Nevermind.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Originally posted by delimanic7203:

Hey duffass, I've been around since dial-up. My first computer had DOS 3.1 boob peep boo booloop poop. Plus 50 is my service, but I rarely get those speeds, it tested 38 when I did that download, which I think my provider is ripping me off.
But you're right I never did the math before so I guess it's ok, it just seem other sites 'seemed' faster.
Nevermind.

Maybe the Modem, and/or router having issue, try rebooting modem and/or router. If still having issues, contact your ISP, have them ping your Modem, and/or router, if having ping high, maybe Modem, and/or router need replacement, if having bad ping in the area, then they need to send someone out to check the area to find the cause of issue.

[The Rock God]

Originally posted by delimanic7203:

Hey grandpa,

How'd you know I have grandkids?

I've been around since dial-up, I think 14.4 or 28k was my first modem. Wolfenstein was on 1.44mb floppy disks. My first computer had DOS 3.1 boob peep boo booloop poop.

Are you sure you don't mean Windows 3.1, instead of DOS 3.1? A computer with DOS 3.1 would have been a little old by the time 14.4k modems came along, and DOS 3.1 didn't support 1.44 MB floppies. Wolfenstein was a top-down game back in the DOS 3.1 days.
I remember my first computer. DOS 3.1 didn't exist. 300 bps modem that you put your phone receiver on.
I also remember when I made the switch to an IBM. Still no DOS 3.1 yet, but it had a 16-bit CPU that ran at a incredibly fast 5 MHz. You could put 360 KB on a DS/DD 5 & 1/4" floppy. I eventually upgraded to a 2400 bps modem that you could just plug into the phone line.

[deliman7203]

Hehe, I didn't say this was all at the same time. Yes Dos 3.1 was the OS when I first learned about computers, and yes the dial up modem came years later. ALL early pc's, (well back in the 80's) had both 5" and 3" floppy drives. All of these were pc's at work. I didn't buy my first pc til the 90's, that's when I got into online gaming.. bad mistake...lol.