Different Download Speeds Between Accounts

[Vibj]

I have 2 Steam accounts on one PC. One of the accounts gets download speeds up to 50MB/s and the other account gets download speeds up to 20MB/s. I don't have any download throttle settings enabled for either account. I was hoping someone on here is familiar with this issue and may have found a solution or cause for this.
EDIT: I tried downloading the same game with both accounts. Both accounts were using the same download region. No VPNs. Connectivity test showed my network was working as intended. No anomalies in my gateway settings. Both accounts use the same network firewall settings since there is only 1 Windows user on this PC.

[Lavie]

HI!
Maybe that (different game = different speed).

Steam does not download one big file, it downloads the game as it would be on your computer, every single file. compression happens on the fly, per file. if a download request is flagged as update there are also several patching mechanics that can be applied. if you ever had to use something like xdelta/vcdiff, stuff like this is also usable for developers and thos can interfer with hdd performance.

the compression is moderate and depending on the sourcefiles it can be nearly zero achieved compression to lucadris amounts of compression. f.e steam downloads compressed 10mb that are uncompressed 500mb. that will hit the hdd way more and can slow down the overall performance of the hdd and this will slow down the download

many smaller files will also create much more network overhead and there are networking limits to how many active connections you can have to one server. you could check how many files are in the games directories to see if this might be the case. if the lab has more files per amount of data, then this might be the reason

for the speed, 8 bit are always 1 byte. 250mbit = 31,25mbyte

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/358415738193463967/

[Iceira]

Steam has enable "Game File Transfer over local network" now.

[Lavie]

Originally posted by Iceira W10:

Steam has enable "Game File Transfer over local network" now.

Ty! I did not know that.
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/46BD-6BA8-B012-CE43

But it's seem it's not the case here:

Can I use multiple Steam accounts on one computer?
Yes, you can access different Steam accounts from one computer. However, you may only access one account at a time.

The accounts will share the core files for any games the accounts have in common, but each account will maintain its own custom content and configuration files.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/71EA-CDCE-FB5C-82B3

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by Lavie:

Originally posted by Iceira W10:

Steam has enable "Game File Transfer over local network" now.

Ty! I did not know that.
https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/46BD-6BA8-B012-CE43

But it's seem it's not the case here:

Can I use multiple Steam accounts on one computer?
Yes, you can access different Steam accounts from one computer. However, you may only access one account at a time.

The accounts will share the core files for any games the accounts have in common, but each account will maintain its own custom content and configuration files.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/71EA-CDCE-FB5C-82B3

That means that all users on the same device use the same core game files, but each user will have their own cache for save files, settings files, custom maps, custom weapons, custom tracks, etc. Any kind of in-game custom content.

[Iceira]

Thats the problem with steam post, alot of missing infomation, im sure most here dont know explan me your network or show design of it, this is seen from old times as 1 pc own ISP only, things is not like that anymore, its multi pc and other unit that access network today.

sure then we go from 100mb to 1GB it was huge, but most today will say so do DL servers, problem is they forgot all the other units on the network can effect performance, same as QoS and otrher ip traffic manager app. some even forget they had net radio running on damp radio.

things like that can be forgotten in the steam post.

anyway only OP can explan what he has.

and atm its seen as 1pc 2 account and there should not be any speed diffrence at all.
its here it dont add up, according to OP, and i suspect a old steam laptop/desktop can fool him if games is already there, we will see alot of steam user dont know this throttle speed.

i can also see the funny side of this , yealling at stupid throotling ISP , and then its this new settings.
i dont know if i should cry or laugh, atm, i see its as a improvement. but gl with it

speedtest can ruleout do you get what you paid for into own ISP only.
and who said 2 user account has same DL zone, so many other things like speed limit on and so on, ohh man, we can keep going on all the other things most dont think on atm.

im sure OP have not checked for all own issue, you need to get it im use to this.
first rule use a external pc to confirm it to ruleout own issue.

this is what a technicians laptop do confirm or dismiss a point.
has actual nothing to do with who is right or not, its more a find what cause this.
and to proof or deal with the issue.

+ steam summer event sale in top of this, ( aka black friday for us steam users )

gl with it.

[Iceira]

Test with spare pc, 1 account aien't doing it right.

Get help from a skilled person, there is many things you dont know about network and its issue.


gl with it.

[Iceira]

Originally posted by Vibj:

Originally posted by Iceira W10:

Test with spare pc, 1 account aien't doing it right.

Get help from a skilled person, there is many things you dont know about network and its issue.


gl with it.

It has nothing to do with the network. The network is working as it is supposed to. The issue is solely confined to Steam. That is why I created a Steam post.

ok gl with that.

[Coax^]

I have the exact same issue...

[Sgt Barnes]

Anyone find a way to resolve this? Because this issue is getting quite frustrating.

[el_talaro]

Same on first account i have 1,3MB/s and on second account i have 8,2MB/s, same game, one progress but i only change the account

[Smores]

my difference is even worse. My main steam account peaks at 50mbps and my second account peaks at 450mbps. The disk speed on my main account also seems to be throttled down to ~50mbps from 400mbps on the second account.

[Sgt Barnes]

The fact that not a single person has an answer make this so much more ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ frustrating

[Iceira]

Ask steam support, make steam ticket, we are not support here, its a user forum.
i can only tell you this.

[Sgt Barnes]

Originally posted by Iceira W10:

Ask steam support, make steam ticket, we are not support here, its a user forum.
i can only tell you this.

Unfortunately Steam support doesn't seem to have a category for these kind of problems.

[Iceira]

Originally posted by Rambo:

Originally posted by Iceira W10:

Ask steam support, make steam ticket, we are not support here, its a user forum.
i can only tell you this.

Unfortunately Steam support doesn't seem to have a category for these kind of problems.

Still dont prevent you from make a ticket if need help. see right side of screen, afaik still there.

only covid19 has seen change support online help, not sure steam did that.