My download speeds are ridiculous?!

[Tahnee]

I'm not exactly a PC expert but I know my was around a PC. I've tried numerous ways to try to fix my download speed on Steam, but to no avail. I've changed the server, deleted the cache, changed download speeds, and various other 'fixes'. I have a very fast connection via speed test lol. Is this just a Valve Cyberpunk thing or is there something I can do?

[Muppet among Puppets]

Steam shows megabyte not mbit by default.
So take it by 8, if the speedtest shows mbit.

[Tahnee]

either way, my download speeds randomly go to 0 for a few minutes, then continue, that go zero again. no matter what i do it does that.

[Muppet among Puppets]

In average when i look, its allways nearly the same speed here.
Maybe try another download region. Otherwise its probably something on your end.

[Tahnee]

yeah, i've tried many other regions. I really can't comprehend why my pc is downloading so slowly.

[Jerry]

Originally posted by Tahnee:

my download speeds randomly go to 0 for a few minutes, then continue, that go zero again.

Your computer is too slow for your internet.
Steam downloads are installed "on the fly", meaning they are unpacked and processed at the same time, that they are downloaded, to make the game almost instantly playable after download. That can pack quite a load on your PC. If your internet gets too far ahead, it needs to wait and let your computer catch up.
In most cases, the bottleneck is the harddrive. CPU or a very active malware scanner can in some cases be culprits as well.

Not that much, that you can do, and not a fault on Steam's end. You could upgrade your device, do downloads on a faster computer and transfer them to yours, or, if it's just the fluctuating speed, that troubles you, limit your download speed.

I wonder, why this reason to the problem is still not to be found in internet searches, with as often as it tends to show up here. Maybe still a too recent phenomenom, that internet speeds have gone to such heights, that this can happen to many.

[Tahnee]

Originally posted by Jerry:

Originally posted by Tahnee:

my download speeds randomly go to 0 for a few minutes, then continue, that go zero again.

Your computer is too slow for your internet.
Steam downloads are installed "on the fly", meaning they are unpacked and processed at the same time, that they are downloaded, to make the game almost instantly playable after download. That can pack quite a load on your PC. If your internet gets too far ahead, it needs to wait and let your computer catch up.
In most cases, the bottleneck is the harddrive. CPU or a very active malware scanner can in some cases be culprits as well.

Not that much, that you can do, and not a fault on Steam's end. You could upgrade your device, do downloads on a faster computer and transfer them to yours, or, if it's just the fluctuating speed, that troubles you, limit your download speed.

I wonder, why this reason to the problem is still not to be found in internet searches, with as often as it tends to show up here. Maybe still a too recent phenomenom, that internet speeds have gone to such heights, that this can happen to many.

i dont think my PC is the problem. im not a PC expert but my PC is generally really fast with every other download, just not steam. my pc is just over a year old and has not the latest but close to hardware.

[Elucidator]

There is just too little information to even hint at what it could be.

I'd recommend testing the download speed over torrent or some other swarn downloading system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent

Steam by default attempts to collect files in segments from multiple sources, allowing it to maximize speed. Default download streams usually only grab the file from a single source.

There is also the part where it decrypts each segment, so essentially it needs more time due to this alone anyway.

If torrent downloading is normal, then at least your ISP and router and cables aren't the problem.

You will still have to look at all the software installed on your pc, if not driver updates.

[KoNoR™]

I had the same problem: my download speed randomly dropped to 0 then after a while, it went back to normal. I managed to solve this by setting the limit download speed to 1000000 and allowing downloads during gameplay option.

[Steve]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.