Smiley 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 1:57
Downloading games on Steam platform
My average steam download speed is 2 while the most I get (On the record) is 50 MB/s while other platform like Origin or Ubisoft are 200-300 MB/s.
Downloading games on steam (Myself) usually take almost an hour to prepare the files. It starts fast then slowly goes down to 0 and then it starts to stutter the loading processes. Loop.

I've tried clearing cache. I've checked my internet and it works fine. So what's the problem with downloading games on this platform? Why is it like this? This kind of problem occurs for almost a decade on steam, yet they never fix this.
最後修改者:Smiley; 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 2:05
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Jerry 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 2:33 
The problem is not Steam, but your computer.

Steam downloads are processed "on the fly", making them ready to play a few seconds after finishing. That means, the files are saved, unpacked and processed at the same time, which puts quite a load on your hardware.
If your computer cannot keep up with the incoming data, the download is paused until it caught up.

In most cases, it is the hard drive, that is the bottleneck of the story (and if reserving space takes so long for you, that's even more likely). Sometimes, it is the CPU or a hyperactive malware scanner too.

Your options here would be to upgrade your machine, do downloads on a faster computer and copy them over afterwards, or, if it's the fluctuating speed that concerns you, limit your download speed, so that it does not outpace your drive.
Smiley 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 2:43 
引用自 Jerry
The problem is not Steam, but your computer.

Steam downloads are processed "on the fly", making them ready to play a few seconds after finishing. That means, the files are saved, unpacked and processed at the same time, which puts quite a load on your hardware.
If your computer cannot keep up with the incoming data, the download is paused until it caught up.

In most cases, it is the hard drive, that is the bottleneck of the story (and if reserving space takes so long for you, that's even more likely). Sometimes, it is the CPU or a hyperactive malware scanner too.

Your options here would be to upgrade your machine, do downloads on a faster computer and copy them over afterwards, or, if it's the fluctuating speed that concerns you, limit your download speed, so that it does not outpace your drive.
It took me 30 minutes to download 90 GB game on Ubisoft, 20 GB game on Steam took me at least 1 hour. My computer works fine enough?
Crazy Tiger 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 2:51 
while people confuse it with downloading issues, often enough it's not the download process that gets hindered, but the unpacking/install process. Check your anti-virus settings. Whitelist the Steam folder if necessary.
Smiley 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 2:54 
引用自 Crazy Tiger
while people confuse it with downloading issues, often enough it's not the download process that gets hindered, but the unpacking/install process. Check your anti-virus settings. Whitelist the Steam folder if necessary.
I'm pretty sure I disabled all my Anti-Virus app related, I have no idea what these Anti-Virus has to do with downloading games. What else do you suggest?
最後修改者:Smiley; 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 2:54
Crazy Tiger 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 2:58 
引用自 Smiley
引用自 Crazy Tiger
while people confuse it with downloading issues, often enough it's not the download process that gets hindered, but the unpacking/install process. Check your anti-virus settings. Whitelist the Steam folder if necessary.
I'm pretty sure I disabled all my Anti-Virus app related, I have no idea what these Anti-Virus has to do with downloading games. What else do you suggest?
The install and update process on Steam means that downloading and installing happens simultaneously. It's not "download first, install when download is finished". So Anti-Virus comes into play with regard to the unpacking and installing, even though it looks like it's only downloading.

You say "pretty sure". Check it. It has helped people before with such things.

You could also try a different download region to see if that speeds things up. People often follow the myth that you need to select the nearest one, but congestion is a real thing and often limits more than people think. Try regions on the other side of the world, where people are sleeping. And try a few, to see the effects.
最後修改者:Crazy Tiger; 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 2:58
Smiley 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 3:00 
引用自 Crazy Tiger
引用自 Smiley
I'm pretty sure I disabled all my Anti-Virus app related, I have no idea what these Anti-Virus has to do with downloading games. What else do you suggest?
The install and update process on Steam means that downloading and installing happens simultaneously. It's not "download first, install when download is finished". So Anti-Virus comes into play with regard to the unpacking and installing, even though it looks like it's only downloading.

You say "pretty sure". Check it. It has helped people before with such things.

You could also try a different download region to see if that speeds things up. People often follow the myth that you need to select the nearest one, but congestion is a real thing and often limits more than people think. Try regions on the other side of the world, where people are sleeping. And try a few, to see the effects.
Yep, they're disable. Changing region wouldn't help, I've tried it 2 years ago, it gets worse.
Nx Machina 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 3:01 
I have the same download speed on Steam, Ubisoft Connect, GOG Galaxy, Battlenet app, GOG Galaxy, EA app. I do ensure my ssd's are trimmed and hdd is defragged on a regular basis and why allocating space takes less than a minute for all platforms.

Steam downloads are compressed, the others are not but it still takes the same time to download Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced Edition on both Steam and GOG Galaxy.

As a sidenote: Cyberpunk 2077 on GOG Galaxy take forever to patch in fact it is far easier to simply uninstall the game and re-download it.

As a secondary sidenote: 90GB at 300 MB/s at 30 minutes is slow as it should take 5 minutes.
Smiley 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 3:03 
引用自 Nx Machina
I have the same download speed on Steam, Ubisoft Connect, GOG Galaxy, Battlenet app, GOG Galaxy, EA app. I do ensure my ssd's are trimmed and hdd is defragged on a regular basis and why allocating space takes less than a minute for all platforms.

Steam downloads are compressed, the others are not but it still takes the same time to download Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced Edition on both Steam and GOG Galaxy.

As a sidenote: Cyberpunk 2077 on GOG Galaxy take forever to patch in fact it is far easier to simply uninstall the game and re-download it.

As a secondary sidenote: 90GB at 300 MB/s at 30 minutes is slow as it should take 5 minutes.
Some people (including me) also have the same problem as I do, some people like you don't. I don't know why. Do you have any idea why these things happen?
Crazy Tiger 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 3:11 
引用自 Smiley
引用自 Nx Machina
I have the same download speed on Steam, Ubisoft Connect, GOG Galaxy, Battlenet app, GOG Galaxy, EA app. I do ensure my ssd's are trimmed and hdd is defragged on a regular basis and why allocating space takes less than a minute for all platforms.

Steam downloads are compressed, the others are not but it still takes the same time to download Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced Edition on both Steam and GOG Galaxy.

As a sidenote: Cyberpunk 2077 on GOG Galaxy take forever to patch in fact it is far easier to simply uninstall the game and re-download it.

As a secondary sidenote: 90GB at 300 MB/s at 30 minutes is slow as it should take 5 minutes.
Some people (including me) also have the same problem as I do, some people like you don't. I don't know why. Do you have any idea why these things happen?
That's hard to tell. It's not unheard of that sometimes ISP's throttle Steam, for example.

People living in different regions, using different configurations and who knows what is or isn't properly installed or configured. It makes it rather impossible to find a cause as it can be different for everybody.

However, the loop you describe in your OP indicates that something is interfering.
Nx Machina 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 3:12 
引用自 Smiley
Some people (including me) also have the same problem as I do, some people like you don't. I don't know why. Do you have any idea why these things happen?

Changing download region including those on the other side of the world to you. Personally i use either London, Hamburg or Seattle as they work best for me. I am in the UK.

Excluding the entire Steam folder in your antivirus so a realtime scan does not occur.

Turning off Windows indexing.

Regularly trim your ssd, hdd.
Smiley 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 3:14 
引用自 Crazy Tiger
引用自 Smiley
Some people (including me) also have the same problem as I do, some people like you don't. I don't know why. Do you have any idea why these things happen?
That's hard to tell. It's not unheard of that sometimes ISP's throttle Steam, for example.

People living in different regions, using different configurations and who knows what is or isn't properly installed or configured. It makes it rather impossible to find a cause as it can be different for everybody.

However, the loop you describe in your OP indicates that something is interfering.
There's another post saying something like"the download speed slowly goes down to 0" but for we it's like that but it also stutters the download sometimes. Both my computer and internet are perfectly fine. So, I really don't know what cause these issues.
Smiley 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 3:20 
引用自 Nx Machina
引用自 Smiley
Some people (including me) also have the same problem as I do, some people like you don't. I don't know why. Do you have any idea why these things happen?

Changing download region including those on the other side of the world to you. Personally i use either London, Hamburg or Seattle as they work best for me. I am in the UK.

Excluding the entire Steam folder in your antivirus so a realtime scan does not occur.

Turning off Windows indexing.

Regularly trim your ssd, hdd.
Changing region doesn't solve my problems, other things you mentioned wouldn't too.
Thanks for sharing anyway.
MancSoulja 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 3:25 
300 MB/s is 2500Megabit.

What's happening is that Steam is reporting your DL speed in MB (Megabytes per second) and Origin and Uplay is reporting it in Mb (Megabits per second) 50MB/s is 400Mbps.
最後修改者:MancSoulja; 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 3:26
Nx Machina 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 3:26 
引用自 Smiley
Changing region doesn't solve my problems, other things you mentioned wouldn't too.
Thanks for sharing anyway.

They work for me hence why i have the same download speed on all the platforms i listed.

Windows indexing for example tracks all files to be used in a search which means your ssd, hdd is constantly running while downloading as Windows is indexing those files.

Note: I use Everything instead of Windows search.

Trimming an ssd, hdd, regularly means allocating space take less than a minute on my PC for all platforms i listed.
最後修改者:Nx Machina; 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 3:28
Nx Machina 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 3:27 
引用自 Smiley
There's another post saying something like"the download speed slowly goes down to 0" but for we it's like that but it also stutters the download sometimes. Both my computer and internet are perfectly fine. So, I really don't know what cause these issues.

If the download (vertical blue lines) goes to zero check the disk activity (horizontal green line) as that indicates files are being de-compressed. Note: both processes can happen at the same time or be independent of each other.
最後修改者:Nx Machina; 2023 年 3 月 23 日 上午 3:28
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