Inconsistent Download Speed

[BigIron]

I have noticed over the last day or so that when I try to download a game through steam it is going very slow, Often dipping down into Kbp/s. I have talked with my ISP and tried downloading other games through other services and I'm not running into any issues other than on steam.
I have tried clearing out my download Cache, Switching Regions, Wi-fi vs. Ethernet, Different Ethernet Cables, Uninstalling and Reinstalling Steam etc. Nothing appears to be working. I have 500mbs Fiber and should be downloading much faster than I am, It is quite frustrating knowing it should only take me about 30 minutes to an hour to Download a game and it ends up taking hours. Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated!

[sacrimoon]

foda

[Lithurge]

If you're downloading to a SSD try disabling write cache for it when downloading through Steam. Some people have found this fixes it.

[BigIron]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Lithurge:

If you're downloading to a SSD try disabling write cache for it when downloading through Steam. Some people have found this fixes it.

I already tried that, It didn't work. Thank you for the response though! I think its my SSD. I'm going to have to Upgrade it. I believe im downloading faster than my SSD can write to the disk. therefore it cuts itself off.

[Iceira]

Yeah what about your ISP partner's partner , you only need one thats is congested, and all this is your ISP problem, tell them its same BS every time steam has sale event.

Feel free to ask steam support if they have a issue, but i doubt it.

This problem goes away 2-3 days after steam event sale is over and ppl are done DL.

Lets see if this is not true as so many steam user has learn over the last decade or more.

This is the problem then our ISP do not know steam garage sale event, and i assume its this.

You can try change steam DL zone, wont help if this is your ISP that is the bottleneck or you pass same ISP partner that cant keep up, try see it as a matrix, you try get into steam server from lesser crowded fivber lines from diffrent angle.

And dont tell what steam dl zone you use, because you dont want all other steam user go where you go and dont want steam user make flip flop change zone, that can be seen as making havok, steam dont need 10 millions steam user switch and try better all the time.

gl with it.


ps.
Dont forget we dont like havok as gamers and line and thoughput jump up and down with many and lesser users, that keep change dl zones. ( we might have not explan this so detail , but you need to understand all user that get data from somewhere. )

fact is we might always say ISP and steam has thoughtput issue, but congested network is also a user problem, and we cant all be on same server so it actual goes both ways, but you will not see post that say so in general.