Increase the Throttle to speeds beyond 25 MB/s

[gorba]

I am now on 1 Gbps or 125 MB/s. At the moment, 25MB is highest throttle I can set the download speed to even though Steam is capable of reaching download speeds close to 1Gbps. Could you please add throttle speeds beyond 25? Or, even better, just make the throttle an input field that I can set the value to whatever I wish.

[Gwarsbane]

It would be nice if they just gave us a custom option this way anything above X you could just put in a number and it will go that number if you have the people have the actual speed they put in that is.

[gorba]

Yeah. I would even accept percentages. 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%. Steam then picks the speed based on the available bandwidth.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by gorba:

Yeah. I would even accept percentages. 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%. Steam then picks the speed based on the available bandwidth.

I wouldn't trust them with that. I do many other things on other systems.

Custom numbers is perfectly acceptable.

[gorba]

I'm good with either or. I just want to be able to throttle the cap higher than 25 MB. :<

[Gwarsbane]

Originally posted by gorba:

Yeah. I would even accept percentages. 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%. Steam then picks the speed based on the available bandwidth.

I would not, mainly because its 25% of what? Your top speed, or your current speed? If you put in a speed that you say is your top speed, well then you might as well just be telling it what speed to go. Telling it a percentage of that speed to go just over complicates things on the programming side.

[superliminal]

Yea, just make a slider or drop down menu on the "Downloads" page would be good.

[gorba]

Originally posted by Gwarsbane:

Originally posted by gorba:

Yeah. I would even accept percentages. 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%. Steam then picks the speed based on the available bandwidth.

I would not, mainly because its 25% of what? Your top speed, or your current speed? If you put in a speed that you say is your top speed, well then you might as well just be telling it what speed to go. Telling it a percentage of that speed to go just over complicates things on the programming side.

It's a percentage of whatever your bandwidth is at that moment in time. Bandwidth speeds fluctuate. You can see this if you run back-to-back speed tests. The point is Steam will simply use 25%, 50%, 75% or ALL of that bandwidth. Math-wise if my recent download speed is 850 Mbps then...

25% of that would be 212.5 Mbps
50% of that would be 425 Mbps
75% of that would be 637.5 Mbps

Cool, huh? :)

[Komrade]

Originally posted by gorba:

Originally posted by Gwarsbane:

I would not, mainly because its 25% of what? Your top speed, or your current speed? If you put in a speed that you say is your top speed, well then you might as well just be telling it what speed to go. Telling it a percentage of that speed to go just over complicates things on the programming side.

It's a percentage of whatever your bandwidth is at that moment in time. Bandwidth speeds fluctuate. You can see this if you run back-to-back speed tests. The point is Steam will simply use 25%, 50%, 75% or ALL of that bandwidth. Math-wise if my recent download speed is 850 Mbps then...

25% of that would be 212.5 Mbps
50% of that would be 425 Mbps
75% of that would be 637.5 Mbps

Cool, huh? :)

Percentage based would be confusing and inaccurate. I do agree custom number limits should be an option however. Or at the very least more options to choose from.

[gorba]

you tell steam, please use only 25% of my available bandwidth. Steam then takes care of the rest. how is that confusing?

[Komrade]

Originally posted by gorba:

you tell steam, please use only 25% of my available bandwidth. Steam then takes care of the rest. how is that confusing?

Bandwidth can fluctuate.

[Gwarsbane]

Originally posted by gorba:

Originally posted by Gwarsbane:

I would not, mainly because its 25% of what? Your top speed, or your current speed? If you put in a speed that you say is your top speed, well then you might as well just be telling it what speed to go. Telling it a percentage of that speed to go just over complicates things on the programming side.

It's a percentage of whatever your bandwidth is at that moment in time. Bandwidth speeds fluctuate. You can see this if you run back-to-back speed tests. The point is Steam will simply use 25%, 50%, 75% or ALL of that bandwidth. Math-wise if my recent download speed is 850 Mbps then...

25% of that would be 212.5 Mbps
50% of that would be 425 Mbps
75% of that would be 637.5 Mbps

Cool, huh? :)

Not really, seems like a huge hassle for the back end of things specially when something starts up and takes a huge chunk of bandwidth. I'd rather set it to a specific speed this way I know if my system and other stuff I'm downloading is getting enough or is being choked.

[gorba]

Originally posted by notkennyS:

Originally posted by gorba:

you tell steam, please use only 25% of my available bandwidth. Steam then takes care of the rest. how is that confusing?

Bandwidth can fluctuate.

Yes. But not in the way you're implying. It goes up and down but the swings aren't crazy. If that's your experience, you may want to look for another ISP. That some terrible Internet.

[gorba]

Originally posted by Gwarsbane:

Originally posted by gorba:

It's a percentage of whatever your bandwidth is at that moment in time. Bandwidth speeds fluctuate. You can see this if you run back-to-back speed tests. The point is Steam will simply use 25%, 50%, 75% or ALL of that bandwidth. Math-wise if my recent download speed is 850 Mbps then...

25% of that would be 212.5 Mbps
50% of that would be 425 Mbps
75% of that would be 637.5 Mbps

Cool, huh? :)

Not really, seems like a huge hassle for the back end of things specially when something starts up and takes a huge chunk of bandwidth. I'd rather set it to a specific speed this way I know if my system and other stuff I'm downloading is getting enough or is being choked.

Setting your download speed to a percentage prevents Steam from "taking a huge chunk of bandwidth" when it starts (that is how the current bandwidth cap works now). Do you not understand what a percentage is? It's not hard. It's basic math.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by gorba:

Originally posted by notkennyS:

Bandwidth can fluctuate.

Yes. But in the way you're implying. It goes up and down but it's not going to be crazy high and crazy low. If that's your experience, you may want to look for another ISP. That some terrible Internet.

You assume it is only the ISPs issue. It is not.

Traffic, which route and even the download servers themselves are all factors.

[gorba]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by gorba:

Yes. But in the way you're implying. It goes up and down but it's not going to be crazy high and crazy low. If that's your experience, you may want to look for another ISP. That some terrible Internet.

You assume it is only the ISPs issue. It is not.

Traffic, which route and even the download servers themselves are all factors.

:qr:

In View > Settings > Download there's a "Download Region" option. For example, if you live in or near Seattle, WA you'd pick "US - Seattle." Valve put a LOT of servers and bandwidth in that region to handle the greater Seattle area. Setting your download region is one of the steps of the installation process so when you download you always talk to those machines. Steam wouldn't route their "US - Seattle" traffic to other regions.

Not really understanding what your getting at.