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Very fast download speed on utorrent and comparably less on steam why?fix?
So i have an 2Mbps unlimited plan but when i download from utorrent i get around 3-5MBps speed and when i opened task manager it showed me network utilization 31Mbps and disk usage 3-4Mbps while on steam i usually get only 250KBps speed and network utilization is fixed at 2.1Mbps and disk utilization is around 0.6Mbps. I think a few months before i was getting 1-2MBps speed on steam but why its slow now? I fixed some issues with disk utilization becoming 100% is it afftecting steam? Can i increase steam download speed like utorrent?
Last edited by BurningFightingFighter; Jan 1, 2017 @ 10:54pm
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76561198152167391 Jan 1, 2017 @ 10:54pm 
Probably get better internet? Check if theres any interfrnece in the router.
Can you explain it i use TP Link 841N 300N router
76561198034396398 Jan 1, 2017 @ 11:17pm 
not being throttled by your ISP ? perhaps try setting up port forwarding in the router, sometimes when you update a client (Titaxi is the one i use ) the program doesn't work as well, rolling back to a prior version fixed it
Washell Jan 1, 2017 @ 11:36pm 
2Mbps is 250KBps, so my guess is that the ISP has reconfigured its network to run Steam traffic at the max speed that you're paying for.
Last edited by Washell; Jan 1, 2017 @ 11:36pm
But why utorrent is running at 3.5MBps even overwatch downloaded at 1-3MBps
Lusus Symphonia Jan 1, 2017 @ 11:41pm 
Utorrent has multiple seeds that are uploading to your computer while you upload to others, that might be the reason for increased download speed since I used to get a lot faster downloads on a 4mbps internet connection at my mothers house.
Steam on the other hand downloads at your actual download limit.
Last edited by Lusus Symphonia; Jan 1, 2017 @ 11:42pm
ok Sad it will take too long time to download games like witcher 3 wild hunt goty edition or just cause 3 XL and rainbow six seige i guess.
Lusus Symphonia Jan 2, 2017 @ 12:17am 
Originally posted by Bot The Power:
ok Sad it will take too long time to download games like witcher 3 wild hunt goty edition or just cause 3 XL and rainbow six seige i guess.
Parents internet? if not, get yourself faster internet, it's worth it.
Time > Money afterall.
You're stuck doing overnight downloades for now though.
76561198034396398 Jan 2, 2017 @ 12:26am 
changing to Googles DNS seemed to help my speeds but then in Aust we have internet censorship
AH-1 Cobra Jan 2, 2017 @ 2:21pm 
If the torrent is well seeded, you can potentially get faster speeds than via steam. But steam is consistent.
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Date Posted: Jan 1, 2017 @ 10:53pm
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