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PC Download Speeds for Steam - What could it be?
Posted on 12/19/24 at 7:13 pm
Posted on 12/19/24 at 7:13 pm
I pay for 1gb internet with unlimited data, no one is at my house, I have ethernet plugged in. My download speeds for anything on steam and game pass max out around 15mb/s.
Could this just be server issues with the launcher, or would it be internet/hardware issues? Could it be my SSD that is relatively old? Any way for me to be able to tell what is causing this?
Could this just be server issues with the launcher, or would it be internet/hardware issues? Could it be my SSD that is relatively old? Any way for me to be able to tell what is causing this?
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Posted on 12/19/24 at 7:26 pm to MikelArteta
Steam is just slow, you aren't alone.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:35 pm to MikelArteta
It's probably not you, it's them. I've gotten 80MB/s downloading WoW classic. PS5 gets about 10, steam not much better.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:58 pm to MikelArteta
You wired or wireless?
I am wired and I regularly get in excess of 750mb/s on Steam and 500-600+ on XBox.
I am wired and I regularly get in excess of 750mb/s on Steam and 500-600+ on XBox.
Posted on 12/19/24 at 9:59 pm to MikelArteta
There should be plenty of hardware performance test apps but that isn’t your problem.
For internet, go to Speedtest.net. If bad, reboot router. If still bad, try again in a couple hours, if good, your ISP was congested. If bad, try again tomorrow morning, then have to troubleshoot.
If speed test is always good, the game host sucks which seems odd for a company that prints money but I don’t game.
If your d/l is actually tipping out around 12MB/s then your wires link may be poor and using a 100mbps link instead of 1000.
For internet, go to Speedtest.net. If bad, reboot router. If still bad, try again in a couple hours, if good, your ISP was congested. If bad, try again tomorrow morning, then have to troubleshoot.
If speed test is always good, the game host sucks which seems odd for a company that prints money but I don’t game.
If your d/l is actually tipping out around 12MB/s then your wires link may be poor and using a 100mbps link instead of 1000.
This post was edited on 12/19/24 at 11:25 pm
Posted on 12/19/24 at 11:04 pm to Twincam
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Steam is just slow, you aren't alone.
No. I get a full gig when I’m hard wired at home.
Posted on 12/20/24 at 7:53 am to MikelArteta
Steam and Epic both have slow downloads. They usually top out around 500Mbps in my area (at&t fiber kansas city).
Posted on 12/20/24 at 8:55 am to Joshjrn
Not sure why I'm getting downvoted. If you're getting painfully slow Steam downloads, there's a problem on your end. I just downloaded FO4 for illustrative purposes and am "only" getting low to mid 900mb/s this morning:
Posted on 12/20/24 at 9:56 am to Joshjrn
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No. I get a full gig when I’m hard wired at home.
Yea Steam will eat every bit of bandwidth that you give it.
Could be a hardware limitation (Steam downloads will bog down CPU usage), shitty ethernet cable or OP has his download server set incorrectly in Steam.
Or OP has some VPN or something running in the background
Edit: To add to this, I bet OP still has his steam downloads reading in BYTEs instead of BITs, which would still put him well short of the 1gig he's paying for, but leads me to believe it could be a cable issue
This post was edited on 12/20/24 at 10:41 am
Posted on 12/20/24 at 11:36 am to bluebarracuda
I definitely thought of the hardware issue, but my brain actually went to drive speed, but that would be slow even for spinning rust.
Could definitely host of issues, but Steam’s backbone ain’t it
Could definitely host of issues, but Steam’s backbone ain’t it
Posted on 12/20/24 at 11:47 am to bluebarracuda
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Steam downloads will bog down CPU usage
Just to elaborate on this if people aren’t familiar: back in the day, you downloaded a game, then you installed it. For the last few years, Steam has packaged games in a way that allows you to install it as you go. If you look at my screenshot, you’ll notice that my drive speed is just a touch higher than my download speed, but they are essentially matched. That’s because my drive is faster than my internet connection, so it’s taking every bit of bandwidth Steam will give. Interestingly, if you have a fast internet connection, it’s actually faster *not* to download preorders. It will actually take your CPU longer to unencrypt the files than it would to download them from scratch.
Posted on 12/21/24 at 9:02 am to MikelArteta
Go to Settings > Downloads. Make sure that "Limit Download Speeds" and "Throttle downloads while streaming" are turned off.
Posted on 12/26/24 at 9:57 pm to notsince98
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Steam and Epic both have slow downloads. They usually top out around 500Mbps in my area (at&t fiber kansas city).
Subtle “I have fiber and you poors still have cable” brag.
Posted on 12/27/24 at 9:43 am to marcus3000
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Go to Settings > Downloads. Make sure that "Limit Download Speeds" and "Throttle downloads while streaming" are turned off.
In the same menu, also try playing with your download region. For my south Louisiana baws, I've had nothing but good experiences with the "US - Houston" region. But just play around with different ones if you're getting markedly slower download speeds than you get during a bandwidth test.
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