STEAM slow downloads! In your settings to to the download tab and check the location, try picking one that is either closer to you or if that one is already selected try selecting the next closes one, restart steam and see how it goes then. Steam almost always max's my connection out and at the very least usually DL's. Mar 27, 2018 In the steam window, open “Settings” and then “Downloads”. After that, click “Steam Library Folders” button. Now, just click “Add Library Folder” and setup new library somewhere else. Steam library folder window Create or select new steam library folder.
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I've got 15Mbps fiber optic and even Steam downloads for me (Windows 8.1 and Windows 10) can be slow sometimes and download at like 400kb/s even though I have my downloads throttled at 1.5mb/s (downloading from Boston server). Then again I don't have Wildblue either, I hear they were really awful at managing their networks. Are you experiencing the Steam download slow issue? Don't worry as we will be showing the quick and easy way on how to fix this problem.
I'm trying to download Terraria in this case, and I have tested the download speed of this computer's adapter already; 1.5mb/s. Despite this, downloading things in Steam will only reach up to 150kb/s. I have switched from 4 servers, I live in Florida so I tried Houston, Atlanta, New York, and Miami. All 4 gave me the same speed or worse. Please help.
I have another computer with Steam on it that runs Windows 10, but can download up to 3mb/s. This is an issue on here.
EDIT: I do recommend checking all the solutions people have given, it doesn't seem my solution was universal. Hope you can figure it out here.
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I had the same problem and the dnsmasq solution did not work for me, neither did changing download server or set a download limit. I hope this will help others in the future:
The problem for me was that my steam folder was on a mounted ntfs partition with sync enabled (check /etc/fstab). That throttles write-speed significantly. Change sync to async and I have normal writing speeds which means Steam can download at full speed, too.
martsmarts
Might be a silly suggestion but have you tried going into Settings and checking whether there's a bandwidth download limit set on your account?
It's found under the Downloads tab. Once clicked, there should be a little dropdown menu.
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I just figured out my issue. For whatever reason, it was really slow because I didn't install something called dnsmasq. I'm running Xubuntu, so it would work after a restart because a version of it was already installed that was dnsmasq-base. I don't completely understand what this even did, but it made my download speeds go from 150kb/s to my normal speeds.
Hope this helps anyone else having my issue :)
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On Linux Mint Cinnamon 19 (and possibly most of Ubuntu based OS) :
Artcut 2009 free software. In a terminal :
In nano editing add this lines at the bottom of the file :
Save and close
In the terminal :
Sources :https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=210093
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I found another solution to installing
dnsmasq
. You use unbound
instead.This would tell DNS queries to go through your local unbound server (at 127.0.0.1 a.k.a. localhost), retries over TCP should work as expected, and Steam should be able to download just fine. You can test it with:
This, together with marts' answer helped me solve this issue. For a better explaination of why the above works, see this post.
RenierRenier
I just fixed my issue with this. What I did was
and then
I don't know how this works but it did.
bigsbigs
The slow download speeds could also be, if you are using a dual-boot system, the way that the ntfs partition is mounted could also result in the download taking forever. Assuming you are downloading the games to your ntfs partition. As it has to download and simultaneously transfer the data to the partition(if you are using the mount argument
sync
).If you are using a dual-boot system and are experiencing slow download speeds, also consider this as a possibility. Changing your 'auto-mount' settings in
/etc/fstab
could make a difference. Here is the answer I am basing this on: Very slow write rate from ext4 to NTFS. And the fact that it was the case for me.As a side note, here is how to setup the partitions to auto mount.
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Steam defines itself as 'the ultimate entertainment platform.' Its software, available for PC, Mac, and mobile devices, allows people to 'play, connect, [and] create.' Its gaming library has more than 2,000 titles and it has approximately 40 million users. If you're one of those 40 million, you know what a pain it can be to wait for a game to update or for a new one to download -- it's not the speediest process.
Here's how to make the wait time a little less painful:
Open the Steam settings page. This can be accessed by right-clicking the Steam icon in the system tray and selecting Settings from the menu that appears.
In the Settings window, there will be many tabs full of all sorts of options and settings that you can play with. The settings we're interested in are under the Downloads + Cloud tab.
Two of the settings here can help increase your download speed. First, make sure the drop-down labeled 'Approximate speed of your Internet connection' is properly set to, well, the approximate speed of your Internet connection.
Second, play around with the Download region drop-down settings. Your best bet is going to be the closest location to you, but factors like the internet connection between you and that location or volume of traffic to that server may tip the scale in the favor of a server further away.
Adjusting these settings will require you to restart your Steam client before the changes come into effect. Hopefully you'll notice faster download speeds after the restart. If there's no change -- or worse, your connection seems slower -- play around more with the download region setting until you find a reliable, low-traffic server.
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