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#1 Wuda

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Posted 13 September 2015 - 06:55 PM

So I have a computer that is rather low in the means of gaming, and just about 4 gbs of ram (can use 3.47 of it)

 

I had a friend on visit the other day, we gamed dota bla bla bla. Anyways I noticed his steam could download updates and games on my net with about 9 mb/s of download speed, my computer has never reached higher than 589 kb/s. This is all wireless by the way.

 

I tried adding more priority to steam, it helped slightly. Do I just need more ram, or would directly plugging a internet cable into my computer work fine?


Edited by Wuda, 13 September 2015 - 06:56 PM.


#2 Ratty

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Posted 13 September 2015 - 07:26 PM

What if you get closer to the wireless access point?

Also this has some tips, the one that helped me was putting it on a table.
https://support.micr...n-us/kb/2933867

If you get fast speeds downloading other things, like http://www.speedtest.net/ shows really good speeds, you can try going into steam's settings and try changing the content server to a different one, even if its farther from you.
Settings -> Downloads -> Download Region
and while you're there, make sure "Limit bandwidth to" didn't get set somehow.

#3 Wuda

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Posted 13 September 2015 - 07:43 PM

Well my internet speed is top notch, or so I believe. I don't have much knowledge on speeds from different providers (my parents run that and just tell me we have some of the best) I believe we have 100 over 60, or something like it.

 

My wireless access point or in other words my modem, is less than a meter from my pc, so I doubt it would help moving closer.

Yes I did the speed test and it showed positive, my download region was germany, changed it too Denmark and started the update on Robocraft. Nothing changed, still around 580 kb/s.


Edited by Wuda, 13 September 2015 - 07:45 PM.


#4 JoyJoy

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Posted 14 September 2015 - 04:52 AM

Your wireless router shouldn't be a problem if your friend can do it fine. What I'd look at is your WiFi adapter. An older one might not support the higher speeds that your friend's can, so you might be getting bottlenecked by your adapter. A a/b adapter is much slower than an n/g one.

 

https://en.wikipedia...802.11#Protocol



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Posted 14 September 2015 - 05:09 AM

If you don't have 802.11n, you should upgrade to 802.11n, or AC if you have the money to burn.



#6 Wuda

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Posted 14 September 2015 - 02:50 PM

Well in about 4 months I will have the money to burn, working with delivering newspapers when you're 14 does not earn me much money.

 

Thanks for the advice on this problem I have got, it seems I will have to live with it until April when I can buy and build a new pc as one I have is not worth upgrading.



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Posted 14 September 2015 - 11:52 PM

If you have $10 lying around, they're relatively cheap on Amazon.com.

http://www.amazon.co.../dp/B003MTTJOY/



#8 Wuda

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Posted 16 September 2015 - 03:01 PM

Well I do, but import taxes ugh. Too high are the taxes in Denmark.


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