Anything quicker than newsleecher for usenet?

[A[L]C]

Hi all,

Newsleecher isnt able to keep up with our download speed. Is there anything better available?



And no its not photoshopped.

 

[malachi]

Are you sure those speeds aint down to your ISP? As Newsleecher downloads at full speed from my end and Ive been using it for years.

 

[A[L]C]

Basically the speed is so quick, newsleecher cant deal with the files quick enough. It pops up a message basically saying its pausing downloads while it sorts itself out. Hence why the average speed is a lot lower than the current/max speed.

 

[5tephen]

What sort of CPU and hard drive usage is it pushing on your machine?

 

[A[L]C]

What sort of CPU and hard drive usage is it pushing on your machine?

Hadnt thought of that. Machine is a P4 3.2HT with 2gb ram. How can I tell hdd usage?

 

[5tephen]

Try loading something like Word or Firefox while downloading and see if it appears within half an hour
Vista has a good HD meter in the resource monitor; on XP, aside from some third party util I don't know apart from just looking at the hard drive light on the front of your computer!
If you have the likes of WD Raptors it's a different matter, I can hear my two from downstairs

 

[Rebelius]

Hence why the average speed is a lot lower than the current/max speed.

Wouldnt that be due to the first third of the graph being zero?

 

[malachi]

Basically the speed is so quick, newsleecher cant deal with the files quick enough. It pops up a message basically saying its pausing downloads while it sorts itself out. Hence why the average speed is a lot lower than the current/max speed.

I used to have the same problem untill I upgraded to version 3.9 beta 11 then it stopped. Not too sure if it has solved the problem as I also did a defrag but it hasnt happened in the past few weeks.

P.S. Sweeney Todd is a good film

 

[tj86]

I'd get faster hard drives/CPU as I've noticed these resources get used up a lot when downloading from usenet.