7 Nov 2008 at 16:39 #1 MiNxYyY MiNxYyY Permabanned Joined 22 Mar 2008 Posts 3,977 Location Redditch When joining the game through steam,it seems to take from 15-20 minutes to download the patches. Is this normal for steam ?
When joining the game through steam,it seems to take from 15-20 minutes to download the patches. Is this normal for steam ?
7 Nov 2008 at 16:48 #2 uv uv Soldato Joined 16 May 2006 Posts 8,436 Location Manchester it depends. Are you connected to the internet via bits of string and cotton-wool? Patches/updates usually download at ~1.3 MB/s for myself.
it depends. Are you connected to the internet via bits of string and cotton-wool? Patches/updates usually download at ~1.3 MB/s for myself.
7 Nov 2008 at 16:49 #3 rjk rjk OcUK Staff Joined 8 Aug 2007 Posts 25,520 steam can be slow sometimes - just ride it out
7 Nov 2008 at 21:06 #4 zykan zykan Associate Joined 28 Sep 2008 Posts 277 plus when you play a game through steam which requires your net connection, it lowers the bandwidth it's using
plus when you play a game through steam which requires your net connection, it lowers the bandwidth it's using
7 Nov 2008 at 21:11 #5 Skeeter Skeeter Caporegime Joined 8 Mar 2007 Posts 37,146 Location Surrey Steam will pause downloads if your playing online.
7 Nov 2008 at 22:24 #6 dbmzk1 dbmzk1 Soldato Joined 28 Oct 2002 Posts 9,231 Location Stockport / Manchester Skeeter said: Steam will pause downloads if your playing online. Click to expand... Mine doesn't. Though I do find Steam stupidly slow most of the time.
Skeeter said: Steam will pause downloads if your playing online. Click to expand... Mine doesn't. Though I do find Steam stupidly slow most of the time.
9 Nov 2008 at 03:18 #7 Duran Duran Permabanned Joined 30 Jun 2008 Posts 1,225 steam is always fast for me. great service, if only the games were a bit cheaper... most of the times they cost more than retail which makes no sense.
steam is always fast for me. great service, if only the games were a bit cheaper... most of the times they cost more than retail which makes no sense.
