Steam Server/Client Update :)

gord · 16 Jul 2011 at 20:36

Davola said:
This is Valve we are talking about here....

Slow and steady wins the race!

Mr Krugga · 16 Jul 2011 at 20:44

Robert said:
6MB pretty much IS full 50MB?

No, it's not.

6MB is equal to 48Mb but nowhere near 50MB

Antar Bolaeisk · 16 Jul 2011 at 21:48

orderoftheflame said:
And DotA 2 soon.

That estimate is in Valve time, I did get excited for a moment though before I realised this.

orderoftheflame · 16 Jul 2011 at 21:51

Antar Bolaeisk said:
That estimate is in Valve time, I did get excited for a moment though before I realised this.

Oh yeah... Like when TF2 was coming out "soon" in 2000...

HangTime · 16 Jul 2011 at 22:00

orderoftheflame said:
You've got to finish any outstanding downloads before it'll stop downloading future ones iirc.

I see, pretty annoying as they are always hundreds of megabytes and have a bandwidth cap from 8am to 8pm on weekdays.

mufc802 · 16 Jul 2011 at 22:06

Nice update.

Antar Bolaeisk · 16 Jul 2011 at 22:34

orderoftheflame said:
Oh yeah... Like when TF2 was coming out "soon" in 2000...

It only took them another seven years

Edit: That means it's been four years since Episode 2, four freaking years! Stop faffing around with DotA2 Valve and give us Half Life 3!

Daniel C · 16 Jul 2011 at 22:40

Awesome update. Hopefully when BF3 is released we can all download the game right away no worries.

Mr Krugga · 16 Jul 2011 at 22:46

DotA 2 is rumoured to be released in Q4 this year.

Here's hoping it does...

linktoinsanity · 17 Jul 2011 at 00:56

Nice update. Max speeds now about 1.2MB/s instead of about 800Kb/s.

Hopefully this means the next L4D2 DLC won't take as long to download.

Homer-Simpson · 17 Jul 2011 at 01:07

People really are getting their MBps and Mbps mixed up in this thread

FNGsam · 17 Jul 2011 at 09:07

Daniel C said:
Awesome update. Hopefully when BF3 is released we can all download the game right away no worries.

i didn't think bf3 was being released on steam.

Robert · 17 Jul 2011 at 09:35

Mr Krugga said:
No, it's not.

6MB is equal to 48Mb but nowhere near 50MB

That would be why I said "pretty much" and quoted "6.4/5MB/s" as full speed

Thanks!

GTRacer · 17 Jul 2011 at 09:37

Homer-Simpson said:
People really are getting their MBps and Mbps mixed up in this thread

Until I read this thread I thought that they were interchangeable, now I feel much better knowing that my Internet connection isn't as slow as I thought it was!

Regarding the updates to Steam, awesome. That download scheduler is much needed (especially during sales

).

Robert · 17 Jul 2011 at 09:44

I found it quite funny that I was downloading BiAHH last night at 6MB/s when I paused it and downloaded a 720p trailer and only got 600KB

Hellsmk2 · 17 Jul 2011 at 10:30

dreigns said:
Good my download speeds have gone right up now.
Before I got about 1.1meg now i'm getting 6meg much better still wish I got my full 50

6 meg d/l is around the max you'll get on a 50mb line. Can't really complain.