steam download speed slow but internet fast

I am NOT making any assurances or guarantees that this WILL SOLVE your download problem but this is merely a recommendation and may or may not work for you. Out of 20 people I sent this guide to (Myself included) I saw a huge increase in normal download speed and so did 15 other people making this a 16 / 20 success or 80% success rate, while the remaining 4 didn't see much of an improvement or none at all. Upon choosing your new download region you will be prompted to restart steam to make the settings effective, do so and you should notice a significant boost in performance.

Now in settings open the 'Downloads + Cloud' Tab and open 'Download Region' dropdown box:

Once you have identified your desired network to use simply open up steam desktop client (This works for both MAC and PC Steam Clients) and navigate to ' View' and choose ' Settings' As shown in the screenshot below in your steam client: Go HERE and find the content server with the least load on it (Obviously the smaller the bar the lesser people are on it and more the speed for you) Step 2. Steam Christmas Sale is upon us and with the added bonus of the whole Christmas giveaway event it is an even bigger load on steam servers to manage, if you are looking for a way to get the most internet speed so that you can complete the objectives / achievements of a required game but aren't able to download the game in time simply follow this guide to help maximize your download speed in steam, this guide has been a huge help to many people and recently came to my attention for most of the people I have given it to have claimed it has done wonders and others not so much but you can always try your luck :D.Īre you among the people who has a 1 Megabyte or higher internet connection but steam won't give you more than 250 KiloBytes on your download? Want a way to resolve that? Simply follow the steps below and your problem will probably be solved, considering how simple the guide is to follow there really isn't much for you to lose now is there :D.

Steam download speed slow but internet fast