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    Orange box taking for ever!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Bobby_, Dec 28, 2007.

  1. Bobby_

    Bobby_ Notebook Consultant

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    Just bought "Orange Box" It is a game by steam for those who dont know. It comes with:

    Team Fortress 2
    HL2
    HL2 Episode 1
    HL2 Episode 2
    HL2 Lost Coast
    Portal
    Peggle Extreme

    Righ now, I have TF2 downloading only. First I had all of them downloading at once, and that was really slow. Now its just not as slow... It says 35% 150ish - 130ish KB/s

    Is this normal? Specs are in my sig. How can I make this go faster?
     
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  2. andyasselin

    andyasselin Notebook Deity

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    sound like internet connection issues

    Steam use something simualr to bit torrent maybe you need open some ports
     
    andyasselin, Dec 28, 2007
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  3. Arquis

    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    get a better ISP, and connect using an ethernet cable, not wifi.
     
    Arquis, Dec 28, 2007
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  4. Bobby_

    Bobby_ Notebook Consultant

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    im connected wirelessly with 99% strength. I have this thing on my desktop sidebar and it is saying "Download speed 0 - 10 Kb/s" and the highest ive seen is "0 - 26 Kb/s"
     
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    Incursis Notebook Evangelist

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    I get this problem too, pause the downloading of the games, restart the Steam client, resume downloading.
     
    Incursis, Dec 28, 2007
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  6. Arquis

    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    No matter the signal strength, wireless will always slow things down a bit. connecting directly through ethernet will give you a faster conection. 120kb/s sounds right for "Hi-speed lite" and wifi. Which is what i usually get on bittorrent.
     
    Arquis, Dec 28, 2007
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  7. Bobby_

    Bobby_ Notebook Consultant

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    i hooked it up and it didnt make anything faster
     
    Bobby_, Dec 29, 2007
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    link1313 Notebook Virtuoso

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    its your internet most likely, not steam.
     
    link1313, Dec 29, 2007
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  9. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    yeah i mean, its most likely not a problem with your computer.
    its most likely not a problem with steam.
    how fast is your internet for normal download speeds?
    steam obviously won't be any faster...

    the limitation is in your internet service provider.
     
    masterchef341, Dec 29, 2007
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  10. Ackeron

    Ackeron Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    I have these games installed, and they take up a total of 16.5 GB...so it's going to take awhile, regardless of what you're downloading :p I'm not sure but TF2 might even need some HL2 files to run, so Steam might have to download most of HL2 in addition to TF2.

    As an aside, the replies in here are also correct...your connection or even the Steam server load could be a major problem. Sometimes I get up to 600kb/sec off the Steam servers, others I'm down to 30kb/sec...just depends I guess :\
     
    Ackeron, Dec 29, 2007
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  11. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    All those (except peggle) use the "Source" engine and use a couple GB of same files, all based on HL2 engine.
     
    HTWingNut, Dec 29, 2007
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