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Thread ID: 81418 2007-07-27 05:45:00 Updating/installing games with steam. So fricken slow. Anyone else got this problem? Fishy (10540) Press F1
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573252 2007-07-27 05:45:00 Im sick of it. To update or download any game through steam goes so slow. I average 5kb a second. img440.imageshack.us
This is pitiful. When downloading off microsoft or off an ftp I can get about 700 kb a second max. So can someone tell me why I only get dial up speed?

And when I refresh the server list for CSS with the only preference ticked being servers in Aussie/NZ it comes up with about 80 servers. At a net cafe it comes up with about 300 - 400. Does anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it? Cheers.
Fishy (10540)
573253 2007-07-27 06:22:00 Yep. Steam sucks.

Which is why I avoid it and buy my games on DVD instead of via Steam.
pctek (84)
573254 2007-07-27 06:24:00 Yeah I bought all my games on DVD but there close to original versions. So I have about 100mb of CSS updates alone to do. I recently formatted this computer to get rid of all the crap and forgot to back up my steam files. So do you only get 5kb a second average when updating steam games as well? Fishy (10540)
573255 2007-07-27 07:09:00 I only have:

HL2
HL2-EP1
Dark Messiah

Dark Messiah came on DVD and I removed the Valve folder from the registry.
HL2 EP 1 I download via Steam which took, well not sure cause I went to bed and left it. 12 hours or some rubbish?

I then had a friend amend it. As he did with HL2.

Of course that liminates online but I don't care, I played single player and it made an enormous difference. Not just how much smaller it got but how much better performance it gained.


SO I hate Steam.

What happens when HL2 EP2 comes out I hate to think.
pctek (84)
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