Argonath RPG - A World of its own

Argonath RPG Community => Hardware/Software support => Resolved issues => Topic started by: Nightstorm on September 13, 2012, 12:08:52 pm

Title: GTA IV Steam download time
Post by: Nightstorm on September 13, 2012, 12:08:52 pm: Well, ive already posted a topic here about my hardware, thats okay for GTA IV.
Here comes the next problem i need to solve:
I have a 2000 W-Lan dsl, not really fast.
I want to download GTA IV from steam, but i dont want to wait more than 5 hours or something.
I just tried to download World of tanks, and it took me a long time.
How can i get my download speed up high?
A lower time would be very comfortable...
Title: Re: GTA IV Steam download time
Post by: Devin on September 13, 2012, 12:12:29 pm: 5 hours is still reasonable for a massive game, just leave it downloading overnight.
What sort of download speeds do you get?

Prime example, I purchased ArmA2 via steam, it took me 8 days so close to 190 hours of straight downloading to get the game, in that light, 5 hours is not bad.

The only way to increase your download speed is to upgrade your internet connection with your ISP.
Title: Re: GTA IV Steam download time
Post by: Nightstorm on September 13, 2012, 12:14:11 pm: Ah well, fice hours is for the low gb games, like world of tanks :s
I dont think i can get more than 100 kb/s .
Title: Re: GTA IV Steam download time
Post by: Devin on September 13, 2012, 12:17:37 pm: GTA IV itself is roughly 15gb, so you can work that out for download speeds compared to something else you have downloaded.
Title: Re: GTA IV Steam download time
Post by: TiMoN on September 13, 2012, 12:30:42 pm: Contact your ISP to increase your download speed just like devin said, 5 hours is not much for a 15GB game, just let your PC open when you goto sleep or set a Turn off timer(I don't think that exist)
Title: Re: GTA IV Steam download time
Post by: Roske. on September 13, 2012, 03:44:06 pm: GTA IV is a really big game, and it will take some time to download, I recommend playing other games while it does that to kill the time.
Title: Re: GTA IV Steam download time
Post by: Ragdoll on September 13, 2012, 03:46:48 pm: Quote from: Cena44 on September 13, 2012, 12:30:42 pm
set a Turn off timer(I don't think that exist)
It's possible through task scheduler.
Title: Re: GTA IV Steam download time
Post by: Nightstorm on September 13, 2012, 04:00:35 pm: The little problem about leaving my lapttop open is: my mum wouldnt like that :s
And i dont really wanna sit there 15 days, downloading it for an hour every day and doing nothing (when i downloaded wot, my ping in samp was about 1000 :s )
Title: Re: GTA IV Steam download time
Post by: TiMoN on September 13, 2012, 05:04:13 pm: Quote from: Nightstorm on September 13, 2012, 04:00:35 pm
The little problem about leaving my lapttop open is: my mum wouldnt like that :s
And i dont really wanna sit there 15 days, downloading it for an hour every day and doing nothing (when i downloaded wot, my ping in samp was about 1000 :s )
15 days? I think you can lower the brightness to 0 or just hide the laptop until the next morning, or just buy a DVD game.