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Steam finally adds download rate limiter

Well it's about time, a much requested feature has been finally added to the steam beta, the ability to set how fast you want to download a game. With this ability, you can still download games through steam while doing other things that require an internet connection on your computer, without having really slow speeds.

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JonahNL4037d ago

I hadn't noticed it yet. They added some extra features to the Downloads tab as well. Awesome.

TechnicianTed4037d ago

My connection's so fast I don't even notice when I browse the web while downloading.

/Smugmodeon

bumnut4037d ago

Mine too, I can usually download a 15GB game in 20 mins.

Its a nice feature for people with slower connections though.

Irishguy954036d ago

I can download a 15GB game in...21 hours.

sourav934036d ago

Ooh 15GB in 20? Nice. Takes me around 40 mins. What's your d/l speed?

bumnut4036d ago (Edited 4036d ago )

Im on Virgin media 120 Mb, I started out at 50 Mb, then they doubled it for free, then they put me up to 120 Mb for signing up to Tivo.

I can honestly say that 50 is fast enough for anyone, I would not have paid for 100 but it was free!

They are meant to be rolling out 250 Mb soon too

sourav934036d ago

120?! Nice. I'm on the virgin 60. Was on 30 but they doubled for free because of TiVo. Same as you lol. The thing is, even though you might say 50 is enough, people change they way they use the internet as their speeds get faster. So a person on a 10Mbps connection will use the internet differently to someone with 120, like yourself. So they will never be a limit (at least not for a while) to how fast our internet needs to be.

ReubenPatrick4036d ago

15GB in 20 mins huh....

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFF
How about 10 days....

metalgEer4036d ago

I wish we had 50MB internet speed here in Australia...... 15 GB here takes a week or 2 for me to DL and while I am downloading I can not even browse the web so I can only download late at night when I go to sleep.

peowpeow4036d ago (Edited 4036d ago )

Hey metal some areas support 100Mbit. I know a few of my friends under Telstra cable or fibre? (most expensive ISP but what can you do?).

Took about 30-40 minutes to download that much. That's steam/origin though, fast servers

RockmasteR4036d ago

I can download 15 GB in........ 40 hours

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Skyshark19424037d ago

I haven't been on steam for a while, so i'm going to check this out.

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Steam’s Refund Policy Change Won’t Affect You Unless You’re A Lowlife

Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected

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thorstein16d ago

Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.

fsfsxii15d ago

Pc gamers will take this as an excuse to pirate things

KyRo15d ago

I'm not sure why you're getting disgrees. Whilst not all PC gamers are petty, an awful lot of them are lol

Crows9015d ago

Entirely untrue. Not any more petty than console gamers. The only large difference is console gamers don't have much of a choice.

Michiel198915d ago

Not sure why you're getting agrees. an awful lot of console gamers are overemotional twinks ready to go to war over a plastic box, I'll take being a pc gamer then.

Speaking about overgeneralizing much.

Nooderus15d ago

"X" type of gamer conversations are cringe

qalpha15d ago

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Inverno15d ago

Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?

DustMan15d ago

You can refund any game you've purchased as long as it hasn't been longer than two weeks, and you've played less than 2 hours. I wish they would change it to 3 hours because some RPG's have so much exposition that you may only get an hour total of complete gameplay. That's my only knock on it. I've refunded plenty of stuff I was just curious to try. I typically stay away from Early Access titles which are the only ones affected by this policy change.

Inverno15d ago

Apparently early access doesn't count, only complete games with a play early preorder bonus.

Gaming4Life198115d ago

I definitely know if I want a refund in 2 hours.

SegaSaturn66915d ago

I never liked refunding anything. Even if a film is bad, i dont want my money back. Sometimes things just aren't for me, and it's not the creator's fault necessarily.

Gaming4Life198115d ago

I feel you and i have never walked out on a bad movie cause I payed my money. I also don't refund games cause I'm a gamer and I know what to buy lol. I think having a digital refund is great.

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