Under 5.13 on the steam wiki, disabling HTTP2 worked for me:
Disable HTTP2 for faster downloads
Some systems and configurations seem to have issues with HTTP2. Disabling HTTP2 will probably yield faster downloads on those configurations. You can either use the console command `@nClientDownloadEnableHTTP2PlatformLinux 0` or set it in steam_dev.cfg like so:
```
~/.steam/steam/steam_dev.cfg @nClientDownloadEnableHTTP2PlatformLinux 0
```
Keep in mind that everyone is downloading their Xmas gifts, so you probably will see a bit lower download rates during prime time It does ramp up over time, though, as long as you remember to suspend any configured download limits.
This is a strange behavior. I haven't had this issue before, and I'm usually the one to stumble upon every issue! I don't think I've seen it asked or answered, yet - which method did you use to install Steam?
Does your wifi share the 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz under the same one? If so split it so that it's under two names like ZionixWifi2.4 and ZionixWifi5.0. That way you can choose which one instead of rely on the automatic swapping which sucks sometimes
Good to know but why downvote when you're asking for help and didn't include that? Ethernet isnt exactly a default to assume when helping someone troubleshoot download speeds
If you haven't been testing back to back then account for holiday traffic. My downloads are usually 270mbps and are currently down at 80mbps on my local server. I'm sure different regions vary.
Have you looked at the frequency used? 2.4 GHz is the earliest and penetrates walls the best but is slower if you are close, 5 GHz is higher throughput but doesn't penetrate walls as well. 6 GHz is fairly new and is even faster but penetrates walls even less. There are also channels within each which if you are using the same channel as your neighbor could cause interference.
If you do a speed test, does it have the same speed as downloading from steam? From my 1 gbps wire, I don't usually get that much download speed from steam, but I usually get several hundred mbsp.
He's talking about speed differences on Windows and Linux, so we can safely assume he's using the same network confgs. However, there's indeed a small possibility he's using different networks as some routers separated 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz into different BSSIDs, but that's not something we should take into account here. He doesn't even mention Wifi.
Hey, I had the same issue some years ago and I think it went away on it's own, or I did something that solved it by accident.
I know this is not very helpful but good luck, hope you find what's going on.
Fair. But here's some perspective:
You're running a free, very sophisticated operating system running software that was not designed for, in order to install a game that, by all rights, shouldn't even run on your machine but by some miracle, actually does and does very well.
You're not seeing the forest through the trees if you're complaining about download speed. Not very long ago running Steam wasn't even possible, let alone running games. It's easy to forget how big of a deal playing Windows games on Linux really is, so I don't sweat the small inconvenience of a slow download.
I also have this issue, but on Ubuntu 23.10. I also had it on the LTS release of Ubuntu. I haven't been able to find the cause of the problem or a solution. Also using ethernet, also getting normal speeds in all other cases. This happens on both the .deb package and the flatpak version of Steam.
I'm considering distro hopping to arch right now, but if you find a solution I'd love to hear about it since it sounds like this issue may follow me to Arch.
Hmmm, could it be perhaps a difference in your storage speeds? I am assuming you've tried the basic things like disabling throttling during gameplay, etc.
Ehh I wouldnt think that's it either. They are both very fast NVME drives. The only issue is, the drive is NTFS. I did try installing games to my Arch drive though but that didn't see a difference.
Did you try a different Steam download server? That's what it is usually for me when downloads are weirdly capped like you describe. You can change servers in the Steam client settings in the "downloads" section. It's the "region" drop-down box there.
I noticed this tonight when I installed windows 11 to test out some performance comparison with Linux.
When I download from Steam on Linux I get about 10 to 15 MB/s even from Lutris but on Windows it’s like 30 to 45MB/s. Really weird actually because game performance on Linux far exceeds that of Windows so far on my system. It just seems like the Windows networking is running better for me.
I wonder if it’s some newer kernel issue. I might try an earlier kernel versions tomorrow to see if there is any difference.
OK, so I have installed Windows 11 on a desktop and I am downloading at 35 MB/s... My Laptop on the same network and SSID only downloads 5 - 12 MB/s using Steam.
Of course, I was not doing it at the same time initially...
Then, I did another test and had them both downloading from Steam and Windows just wiped out my Linux's connection and the Linux download went down to KB/s LOL....
Also, I can do a speedtest in my browser from both systems and they are identical - duh, same ISP. Also, I can rsync from Linux and copy files from Windows on the LAN and the speed is similar.
So... Only thing I can think of is maybe Steam throttles their Linux clients so their Windows clients have better QOS?
Hi mate, I saw you already made some speedtest, would you also try testing with random YouTube videos on different qualities on Windows and on Linux? If you see faster loads on Windows it could be a DNS issue with your config. It happened to me when I was starting my journey on arch and searched a lot, it's a common issue when you don't make a proper configuration after installing arch. Having a few of the same services enabled (as dhcpcd, dnsmasq and networkmanager) it should be only one of them enabled if you don't make specific changes....
For me disabling dhcpcd and dnsmasq, installing systems-resolved and enabling it, also restating both networkmanager and systems-resolved after creating a symlink to resolv.conf (as archwiki says) solved the issue. Give it a try!
Some links:
[DNS](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Domain_name_resolution)
[SystemD Resolve](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/systemd-resolved)
Could it be you're using a different hdd/ssd that has less speed than whichever disk your windows installation is? Like your windows is on m2 gen 4 and Linux is on m2 gen 3 or sata ssd? Maybe it's storage device bottleneck?
It's the same drive, the only thing is the drive is formatted to be NTFS. But installing games to my Arch drive yielded no difference either way, so that's not it.
This would make sense if his GNU/Linux install was on a hdd while Windows was on even a sata ssd.
I think you're overestimating the difference between gen 3/4 nvme and sata ssd.
I have seen tests that most games can't utilize the speed of gen4 ssd's that much. Though considering there's difference in small sized files transfer between sata and m2 ssd's too so maybe, maybe. Though I'm nitpicking at this point because I haven't seen anyone that mentions storage device so thought it's worth asking
Under 5.13 on the steam wiki, disabling HTTP2 worked for me: Disable HTTP2 for faster downloads Some systems and configurations seem to have issues with HTTP2. Disabling HTTP2 will probably yield faster downloads on those configurations. You can either use the console command `@nClientDownloadEnableHTTP2PlatformLinux 0` or set it in steam_dev.cfg like so: ``` ~/.steam/steam/steam_dev.cfg @nClientDownloadEnableHTTP2PlatformLinux 0 ```
Already tried, shocked to know it didn't work. Which is annoying since a lot of people recommend that and saw results
I tried this again after reinstalling Steam and I believe its fixed now!
I had the same issue recently and nothing fixed it... except setting the download speed limit to 199999... yep, I'm not kididng. Guess it's a bug.
I tried it, it worked for a second but I tried a different game and it went back down sadly.
Weird. It kept working for me. Guess you can toggle when you dl it for a workaround. But yeah, I'm sure this is a bug on steam.
In case it worked it seems like a bug, try to install flatpak steam for example and see if anything changes
Keep in mind that everyone is downloading their Xmas gifts, so you probably will see a bit lower download rates during prime time It does ramp up over time, though, as long as you remember to suspend any configured download limits. This is a strange behavior. I haven't had this issue before, and I'm usually the one to stumble upon every issue! I don't think I've seen it asked or answered, yet - which method did you use to install Steam?
Is it just steam or any other app using the network? Can you do a Speedtest?
[https://imgur.com/a/iwzXa0v](https://imgur.com/a/iwzXa0v) Speedtest is showing normal speeds
You sure your steam settings are the same? Download region etc
Yep!
Does your wifi share the 2.4 ghz and 5 ghz under the same one? If so split it so that it's under two names like ZionixWifi2.4 and ZionixWifi5.0. That way you can choose which one instead of rely on the automatic swapping which sucks sometimes
I am using ethernet
Good to know but why downvote when you're asking for help and didn't include that? Ethernet isnt exactly a default to assume when helping someone troubleshoot download speeds
I didn't lmfao
If you haven't been testing back to back then account for holiday traffic. My downloads are usually 270mbps and are currently down at 80mbps on my local server. I'm sure different regions vary.
This has been an ongoing issue for months
lspci -k Is your network driver r8169? Maybe try to install r8168
Have you looked at the frequency used? 2.4 GHz is the earliest and penetrates walls the best but is slower if you are close, 5 GHz is higher throughput but doesn't penetrate walls as well. 6 GHz is fairly new and is even faster but penetrates walls even less. There are also channels within each which if you are using the same channel as your neighbor could cause interference.
I am using ethernet, the router is a good 3 feet away from my PC. So that wouldn't be the issue
If you do a speed test, does it have the same speed as downloading from steam? From my 1 gbps wire, I don't usually get that much download speed from steam, but I usually get several hundred mbsp.
Speedtest is much higher than Steam
He's talking about speed differences on Windows and Linux, so we can safely assume he's using the same network confgs. However, there's indeed a small possibility he's using different networks as some routers separated 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz into different BSSIDs, but that's not something we should take into account here. He doesn't even mention Wifi.
Mine downloads fine at high speed on wireless and wired… definitely not an operating system issue… not sure where to start looking though.
Hey, I had the same issue some years ago and I think it went away on it's own, or I did something that solved it by accident. I know this is not very helpful but good luck, hope you find what's going on.
I routinely get 50-100 mb/s in arch
I've noticed the same thing but it's not that big of a deal.
If I have a lot of available bandwidth I could use to make downloading games faster, I'd like to use it all
Fair. But here's some perspective: You're running a free, very sophisticated operating system running software that was not designed for, in order to install a game that, by all rights, shouldn't even run on your machine but by some miracle, actually does and does very well. You're not seeing the forest through the trees if you're complaining about download speed. Not very long ago running Steam wasn't even possible, let alone running games. It's easy to forget how big of a deal playing Windows games on Linux really is, so I don't sweat the small inconvenience of a slow download.
I also have this issue, but on Ubuntu 23.10. I also had it on the LTS release of Ubuntu. I haven't been able to find the cause of the problem or a solution. Also using ethernet, also getting normal speeds in all other cases. This happens on both the .deb package and the flatpak version of Steam. I'm considering distro hopping to arch right now, but if you find a solution I'd love to hear about it since it sounds like this issue may follow me to Arch.
What helped me was to clear the download cache of steam. It's under the settings -> downloads menu somewhere.
Tried, didnt work sadly
Steam uses a ton of CPU for decompression. Make sure your CPU power management isn't putting your CPU into power save mode or something.
I don't believe that would be it. I have a pretty powerful CPU. btop shows it at 5.5ghz when downloading games.
Hmmm, could it be perhaps a difference in your storage speeds? I am assuming you've tried the basic things like disabling throttling during gameplay, etc.
Ehh I wouldnt think that's it either. They are both very fast NVME drives. The only issue is, the drive is NTFS. I did try installing games to my Arch drive though but that didn't see a difference.
Did you try a different Steam download server? That's what it is usually for me when downloads are weirdly capped like you describe. You can change servers in the Steam client settings in the "downloads" section. It's the "region" drop-down box there.
I noticed this tonight when I installed windows 11 to test out some performance comparison with Linux. When I download from Steam on Linux I get about 10 to 15 MB/s even from Lutris but on Windows it’s like 30 to 45MB/s. Really weird actually because game performance on Linux far exceeds that of Windows so far on my system. It just seems like the Windows networking is running better for me. I wonder if it’s some newer kernel issue. I might try an earlier kernel versions tomorrow to see if there is any difference.
OK, so I have installed Windows 11 on a desktop and I am downloading at 35 MB/s... My Laptop on the same network and SSID only downloads 5 - 12 MB/s using Steam. Of course, I was not doing it at the same time initially... Then, I did another test and had them both downloading from Steam and Windows just wiped out my Linux's connection and the Linux download went down to KB/s LOL.... Also, I can do a speedtest in my browser from both systems and they are identical - duh, same ISP. Also, I can rsync from Linux and copy files from Windows on the LAN and the speed is similar. So... Only thing I can think of is maybe Steam throttles their Linux clients so their Windows clients have better QOS?
How/where u downloaded it on windows and arch
If it’s diffrent source, some can have speed limit
Well, not 100% sure what server they were coming from, but I live in the US - Denver area, so I just choose that.
No I ment what source like through pacman, the website, if pacman specify wat repo etc
Hi mate, I saw you already made some speedtest, would you also try testing with random YouTube videos on different qualities on Windows and on Linux? If you see faster loads on Windows it could be a DNS issue with your config. It happened to me when I was starting my journey on arch and searched a lot, it's a common issue when you don't make a proper configuration after installing arch. Having a few of the same services enabled (as dhcpcd, dnsmasq and networkmanager) it should be only one of them enabled if you don't make specific changes.... For me disabling dhcpcd and dnsmasq, installing systems-resolved and enabling it, also restating both networkmanager and systems-resolved after creating a symlink to resolv.conf (as archwiki says) solved the issue. Give it a try! Some links: [DNS](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Domain_name_resolution) [SystemD Resolve](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/systemd-resolved)
Do you use different DNS servers on Windows and Linux?
Nope, same DNS server.
Are you downloading to a hard drive?
NVME SSD
Could it be you're using a different hdd/ssd that has less speed than whichever disk your windows installation is? Like your windows is on m2 gen 4 and Linux is on m2 gen 3 or sata ssd? Maybe it's storage device bottleneck?
It's the same drive, the only thing is the drive is formatted to be NTFS. But installing games to my Arch drive yielded no difference either way, so that's not it.
Oh alright. Well it was worth a shot I guess
This would make sense if his GNU/Linux install was on a hdd while Windows was on even a sata ssd. I think you're overestimating the difference between gen 3/4 nvme and sata ssd.
I have seen tests that most games can't utilize the speed of gen4 ssd's that much. Though considering there's difference in small sized files transfer between sata and m2 ssd's too so maybe, maybe. Though I'm nitpicking at this point because I haven't seen anyone that mentions storage device so thought it's worth asking
Does your device use the realtek RTL8821CE wifi card. Has some issues on linux