Updates for large Gigabyte games.
Updates for large Gigabyte games.
I experience extremely limited internet connection, currently capped at 5 Megabits per second. After returning from work, I often feel eager to play games, but the constant multi-gigabyte updates—like those for Black Desert Online or Battlefield 1—make it impossible. Is this a common issue?
I’m around 1.2Mb/s and it works just fine when I’m the only one using the connection, with ping times between 80-90ms—perfect for smooth performance. Recently I got Black Ops 3, which was 87Gbps, but it took nearly a week to download. My friends all have 60Mb/s and don’t hesitate to update or play new games. Here I am, just watching the download progress, feeling pretty frustrated. I’m paying over $120 a month for what feels like slow internet. The best part is I can sit in the corner of a cornfield a quarter mile away from my house while getting -113 decibels—about 7Mb/s or more. I don’t have signal at home, which is frustrating. Everyone else seems to have faster connections now. It’s 2017, and most people are used to better speeds. Just turn off CenturyLink.
Have you checked how it performs with a Kill-A-Watt? If yes, what seems to be the issue with your setup? Your i7 4930k OCed to 4.6ghz and R9 390X can draw around 380 watts when fully on, but it still manages about 75 watts when idle.