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GOG GALAXY 2.0 discussionLimit bandwidth feature, different download speeds.(10 posts)solved(10 posts)solved
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Posted August 05, 2020
I'm getting completely different download speeds than my settings. For the moment I can just set it to around 30 to have my desired bandwidth, but it's definitely borked. Is there a simple fix for this like editing a config file?

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Posted August 05, 2020
Well, you are just setting the maximum possible download speed with this option. If the GOG servers are fully utilized at the time being or your own internet line is temporarily limited for whatever reason then of course you are not reaching the speed that you specified as your max.

Or can you reproduce that behaviour of having less download speed when enabling the limited bandwidth in comparison with no bandwidth limit even though its far from hitting the max set speed?
Post edited August 05, 2020 by Advanced89
Posted December 07, 2020
I'm seeing exactly the same behavior.

With limit of 15MB/s in GOG Galaxy 2.0 ( version 2.0.26.55 - Beta) Windows Task Manager shows the incoming bandwidth as around 50 Mbps and GOG's Download page shows it as around 5MB/s.

The behavior is the same with limits of 5MB/s and 10MB/s. The reported speeds are 15 Mbps / 1.6MB/s and 30 Mbps / 3.3 MB/s accordingly.

Without any limitations the download speeds are 100Mbps / 11MB/s.
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Posted December 09, 2020
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Advanced89: Well, you are just setting the maximum possible download speed with this option. If the GOG servers are fully utilized at the time being or your own internet line is temporarily limited for whatever reason then of course you are not reaching the speed that you specified as your max.

Or can you reproduce that behaviour of having less download speed when enabling the limited bandwidth in comparison with no bandwidth limit even though its far from hitting the max set speed?
I just spent 5 hours downloading Cyberpunk with 1.6 MB/s, because I set the limit to 5 MB/s, thinking their servers must be at their limit.

Now I set the limit to 15 MB/s and immediately get 5 MB/s.

It seems, that somebody screwed up while coding this, and divided the limit by 3 for some reason.
Set limit divided by 3 = actual download limit. :shrug:
Posted December 09, 2020
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Advanced89: Well, you are just setting the maximum possible download speed with this option. If the GOG servers are fully utilized at the time being or your own internet line is temporarily limited for whatever reason then of course you are not reaching the speed that you specified as your max.

Or can you reproduce that behaviour of having less download speed when enabling the limited bandwidth in comparison with no bandwidth limit even though its far from hitting the max set speed?
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GGattsu: I just spent 5 hours downloading Cyberpunk with 1.6 MB/s, because I set the limit to 5 MB/s, thinking their servers must be at their limit.

Now I set the limit to 15 MB/s and immediately get 5 MB/s.

It seems, that somebody screwed up while coding this, and divided the limit by 3 for some reason.
Set limit divided by 3 = actual download limit. :shrug:
I actually can confirm this as I've noticed the same behaviour myself since my last reply that you just quoted.
There's obviously something wrong with the bandwidth limitation, but it's not totally broken in a way so you couldn't have it use your desired bandwidth limit. You just need to set it higher than intended until the actual download speed matches what you want it to be.
Post edited December 09, 2020 by Advanced89
Posted December 22, 2020
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Advanced89: Well, you are just setting the maximum possible download speed with this option. If the GOG servers are fully utilized at the time being or your own internet line is temporarily limited for whatever reason then of course you are not reaching the speed that you specified as your max.

Or can you reproduce that behaviour of having less download speed when enabling the limited bandwidth in comparison with no bandwidth limit even though its far from hitting the max set speed?
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GGattsu: I just spent 5 hours downloading Cyberpunk with 1.6 MB/s, because I set the limit to 5 MB/s, thinking their servers must be at their limit.

Now I set the limit to 15 MB/s and immediately get 5 MB/s.

It seems, that somebody screwed up while coding this, and divided the limit by 3 for some reason.
Set limit divided by 3 = actual download limit. :shrug:
That drove me crazy fiddling with the bandwidth limit. Thanks for the hint.
Posted April 18, 2021
bug is still present. and i kept wondering why my downloads were so slow and always peaked at 1.6MB/s. Changed bandwidth limit from 5MB/s to 15MB/s and am now getting actual 5MB/s. Please fix this dear GOG gremlins.
Posted November 22, 2021
This is STILL an issue today. Why hasn't this fundamental yet simple bug been addressed yet?
Posted December 02, 2021
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PotatoArmada: I'm getting completely different download speeds than my settings. For the moment I can just set it to around 30 to have my desired bandwidth, but it's definitely borked. Is there a simple fix for this like editing a config file?

Attached images of various settings.
it's worth mentioning that this issue isn't even a new one to Galaxy 2.0

I'm still using Galaxy 1.2 and the same problem exists. I've set my download limit to around triple what I actually want it limited to, because the numbers don't match on the old client either. Not sure what they did wrong, but it's the same thing they did wrong in the previous iteration of the app too.
Posted December 10, 2021
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ZambiblasianOgre: This is STILL an issue today. Why hasn't this fundamental yet simple bug been addressed yet?
Seems to be fixed in 2.0.44 Beta (Dec 9th). I can set it to e.g. 3 MB/s and confirm it both in the Download section as well as in Task Manager. Worked with different speeds for me. I guess they finally heard you :)
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