You’ll need to restart Steam for the new settings to take effect. This will ensure that Steam doesn’t try to throttle your connection, giving Steam full access to use your maximum download speeds to download games quicker.

To do this, make sure that the Limit bandwidth to setting is set to No limit in the Steam Settings > Downloads menu. You’ll also need to make sure Steam isn’t limited your bandwidth usage, however. With experimentation, you should be able to find the best settings to maximize your download speeds. As long as you don’t stray too far, you may find that an alternative location is used less (offering more bandwidth for you to use). You should try to choose the closest server to your location, but if this is still slower than you’d like, experiment a little. By changing the download region to servers closer to you, it should help to increase your overall Steam download speeds. If this setting is set too far from your current location, your download speeds might be slower than you’d expect. Set your nearest Download region in the drop-down menu.Press the Downloads option in the left-hand menu.

To start, open Steam and press Steam > S ettings.

One way to quickly improve your Steam download speeds is to change your Steam download region in the settings menu. If you want to increase download speeds on Steam, you can (if you know how). With some games taking up half your disk space, however, waiting for your new game to download can be a pretty tedious process. Whether you’re looking for the latest indie gem, or monster hits like CS:GO, Steam has it all.

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