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Octavius Hite
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
Location: Househunting, looking for a new bunker from which to convert the world to homosexuality.
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 Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:53 pm Post subject: Bit torrent???/ |
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I recently downloaded the new bit torrent downloader and it sux, it chews up 3/4 of my ram. Whats going on? Is there a better downloader out there that I can use that won't slow my computer like this.
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:56 pm Post subject: Re: Bit torrent???/ |
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| Octavius Hite wrote: |
I recently downloaded the new bit torrent downloader and it sux, it chews up 3/4 of my ram. Whats going on? Is there a better downloader out there that I can use that won't slow my computer like this.
Thnx |
wow. for real? I have the new bittorrent client; no problems here. Sorry. |
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wormholes101
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:52 am Post subject: |
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www.utorrent.com
Uses about 6-10MB of ram, less if minimized. It's probably the most popular client in the world at the moment. |
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hangman
Joined: 01 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:22 am Post subject: |
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| I had it too. Bittorrent was using 200+MB. Restarted and it went back to 10 MB. Oh, I now see it uses 37 MB?! I'm not sure what's going on and don't know if I'll keep it. Have to search a bit for possible answers. |
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The King of Kwangju
Joined: 10 Feb 2003
Location: New York City
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:04 am Post subject: |
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| I used Azareus for years. Tried uTorrent a month or so ago and haven't looked back since. |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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Just thought I'd throw this up here. I'm not sure if it is still in effect, but if you have Windows SP2, there is a limit on the number of TCP connections your computer can make per second, which can really slow down bit torrent. In any case, run the following program, and set the number anywhere from 50-100 and you should see a drastic increase in your bit torrent speeds.
http://www.lvllord.de/download.php?url=en/EvID4226Patch223d-en.zip
Just some anecdotal evidence of how well this works. Before the patch, my highest single sustained connection speed was around 300KB/s (which was rare, and also nowhere near my download capacity.) After the patch, on a well seeded torrent, I've gotten as high as 2.1MB/s (not rare at all to get in the hundreds of KB on many torrents now.)
Edit: Those speeds are on public trackers also, fyi. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| The King of Kwangju wrote: |
| I used Azareus for years. Tried uTorrent a month or so ago and haven't looked back since. |
My story too.
I found Azeureus rarely closed down cleanly then would have to do a lengthy re-hash when you next started it up, making the computer almost unusable for 20 minutes until it finished.
uTorrent does just want you want a BT client to do. Never a problem. |
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hangman
Joined: 01 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:48 am Post subject: |
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I see that I only have an upload speed of 40Kb/s. That's a bit low isn't it? How do I increase it? (I'm downloading at 150kb or so)
I downloaded: Event ID 4226 Patcher
as suggested somewhere else here on the forum, but it doesn't seem to do much. |
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wormholes101
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| hangman wrote: |
I downloaded: Event ID 4226 Patcher
as suggested somewhere else here on the forum, but it doesn't seem to do much. |
From what I know, that patch shouldn't have any affect on your download speeds. It merely increase the speed at which you can connect to others.
One program that is very useful for people with limited upload/download speeds (not the 8MB/s guys) is cfosspeed.
http://www.cfos.de/speed/cfosspeed_e.htm
This allows you to uncap your upload/download speeds yet still surf the internet without any slowdown. |
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Greekfreak
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Used Bittorent exclusively, until I read that they're going legit. So I downloaded Azureus, and it works like a charm. I still use the Bittorent software, but only for small files, and only about 10 at a time. |
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JeJuJitsu
Joined: 11 Sep 2005
Location: McDonald's
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Thunndarr wrote: |
Just thought I'd throw this up here. I'm not sure if it is still in effect, but if you have Windows SP2, there is a limit on the number of TCP connections your computer can make per second, which can really slow down bit torrent. In any case, run the following program, and set the number anywhere from 50-100 and you should see a drastic increase in your bit torrent speeds.
http://www.lvllord.de/download.php?url=en/EvID4226Patch223d-en.zip
Just some anecdotal evidence of how well this works. Before the patch, my highest single sustained connection speed was around 300KB/s (which was rare, and also nowhere near my download capacity.) After the patch, on a well seeded torrent, I've gotten as high as 2.1MB/s (not rare at all to get in the hundreds of KB on many torrents now.)
Edit: Those speeds are on public trackers also, fyi. |
It's all in Korean, AND doesn't seem to open. |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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| JeJuJitsu wrote: |
| Thunndarr wrote: |
Just thought I'd throw this up here. I'm not sure if it is still in effect, but if you have Windows SP2, there is a limit on the number of TCP connections your computer can make per second, which can really slow down bit torrent. In any case, run the following program, and set the number anywhere from 50-100 and you should see a drastic increase in your bit torrent speeds.
http://www.lvllord.de/download.php?url=en/EvID4226Patch223d-en.zip
Just some anecdotal evidence of how well this works. Before the patch, my highest single sustained connection speed was around 300KB/s (which was rare, and also nowhere near my download capacity.) After the patch, on a well seeded torrent, I've gotten as high as 2.1MB/s (not rare at all to get in the hundreds of KB on many torrents now.)
Edit: Those speeds are on public trackers also, fyi. |
It's all in Korean, AND doesn't seem to open. |
I don't know why it was in Korean, I linked the English version.
However, I just tried running it on my work computer and the file appears to be borked, because I downloaded and ran the German version and it worked fine. Anyway, here's a link to a page with the English and German version.
http://lvllord.de/?lang=en&url=downloads |
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