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05-12-12, 02:57 AM | #1 |
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Steam on my PC
I have recently installed steam on my PC and my broadband usage has doubled, is this due to steam, is steam a file sharing system os some sort.
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05-12-12, 03:21 AM | #2 |
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Depends, Steam does automatically update games whenever there's a new patch release for that game you have in your game library or steam has a update of its own.
Apart from that Steam doesn't do anything on its own. HunterICX
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05-12-12, 03:26 AM | #3 |
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Steam is an "online" service as well as a game provider. Often, it starts up when the pc does - and auto logs you in. Thus - its generating traffic. Whether your playing a steam game or not, your still likely to be logged in, and thus passing packets. That data pales in comparison to downloading patches and such - but if you start playing a game - your steam traffic will jump. Friend notifications, steam "achievements", etc - all are traffic originating from steam.
Is it doubling your traffic? Possible.
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05-13-12, 01:24 AM | #4 |
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thanks for that, I just found steam has an offline mode, so thats ok, it's the broadband increasing by 100% that has scared me.
Trouble is the game (Napoleon) cannot be played with out steam which is frustrating. |
06-30-12, 10:04 PM | #5 |
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You can disable steam from download patches for installed games automatically, if thats an issues just right-click on the game and under properties disable it.
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