skiphill Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 After fiddling with a number of other clients, µTorrent is my current pick of the litter. I've tried most of the others, including G3, Azureus, BitLord, BitComet, and BitTorrent. I seem to get consistently 1) more productive peers, and 2) overall faster downloads, 3) no BSOD problems.That's comparing downloads of the same torrent with different clients, at the same time and stand alone, same multiple torrents, and a mixed bag of general comparisons run at all times of the day and over differing periods of time. One thing I've noticed about µTorrent that I did NOT see with other clients is puzzling. When I limit the upload to 30/20/10, the download speeds improve. I can understand the basic concept of more traffic will slow things down, but that does not happen with other clients.Can anyone enlighten me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 So limiting your upload to ~75% doesn't give you optimal results? If you have DHT on, that eats some bandwidth. Also, if you're downloading at high speed, that also eats upload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiphill Posted January 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 Oops, sorry, I thought I read the rules before posting, and I can't figure out which one I've broken. Please let me know, or is that a default signature at the bottom of your reply?---No, ~75% slows things down significantly. I have a 512kb download and 256kb up pipe. With upload at 10kB, I see about 400kb down speeds. (I have a internet radio client that chews up about 100kb, so it's almost maxed out). With upload at 200kb (200/256 = 78%), I see downloads around 250kb instead of 400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 It's my signature, some of the themes on this board don't have a line divider between the post and the sig.So.. you have a 4/2Mbit connection? "kb" is ambiguous (which is why I like KiB) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiphill Posted January 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 I've wondered what that KiB meant, I was using kB for bytes, kb for bits, so I have a 512kbits down and 256kbits up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 KiB is kibibytes.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KiB512kbit = about 60 KiB/s256kbit = about 30 KiB/sYou should run a speed test and find your actual maximum upload, then try 70% of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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