Ps4 Increase Download Speed
Origin is Electronic Art’s digital distribution platform, which is widely used by people for around the world for purchasing video games in addition to online multiplayer gaming. As physical media is dying, digital distribution platforms like Origin and Steam focus on convenience by letting you buy your favorite games, right from the comfort of your home. However, there are downsides to using these platforms as well, because you’ll have to wait for the whole game to download, before you can start playing. If you have a poor internet connection, you might have to end up waiting for days to download a game. Having said that, what if the platform you’re using is throttling the download speed, even when you have a high-speed internet connection?
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Well, Origin is infamous for throttling the download speeds, as reported by numerous users across the globe. However, there is a solution and it’s all about running Origin in R&D mode.
So, without delaying further, let’s take a look at how you can use R&D mode to increase download speed in Origin: Creating Configuration File For Origin R&D Mode. Origin’s desktop client is available for both Windows and macOS operating systems. If you haven’t installed it already, you can simply download the latest version of the client from.
You’ll need to create a configuration file in order to get Origin R&D mode to work. Simply follow the steps below to get it done:Note: I’m showing this method on my Windows 10 laptop but the process should be similar on the Mac as well. Open Notepad on your computer and type the following lines exactly how its shown below:connectionEnvironmentName=productionFeature CdnOverride=akamai. Now, simply click on File - Save As in order to save what you’ve typed in. We’ll be saving the file under a different name and format as well. For the file name, type in “ EACore.ini” as shown below, and make sure you choose “ All Files” for the Save as type as shown in the screenshot below. You have to save this INI file on your desktop.
Once done, open the Origin desktop client. You will receive a pop-up on your screen asking if you’d like to “Use Configuration File On Desktop”. Click on Yes. Now, you’ll be taken to Origin’s Sign In page.
If you’ve done the above steps correctly, you’ll notice that Origin is now running in R&D mode production by simply looking at the top of the Origin client’s window.Well, that’s all to it. What are you waiting for? Go ahead and download your favorite games to notice the difference in speed right away. You will now be able to download at the highest possible speed that your internet connection can handle and will no longer be restricted to Origin’s throttled speeds. Download Speed in Origin: Before vs AfterWell, we wanted to show you how much of a speed improvement we were experiencing and it’s quite noticeable to say the least.
At our office, the WiFi speeds usually hover between 8 – 16 Mbps. Well, that’s not necessarily a high speed internet connection, but the results will vary from person to person. Well, before we used R&D mode, we were trying to download Battlefield 1 CTE at about 215 KB/s.
Obviously, we couldn’t handle it, as the file size was almost 47 GB and it was a pain to watch. So, we restarted Origin after setting up R&D mode and immediately noticed a huge improvement in speed. We were now downloading at approximately 1.5 MB/s, which is close to 7 times improvement in speed, compared to what we were getting without the R&D mode.
Unlike us, if you have a high-speed internet connection, you might notice way better improvement in your download speeds.SEE ALSO: Download At Full Speeds in Origin using R&D ModeWe’re pretty confident that once you start using Origin in R&D mode, there’s no turning back. Who wants to face sluggish download speeds in the first place? We really hope that EA doesn’t render this tweak useless, by fixing it in Origin’s future updates. So, have you tried out and enjoyed using the R&D mode?
Do let us know how this article has helped you in improving your game download speeds by simply dropping a few words in the comments section down below.
I started to write a long technical explanation of my testing/experiences with PSN on multiple PS4s over several years. Then I got bored and decided to summarize it because, regardless of how many people complain about it, Sony never does anything to improve it. PSN is the most embarrassingly unpredictable network infrastructure that's currently in operation for massive consumer use.
At any given time you'll be extremely lucky if you're able to download at more than 1-2MBps regardless of how much faster your internet connection might actually be. I can't think of a single other commercial network responsible for serving massive data that can get away with performing as consistently poorly as PSN does. The only reason that Sony has been able to avoid improving it this long is that most of their US customers don't have access to fast enough internet connections to notice/complain about it.
PSN as a content service is a joke in 2016. This is the case if an app/game (especially one that uses the network) is open or running in the background. Hold PS button and close everything you can to get top speed, and/or put it in rest mode. There is a rare bug which sometimes happens where I'm guessing the console still thinks the network is being used by an app despite them all being closed and a full reset will fix it.The problem isn't so much the servers any more (it was the case in the past) but the OS throttling the life out of your connection regardless of bandwidth. For people like me with 80megabit/9mb a second fibre connections and similar it's really unacceptable to be forced to download at 1-2mb if I have a game with a network component running, doubly so if I'm not even using it. There's no way a game needs all that bandwidth, not even close.