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Vista Newbie
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Last Login: 6/3/2008 1:21:05 PM
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| I download a lot of freeware system tools for my job using torrents. However when I run utorrent, it immediately starts soaking up bandwidth like a sponge! Even when I cap my downloads/uploads as low as 30Kbps, the resource monitor in Vista shows me eating up anywhere from 200-600+Kbps! This is not acceptable because when my co-workers have to get online to download drivers, they can't even pull up their homepage! So I get the short end of the stick and have to kill utorrent altogether. I've looked at several different configurations that were supposed to help, but nothing I tried helped the situation.
So I've concluded that I need to find another torrent program...any suggestions? |
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Forum Moderator
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Last Login: 6/23/2008 8:26:49 PM
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| Azureus works great for me. It doesn't suck up the bandwidth if I set it to lower amounts.
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Dustin Harper
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Vista Newbie
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Last Login: 6/3/2008 1:21:05 PM
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| I've read a lot about Azureus, and I used the BitTyrant incarnation of it for a while...I'll give it another try.
So it does pretty good about not taking up all the bandwidth? How do you have it configured? I use a cable connection, but we have a monthly limit on bandwidth - if we exceed it (not sure of the exact #) then we get capped at 150Kbps for like a month! LAME  So I'm doing my part to see that doesn't happen again  |
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Administrator
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Last Login: 7/17/2008 4:42:39 PM
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| Download the original bitTorrent client (they started it all) bittorrent.com, great application.
AMD64 X2 5200+ 2.60GHz | 3GB DDR 667 | RAID 0 SATA3.0 WD Caviars 320GB total | Foxconn MCP61VM2MA-RS2H Geforce 6100 nforce400 chipset | Vista Ultimate x86
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Vista Newbie
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Last Login: 6/3/2008 1:21:05 PM
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| Well I re-installed BitTyrant for the first time in a while, and I gotta say it's much more intuitive configuration-wise than I remember - I have a LOT more control over bandwidth limits than in utorrent. So instead of sucking up as much (or more than) 600Kbps, I am only using between 150-350Kbps with spikes upwards of 5 & 600Kbps (few and far between). 
If anyone has any suggestions to help lower it further I'll gladly give 'em a try  |
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