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    The Slow Downloads Topic - Opera GX

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    • aarongarth14
      aarongarth14 last edited by

      so i had this problem with download speeds and after messing around it seems to just be the websites a lot of sits limit the download speed I'm downloading roms and tried the same rom on to different websites and one says 11 hours and the other says 20 minutes so it seems to just be the websites and is most likely the course of most of the problems with speed. so it looks like there's no fix really its annoying but at least ik its not my pc or internet.

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      • TorpedoCz
        TorpedoCz last edited by

        I had the same problem, and it was solved by enabling the network limiter and setting it to high speeds. (I had it disabled before and the downloading speeds were slow). I hope this works!

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        • burnout426
          burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

          A few users were able to fix their download speeds by going to the URL opera://settings/clearBrowserData and clearing history for all time (and then deleting the "History" file in the profile folder while Opera was closed if needed).

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          • xTopOnYT
            xTopOnYT last edited by

            Bro. Why is steam downloading 50Mbytes or 4XXMbits /s (normal speed) and Opera GX is 50 KILOBYTES. I am actually confused. I have no VPNs, no viruses, 30GB free storage. Can anyone tell me an actual fix?

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer @xTopOnYT last edited by

              @xtoponyt Download speed depends on a lot of factors, such as server bandwidth, number of simultaneous downloads from that server, if the server limits download speed or not, route to and from the server, etc

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              • burnout426
                burnout426 Volunteer @xTopOnYT last edited by

                @xtoponyt Sometimes download speed issues can be caused by History for some reason. Goto the URL opera://settings/clearBrowserData, clear history for all time, goto the URL opera://about, take note of the "profile" path, close Opera, and delete the History file in the profile folder.

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                • Rub17D
                  Rub17D @leocg last edited by

                  i literally just change the directory, and went from 100kb to 1gb

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                  • Levi9-11
                    Levi9-11 last edited by

                    For the people who experienced slow downloads speed on opera gx, if you have an antivirus,especially avast try uninstalling it. I did that and my download speed went 🆙

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                    • geraldsc
                      geraldsc last edited by leocg

                      Hello I had a query currently I have the opera gx but the downloads are slow when I normally hurt me at 320kb / s approx now I go from 50 and from there it does not happen, review delete cokies, cache and nothing, I do not use vpn and say sincerely I do not know that it is because I tried in the chrome and if they are normal.

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @geraldsc last edited by

                        @geraldsc Download speed depends on a lot of factors such as, for example, the server capacity, if it limits download speed or not, how many downloads are being made from the server at that moment. If your antivirus checks the file while being downloaded, if the site benefits browsers. etc.

                        Anyway, check if VPN isn't enabled by chance.

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                        • cosmoswuztaken
                          cosmoswuztaken last edited by

                          I've been using opera GX for a year now ever since 2023 I've only been able to install stuff in KB and it gets annoying as hell when you try and install ROMs it took me 5 hours to just install need for speed most wanted for the GameCube

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                          • Starekss
                            Starekss last edited by

                            Same issue as everyone else. Funny part is that if you look up, it is the exact same guy, replying to everyone with the same generic bs. This browser always had issues with downloads, and they did nothing about it.

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                            • leocg
                              leocg Moderator Volunteer @Starekss last edited by

                              @starekss Probably because there is nothing to be done.

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                              • ItsXryanX
                                ItsXryanX last edited by

                                hi leocg
                                i have the same problem with opera gx taking up to 5 hours to complete a 5 gb file. any ideas and how to solve it??

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                                • fahdad1234
                                  fahdad1234 @leocg last edited by

                                  @leocg for me atleast it depends on the router i use because rn i'm at home and the speed was at a smooth 200 to 300kb yes moroccan internet is absolute garbage but then it dropped to 20 to 30 kb and it also depends on if i have the download preview thing up because if i dont its actually really fast like 45% if the time also when i went to my grandmas house and used their router my speed was at a consistent 300 to 400 kb

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                                  • deivanna
                                    deivanna @Rub17D last edited by

                                    @rub17d change directory? how?

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                                    • burnout426
                                      burnout426 Volunteer @deivanna last edited by

                                      @deivanna Goto the URL opera://settings/downloads and change the download location to a difference folder. "C:\Users\yourusername\DownloadsTest" for example.

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                                      • PLottor
                                        PLottor @burnout426 last edited by

                                        @burnout426 Dont know how but this litteraly fixed it. Just made a seperate folder called Opera and shove my dls in there. Works even faster than edge

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                                        • burnout426
                                          burnout426 Volunteer @PLottor last edited by

                                          @plottor Nice. Not sure why it works, but glad that it does.

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                                          • raulpavel
                                            raulpavel last edited by

                                            i have the same issue whit my download speed bein 100-200kbs when I have 500mbs fiber internet

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