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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

      The Slow Downloads Topic - Opera GX

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      • ifyksfyrd
        ifyksfyrd last edited by

        So I started using Opera GX not really long ago. I was downloading some files, everything is OK, about 6 - 7 Mb/s. Then after some time this speed dropped drastically to about 50 - 100 kb/s. Moreover when I'm whatching YT or browsing somethig, internet also feels much slower. IT'S NOT internet's fault. When I'm downloading games from for ex. Epic Games Store/Steam or other browsers it's still 6 - 7 Mb/s. Do you maybe know what I can do, or is it temporary bug? I could change my main browser, but I really liked Opera, so can you halp me in any way?
        Thank you in advance!

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        • dtorres553
          dtorres553 last edited by

          Re: Opera GX have really slow download speed

          Why is the Opera GX download speed so slow in comparison to other browsers?

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          • BernardoCoppe
            BernardoCoppe last edited by

            I am with the same problem, actually Im using Chrome to download my files.

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            • ifyksfyrd
              ifyksfyrd @dtorres553 last edited by

              So @dtorres553 and @BernardoCoppe So my problem was beacuse of turned on VPN. Back when I wrote this post I had accidently VPN put on Asia. But VPN still doesn't work perectly, even on optimal location, so try just turning it on. It worked in my case 🙂 So the question here should be why VPN slows internet down so much? (Sorry for my bad english)

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                • tatala
                  tatala @ifyksfyrd last edited by

                  @ifyksfyrd don't have a VPN and antivirus. menu file of 9mb downloads 3 minutes. and on the edgu it takes off in a few seconds. Sorry for the bad English

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @tatala last edited by

                    @tatala Opera's VPN also not turned on, right?

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                    • chujkysesas
                      chujkysesas last edited by

                      Hello,
                      recently I am having some issues with downloading files from the opera GX browser. When i do my internet test on Ookla, it said 30 mb download and about 15mb upload, but when i am downloading, it even drops to 300kb, does anyone know any fixes or something to stabilize my internet connections?

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                      • wwwdotoperadotcom
                        wwwdotoperadotcom last edited by

                        So basically, I've been trying to download some stuff on Opera GX but honestly, it's really slow. I'm using speedtest and the results say my internets at 60MB download, 75MB upload.

                        When trying to download something, Opera says it's 70 KBPS. Now as you can tell that's obviously a huge difference, and I don't have any VPN or anything on. It's my main internet connection.

                        Any reason on why this happens? Really annoying.

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                        • burnout426
                          burnout426 Volunteer @wwwdotoperadotcom last edited by

                          @wwwdotoperadotcom This was happening to a user a while back and it turned out to be Windows Defender's real-time protection that was causing the issue. I think the user installed a different anti-virus (which disabled Windows Defender) and it solved the problem. If I remember correctly, Windows Defender didn't affect Chrome or other Chromium-based browsers. It was just Opera.

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                          • chillb0i
                            chillb0i last edited by

                            I have been trying to download a 40gb file but sometimes it jumps up to 100kbs and says it will take 100days I have already gotten download manager and disabled firewall please can somebody help me!

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                            • maksm
                              maksm last edited by

                              Hello,
                              I have a problem with downloading files on Opera Gx. It downloads a file with 100kB/s and my internet (tested) is around 90mbps. I turned off all extensions, turned off Vpn, turned off Windows defender, turned off my other antivirus program. When I'm downloading on steam I have at least 10mbps. I can't find the issue. Thanks

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                              • FriendlyOne
                                FriendlyOne last edited by

                                I've decided to download audio drivers from realtek(https://www.realtek.com/en/component/zoo/category/pc-audio-codecs-high-definition-audio-codecs-software the one that weighs 258mb), i have 90+ mb/s internet speed, both upload and download, tested with speedtest by ookla. But this 258mb is taking 4 hours and the speed of this download is 19kb/s on average. I don't have vpn turned on nor do i have bandwith limits set.

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                  The Downloads Are Slow Topic.

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                                  • leocg
                                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @FriendlyOne last edited by

                                    @friendlyone As you should already know, getting your full download speed when downloading something from a site will always be an exception.

                                    Try downloading in a different time of the day. How is the download speed in other browsers?

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                                    • 10inchesunbuffed
                                      10inchesunbuffed last edited by

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                                      For some reason GX is throttling my download.
                                      I do not have VPN or Network limiter on.
                                      I saw a different thread claiming that microsoft defender was the problem, but that is not relevant here, as I am already using a 3rd party software.

                                      Any suggestions?
                                      I've tried with different servers, and no matter which, its only limited in GX.

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                                      • leocg
                                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @10inchesunbuffed last edited by

                                        @10inchesunbuffed Even if you test using the same server, the results are similar?

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                                        • jiekeng
                                          jiekeng last edited by

                                          Opera is limiting the download speed with

                                          vpn disabled
                                          connection is fine
                                          dowloading 1 thing at the time
                                          withouth network limiter

                                          before (some minutes ago) i was downloading 2 things at the same time and it was downloading at the same speed and when a file finished the other one was downloading at the same speed as before.

                                          its stuck at 300kb and my connection can do better than that

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                                          When i paused and played theres a climax and you can see it can do more

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                                          • leocg
                                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @jiekeng last edited by

                                            @jiekeng As already said and widely known, sites can limit the download speed and even fore the ones that don't do it, download speed can be limited if there are many people accessing the site.

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