Enforcer574
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So I just installed Windows 8 on my gaming rig. I gotta say, after being skeptical of this whole OS for a while, installing it fresh and trying it out shows just how useful (and FAST) it can be.
The only thing about W8 that isn't fast is my ethernet adapter. When connected, downloads are slow, pages take long to respond, videos are constantly choppy and buffering, etc. Looking at the ethernet connection in Task manager, it looks like the connection is being speed capped at 1.0 Mbps. The graph of the speed fluctuates up and down in the low range, but hits a wall at 1.0 mbps.
This wasn't the case when I had Win 7- I could easily pull 80 Mbps on speedtest.net (Chattanooga fibre optic internet FTW). My WiFi adapter in Win 8 also does not have this problem, but I want to use the wired connection because the campus wi-fi is unreliable. I have already updated the LAN drivers, trying both the Windows- suggested driver and the one from the manufacturer website. No difference. Can anyone help me out here so I can start installing my steam games and not have it take 5 years?
The only thing about W8 that isn't fast is my ethernet adapter. When connected, downloads are slow, pages take long to respond, videos are constantly choppy and buffering, etc. Looking at the ethernet connection in Task manager, it looks like the connection is being speed capped at 1.0 Mbps. The graph of the speed fluctuates up and down in the low range, but hits a wall at 1.0 mbps.
This wasn't the case when I had Win 7- I could easily pull 80 Mbps on speedtest.net (Chattanooga fibre optic internet FTW). My WiFi adapter in Win 8 also does not have this problem, but I want to use the wired connection because the campus wi-fi is unreliable. I have already updated the LAN drivers, trying both the Windows- suggested driver and the one from the manufacturer website. No difference. Can anyone help me out here so I can start installing my steam games and not have it take 5 years?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-3770k @4.2 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS P8Z77-V LK
- Memory
- 16GB DDR3-2133
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMD Radeon HD 7970 Gigabyte OC Edition
- Sound Card
- Realtek on-board sound
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Acer 23" LED
- Screen Resolution
- 1080p
- Hard Drives
- Samsung SSD 840 PRO 128GB (Boot drive)
Samsung SSD 830 256GB (Games)
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (Everything else)
- PSU
- Ultra X4 Modular 750 Watts
- Case
- Cooler Master HAF 912
- Cooling
- Intel BXRTS2011LC Liquid cooler
- Keyboard
- Razer Anansi
- Mouse
- Razer Naga Left-Hand Edition
- Internet Speed
- 95-97mbps (Chattanooga ftw)