Firmware update boosts download perf Xbox One by 80%
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nz3777
This is good, we have a xbox 1 and I did notice download speeds being really slow most of the time, Thank you for the info sir ( gotta go check for updates). Nz
Cartman372
The download speeds on my Xbox One have never been that great. Even with this new update my speeds are exactly how they were previously. Here are a couple of speedtests I did today, testing both 2.4GHz and 5GHz band connected to my Asus RT-AC68U.
http://i.imgur.com/Ee00aPA.png
http://i.imgur.com/e7vpbxE.png
http://i.imgur.com/Bc4oKak.png
http://i.imgur.com/LihaClk.png
And then here is a speedtest from my desktop connected on wireless with an Asus PCE-AC68
http://www.speedtest.net/result/5885699647.png
My Xbox One sits on my computer desk so both devices are exactly the same distance away from the router (about 15-20 feet)
Cave Waverider
beta.speedtest.net (the regular speedtest.net uses Flash and won't work on the Xbox One, the beta doesn't) in Edge on your Xbox One and select the same server you do on your desktop.
The Detailed Network Statistic test uses the Microsoft server in Redmond no matter where you are located (even over here in Europe), so it might have rather abysmal values if you live far away from that server.
With this update, our Xbox One S in the living room via 802.11ac now reaches roughly the same speedtest values as our wired desktops and WLAN laptops do after this update, before it was about half of that and there was trouble streaming NHL.tv in consistent full quality which now seems to be possible (knocking on wood here). I just downloaded some Xbox Live Gold games for the month and it reached my ISP's full download speed of roughly 250Mbit/s whereas before it reached 30Mbit/s tops. My router is an ASUS RT-AC88U with Merlin Firmware v380.63_2, by the way.
Definitely an improvement for us, it's all good now. 🙂
Use XP-200
I have never really had any download issues on the XB1, but i am only on 14 meg so it might only be for people sitting with high bandwidth's and who were not getting them.
And of course i am cabled because i found it just gives the best possible stable connection.
bucknuts21
Had somewhat slower than expecting when downloading games before I bought a Nighthawk X4S, but since then 60-80mbps downloads. That speed is nothing to complain about, but the next game I buy speed at 100 or more would be nice.
waltc3
Backstabak
Cartman372
anticupidon
Told about this to a working mate, he will try this today on his Xbox One.
Later we will test it and maybe post some results..
Backstabak
Cartman372
http://speedtest.net/result/5888080677.png
Since my Xbox One is at my computer desk, I just hooked up an Ethernet cable between the two and shared it through my desktop. Problem solved.
Edit: Looks like the download speed through MS servers are limited to 100Mbps.
Perhaps Microsoft should have spent a couple more dollars and put in a decent wireless adapter. My old Note 2 was capable of connecting at 150Mbps...
Anyway I fixed the crap download speeds.
Ran a speedtest through Edge.
Cave Waverider
tsunami231
EspHack
their w10 store is notorious for being close to alpha-level reliability and quite frankly I don't even bother with it anymore, while steam's servers will annihilate your connection if left uncapped, w10's store will take whatever time it feels like doing to download a calculator app, try a game and now you're just gambling with your time & patience
but I wonder what did they do with the xbox, fix their backend that maybe happens to be the same as w10's store? or maybe the xo ethernet port was running at 100mbps waiting for a proper driver to run at 1gbps? even that wouldn't surprise me