Steam download speed capped in CachyOS?
Hi, I'm stuck and I've been trying different things for weeks and i can't find a solution
On windows i could reach up to 7 Gbps on download speed.
But for some reason, not matter what i do, not matter what i download i get 1.2 Gbps to 1.5 Gbps on CachyOS.
It's like it's capped, it spikes up to 1.1gbps and then never goes higher with a few spike to 1.5gbps.
here's everything i check
- Not a CPU issue htop shows no single core above 10% during downloads.
- Not an SSD issue my Samsung 990 Pro does 2 GB/s (16 Gbps) in
fio, well above my internet speed. - Network stack fully optimized – BBR, ring buffers at 32768, TCP buffers maxed, no bufferbloat (Grade A).
- HTTP/2 makes it worse – Enabling it cuts speed in half (500 Mbps). Disabled is better but still capped.
An aria2c speed test show at least 4 Gbps on download.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Posted Apr 5, 2026, 10:28 AM UTC
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