BitComet is slower than BitTornado

Originally Posted by mrwilby

If your can 'fix' the speed problem (assuming that something really is wrong) I think its a very good client.

Let's try something here -
Take my configuration file: save as... from here (V0.56) or from here (V0.59/0.60) (and rename it to bitcomet.xml)

1* make sure BC is NOT running
2* Backup-copy your own Bitcomet.xml config file, rename this one to Bitcomet.xml and put it in your Bitcomet install directory.
3* In the preferences->task - just change the "default download path" to yours


That's it!

Some other issues that can help your speed-
A* IF you are behind a router (in a LAN) - remember to forward the BC port (preferences->general->listen-port) to your local PC's IP. You can verify that it is REALLY open by running BC and checking this here - http://www.speedguide.net/networktools.php
B* IF you are using XP-SP2 - it is recommended to use the patch that increase that maximum allowed TCP connections/sec (default - is 10)
C* IF you are still using Win 98 - increase the maximum allowed TCP connections (default - is 100)

Note: Instructions for B/C can be found on http://www.speedguide.com

See if it makes a difference... and let us know...

Select a VERY new/popular/active file (=lots of seeds, > 300) to test it on...
such as here -
http://www.torrentspy.com/directory.asp ... 3&cat=Lost

BTW - you can adjust the upload limit to about 60-80% of your maximum.

ALSO - here is a good torrents' search site - http://www.orbdesign.net/bt

Hi Rafi,

Just a note that I too experienced the same results with Bit Tornado vs BitComet. That is until I downloaded your xml file. The only comparable differences between your settings and my originals are:

1. You had max connections at 100 where I always kept mine at 60 ( no matter what client I used) because a lot of clients (actually windows xp) likes to lock up with with too many connections.

2. You have your max upload speed at 5 kBs per torrent. I had mine set at 21 KBs. I have a 3Mbs/256Kbs Cable connection, so my max available upload speed would be 32 KBs (notice the large and small B's). So as a rule of thumb you set your max upload speed at approx 80%-85% of available bandwidth.

3. You allowed 3 simultaneous downloads. Where I only allowed 1

Ok with all that said, 'your' settings gave me a dramatic speed increase on the downloads. And for the life of me, I can't figure out why!

Originally Posted by Etrigan

Hi Rafi,

Just a note that I too experienced the same results with Bit Tornado vs BitComet. That is until I downloaded your xml file. The only comparable differences between your settings and my originals are:

1. You had max connections at 100 where I always kept mine at 60 ( no matter what client I used) because a lot of clients (actually windows xp) likes to lock up with with too many connections.

2. You have your max upload speed at 5 kBs per torrent. I had mine set at 21 KBs. I have a 3Mbs/256Kbs Cable connection, so my max available upload speed would be 32 KBs (notice the large and small B's). So as a rule of thumb you set your max upload speed at approx 80%-85% of available bandwidth.

3. You allowed 3 simultaneous downloads. Where I only allowed 1

Ok with all that said, 'your' settings gave me a dramatic speed increase on the downloads. And for the life of me, I can't figure out why!

First of all - I'm glad it help you out ! who cares why....
I have 5KBs - global upload limit (not per torrent!), since my ADSL has a very limited one (64Kbs ... )
Also - I suggest you test your 256Kb - see if it is really so....
I also played a bit with the disk cache...

BTW - how much is "dramatic" ?

From teens it went to 60KB+ on the same torrent...And I'm now playing with the cache.

Originally Posted by Etrigan

From 20KB to 60KB+ on the same torrent

Not bad! this is also what I have in average ...

So try 200 instead of 100 per task. maybe it will reach 120KB ...
Also - I have (in my Win9 a limit of 300 max TCP connections, so 3X 100 is actually a bit on the high side. I am trying not to do more then 2 concurrent downloads ...

By the way. Not sure if it's important. But I am running the 1201 build of Comet and my system specs are as follows.

AMD XP Athon 2100
640 Meg Ram
WinXP SP1

And I run Outertech's CachmanXP 1.1.0.0 as my mem and disk cache optimizer. I also import Peer Guardians IP block list for protection. ZoneAlarm Pro 5.5.062.004 for firewall and Nod32 (lastest build) for antivirus.

Originally Posted by Fishey

Could some 1 teach me how to tweak to have a good d/l speed I'm uploading like 20k per download.....

and did u have a look @ my 1st post ?

there is no *tweak*. only settings of the preferences. you can replace with my config file, and see the preferences for yourself...

Originally Posted by pwnage

hey i tried using ur config by saving the link, then when i pasted it into my BitComet directory, it chages back to my default, any way to fix this? thanks.

I don't know...

Edit:
Make sure you are running my version - the latest beta build 1201

I've played around with alot of bittorrent client to find the one
best for my tastes.

Azureus: nice, but uses java and hogs cpu/mem(gave me the best download speeds)
Abc: good program but doesn't look like it has been updated in a bit

I tried bitcomet and liked it but my downloads were slow until..
your settings increased my dl speed majorly. I used to get an average of 35kb/s and now I get about 110kb/s average

Thanks alot to the developers of bitcomet and thanks
for the great settings.

Kiba