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johhny
12-14-2010, 09:10 AM
I'm looking to change my fav client utorrent ,because of the disk overloaded it piss me of ....i tried all the trick i found none of them work i bypassed somehow of the message disk overloaded but after some time my speed is going down...

at disk cache i even put 1024 mb...:yup:

currently i'm using utorrent 2.0.4 the newest version 2.2 it's loading to slow even if have 4gb of ram LOL
my HDD reads & writes with 50mb/s i don't see the problem...

bijoy
12-14-2010, 01:34 PM
use deluge..

Waddafocky
12-14-2010, 02:20 PM
You forgot to say which OS you're using, and whether you're using a seedbox.

Humbucker
12-14-2010, 02:41 PM
deluge is good, anything but modded utorrent :P

anon
12-14-2010, 03:33 PM
currently i'm using utorrent 2.0.4 the newest version 2.2 it's loading to slow even if have 4gb of ram LOL
my HDD reads & writes with 50mb/s i don't see the problem...

Would you care to elaborate? The only times I've had that issue is when I transcoded video to the same drive I was leeching on, and that's no more since I now have separate drives.

Anyway, I second Anarkial's comment, if your desire to switch is so big.


modded utorrent :P

:unsure:

Tokeman
12-14-2010, 03:55 PM
I've only had that issue on failing drives. May want to run some drive diagnostics as it may not be utorrent causing your issues... At the very least, back up your data in case...

Edit: I transcode all the time on the same drive that I leech/seed on, and its an old IDE drive too. Guess I'm just lucky?

tucan
12-14-2010, 04:52 PM
Qtorrent is a very good utorrent alternative and best of all its open source http://qbittorrent.sourceforge.net/

anon
12-14-2010, 04:54 PM
Edit: I transcode all the time on the same drive that I leech/seed on, and its an old IDE drive too. Guess I'm just lucky?

I guess so, specially if your connection speed is better than mine. I use viDrop (which is a mencoder frontend) for those tasks, maybe which program you use makes a difference. Or it could also be the you're using a large disk cache in uTorrent - I used to work around the issue by setting it to 500MB.

johhny
12-14-2010, 06:20 PM
i don't use a seedbox i have fast connection i heard deluge it dosen't show disk overloaded but the speeds are lower than utorrent.

i'll give a try with qbittorrent...i'm using win7 x64 version

anon
12-14-2010, 06:23 PM
i don't use a seedbox i have fast connection i heard deluge it dosen't show disk overloaded but the speeds are lower than utorrent.

And I've heard Deluge can actually be faster and upload more in high-speed connections :ermm:

Just try it, I guess...

johhny
12-14-2010, 08:39 PM
that's nice but the deluge client dosen't have a stop option for torrents only pause?confused

anon
12-14-2010, 08:49 PM
I think pausing in Deluge is the same as stopping in uTorrent.

Waddafocky
12-14-2010, 08:50 PM
Yeah, I don't know what's up with that. It does have the nice option of dividing by tracker though - basically only important for those who use a lot of private trackers.

Stabber
12-14-2010, 10:06 PM
Isn't deluge heavy on resources ? Also it does need the gtk libraries .

anon
12-14-2010, 10:23 PM
Yes, it does need the GTK+ runtime, which adds some bloat. However, I have a 6-year old PC and it can run the Java-based Azureus without any issues, so any modern computer should be able to cope with Deluge.

Cabalo
12-15-2010, 12:54 AM
Why don't you focus instead on tweaking your NTFS file system, like removing time stamps, smart placement, cache, etc ?
That would have a true impact on your performance.

Waddafocky
12-15-2010, 01:48 AM
Or move to FAT.

anon
12-15-2010, 02:21 AM
Or move to FAT.

And its 4GB filesize limit plus extra fragmentation? Thanks, but no thanks... unless you were joking, in that case please ignore this useless post :)

Timo_P
12-15-2010, 02:30 AM
Vuze 4.5.1 (imho)

anon
12-15-2010, 02:33 AM
Vuze 4.5.1 (imho)

Good choice, but sadly, Vuze remains banned on a few popular private trackers. So, unless the thread starter feels like dual-wielding different clients... unless he's not a member there, of course.

Cabalo
12-15-2010, 02:37 AM
Besides what.cd, who else is banning Vuze?

Timo_P
12-15-2010, 02:47 AM
ups... sorry, I didn't know(

anon
12-15-2010, 02:49 AM
Besides what.cd, who else is banning Vuze?

PTPC for sure, then there were a couple of others whose names escape me. Maybe I'm just coming up with stuff. :idunno:

I know Waffles initially jumped on the Vuze ban bandwagon, but allowed the latest versions after some time.

Cabalo
12-15-2010, 03:34 AM
So, the only relevant tracker which bans Vuze is What.cd.
That's ok.

johhny
12-15-2010, 07:51 AM
i'm on NTFS system the cache stamp is tweaked... and vuze is very slow at connection...i don't care they banend what.cd & ptp because i;m not member of any of that...
i don't care about resources...

Tokeman
12-15-2010, 04:27 PM
Don't care about resources, and your having a resource (hard drive access) issue?
Ok then...

Expeto
12-15-2010, 04:43 PM
I think halite (http://www.binarynotions.com/halite-bittorrent-client/) is the best alternative

anon
12-15-2010, 04:49 PM
and vuze is very slow at connection...

Explain yourself.

johhny
12-15-2010, 05:09 PM
slow to connecting at peers & speed it's a big difference...i think the most close to utorrent is deluge
@tokeman i was talking about RAM,about HDD it's reading & writing with 50 mb/s...so it's hard to believe utorrent can't handle a 11 mb/s job....
it's a config problem somewhere...

anon
12-15-2010, 05:19 PM
slow to connecting at peers & speed it's a big difference...

I don't know what your connection speed may be, but I've never had that problem.


i think the most close to utorrent is deluge

As Expeto said, Halite would be closer since it's coded in C++. Can't believe I forgot about it. :pinch:

whatcdfan
12-15-2010, 06:50 PM
Besides what.cd, who else is banning Vuze?

RevTT

anon
12-15-2010, 06:56 PM
RevTT

Didn't they unban it shortly afterwards?