How To Speed Up Nintendo Switch Download !!BETTER!!
Mitsue Cialella
I've been seeing a lot of posts lately where users are reporting that their Switch isn't getting the same speed as other devices. These users are comparing speed tests from websites like , to the Switch's built-in speed test. I ran a few speed tests on my computer from different websites and got wildly different results.
I encourage all of you to try out different speed tests for yourself and post your results with picture/video proof. I'm really curious about how the Switch compares to other mobile devices, handhelds and consoles.
Since slow connection on the Switch seems to be a recurring issue for most, I just wanted to share how I went from 9Mbps to 200+Mbps download speeds and from 3Mbps to 50+Mbps upload speeds on my Switch (I've got fiber with symmetrical 600Mbps download and upload at home; no magic will make things go faster if your internet plan is already slow).
Set MTU to 1500 bytes on the Switch to match the MTU on my router. This is the default value for most home routers, but you should check yours. Setting a higher MTU than your router's will make things worse.
With this, my download speed went from 9Mbps to 17Mbps.
Create a local non-caching HTTP proxy to fix the small TCP window issue. There is a very good post about this from u/The_One_Who_Regrets here: _slow_eshop_downloads_on_nintendo_switch
With this, my download speed went from 17Mbps to 70Mbps.
Use a wired connection. If your dock doesn't have an ethernet port you'll need to buy a USB ethernet adapter. Only those built with the ASIX AX88179 chipset will work. No need to spend extra money on the Nintendo licensed one. I bought a UGREEN from Amazon for $17 (I just like this brand).
With this, my download speed went from 70Mbps to 110Mbps.
Speed up DNS resolution. Here you can probably just use a fast DNS server and that might do it for you. In my case, I run a local DNS server that uses different upstream servers and blocklists to block ads, malware, and whatnot.
I use AdGuard Home. I noticed some settings were still using default values, so I tweaked them: I added a bunch more upstream DNS servers, I enabled parallel resolution so that all servers are queried in parallel and the first response is returned, and I enabled optimistic caching, which returns expired cached results before refreshing them.
This got me to download speeds of 200+Mbps and upload speeds of 50+Mbps.
The main feature of the game is that the driver and the police can switch between racing, and players can play either faction. At the same time, the event mode is to directly select the event at different locations on the map. There are different game modes:
This is a game that hits the essence of racing games, all we need is speed! There is only the track, the car, and all you have to do is drift, spray nitrogen, hunt and counter-hunt, and press the accelerator as much as you want in the mountains - this is the real NFS, the extreme pleasure without any extra elements!
OK I use to be a huge gamer. But being a truck driver and family man. You tend to do things different. Well my wife got are son a Nintendo switch for Christmas. So i started looking into games that cross platform for my PS4 and my gaming laptop ( and yes hard core PlayStation and pc person.) So i have tried to let my son have his own profile on my PS4 for need for speed and EA gave me a bunch of junk and wouldn't let his profile play. Now that he had a switch I was like sweet found the Need For Speed Hot Pursuit remastered for his switch for a really good price. I even got it for my pc on steam for the cross platform reason so I could play with my son. Weather I am home or out on the road. So i have spent 2 days trying to figure out why my son couldn't get online to Autolog servers. So I went on my profile and got the game to work on his switch. AND before anyone says do a childs account. I have done all of that stuff. so I am more upset and angary with EA over there children not able to get online features. EA needs to stand up and tell the LAZY PARENTS to pay more attention to there kids and raise them. But ME as a parent give permission to buy this game and let him play then I want all the features for him to have. This is my only issue I have with EA games like this one right now. So if you have this game and your child does not meat EA child limit then they wont have access to the online features on this game ( AKA Cross Platform Play) So I give the game a 7 out of 10 because of this issue. The game is still good game and I did get both copies of the game (PC / Switch) for less then $30.
As well as simply recommending cards for you to try, we'll also share the results of our load time tests for different games, and also the best ways to move your data over from the internal storage to the SD card, and from the card to the internal storage, too. In crunching the numbers, it reveals that the Micro SD cards we've chosen over slightly speedier load times compared to the internal storage, which is worth remembering if you're intending on either buying a game digitally or getting it as a physical cartridge. Anyways, enough chat - here's our top picks for the best Micro SD cards for Nintendo Switch!
Of course, capacity is only half of the equation - what about speed? Well, here the Switch isn't quite so future-proof. The console only supports UHS-1 cards, which have a maximum possible speed of 104MB/s, compared to the 312MB/s speed limit of the more modern UHS-2 standard. However, our testing revealed only a tiny differential between the slowest and fastest UHS-1 Micro SD cards on the Switch, so our recommendations are tailored towards capacity and value rather than speed.
Note: These tests were performed before Nintendo added a so-called 'boost mode' to Breath of the Wild, which pushes the Switch's processor to its limits to speed up the loading process when you first enter a game or move to a new area. However, the hierarchy of different storage methods remains the same.
To sum up, the fastest storage option is the 32GB of space that makes up the Switch's internal flash memory, so use this for your most-played games using the method outlined above if the absolute fastest loading speeds are your priority. Micro SD cards come next, offering comparable speeds and much larger capacities. When it comes to choosing the best Micro SD card, our advice would be firstly to choose a reputable brand (no-name cards are to be avoided, especially when good makes like Samsung, SanDisk and Kingston are reasonably priced). Secondly, as long as you're set with a UHS-1 card, you can afford to largely ignore read and write speeds and instead focus on choosing the largest capacity you can afford, as our testing didn't reveal a significant real-world advantage for higher-spec cards.
I bought my Google Nest WiFi mesh system about 6 months ago to help improve my WiFi signals in my house via the mesh tech. I love the product so far, but I have one glaring issue that's REALLY bothering me. My Nintendo Switch device has extremely poor download speeds connected to the Nest WiFi device. It takes me 24 hours to download a 4GB game even though my download speeds provided by my ISP are over 100mbps. I have no issues with any other devices on my network.
Before installing the Nest WiFi, I had an old Netgear router and my Nintendo Switch could download a whole game in 30min or less. As soon as the Nest is put in, now my speeds are abysmal. In order to download anything in a normal timeframe I have to connect the Switch to my cell phone hotspot, which I don't want to keep doing.
I even tried hardwiring the Switch to my Nest using the extra LAN port in the back of the main puck. No change at all. If the Nest device is included in the setup in any way, it just kills my connection speeds on the Switch. I even tried changing from Google DNS to my own ISP DNS and that didn't help.
Sorry for the issues you're having with download speeds on you Switch. As a Switch owner myself, I can only imagine how frustrating that must be. Let's see what we can do to get things going at full speed.
Depending on what Nintendo Switch model you have, you only start out with 32 to 64GB of space, but microSD cards can expand that up to 2TB. The best microSD cards for the Nintendo Switch will also feature transfer speeds that make loading and saving games quick and easy. And considering how low microSD card prices have dropped, there's no better time to think about expanding your Switch's storage.
If your switch is hacked: Check the temperatures, see if they are going crazy, you may have a faulty temp sensor. In this particular case I just guessed. Temp sensor was more than likely fine.
I have a 4GEE mobile router which works great with my phone , xbox one and series x and fire 8 tablet but for some reason the download speeds on my sons Nintendo switch are so slow it took 4 days to download Super smash bros and fortnight has taken two days with some interruptions. Is their any way I can solve this issue as it seems to have something to do with how the mobile routers work .
I have checked the console at my dads and the download speed jumped right up but thanks for the suggestion. Also I would like to it appears to be running fine for online gameplay at home so it is just a bit odd . Thanks again for your quick reply .
Exactly the same here
consistent speeds of 50-60Mbps for every other device, but seems to be limiting to 7-8Mbps for the switch, I think theres some kind of QoS limiting the protocols the switch must use for downloads
Hey, when connecting to other routers the issue is not present, this issue is consistent with the mobile broadband or while tethering to my EE mobile
I fear that Nintendo may be using P2P protocols for its downloads/gaming servers, and understandably this is likely restricted on the mobile network
I should also confirm that connecting on the same mobile broadband device using a VPN on the router removed the download restrictions, this is likely due to the fact that the VPN is encrypted
Using the VPN on the router allowed the switch's download speeds to increase from 7-8Mbps to approx 40Mbps, it does seem that the protocol the switch is using (sans vpn) is being restricted