really slow internet with windows 8.1 upgrade.

jackbauer9

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I used to have windows 7 last week, and then I upgraded it to windows 8 and then updated it to windows 8.1.
I did all the updates for the new windows including network adapter updates, but the internet is still really slow, I have 8mb internet speed at my house but it's giving me around 1 to 0.5 mb speed.

I googled the problem and I've been trying to fix it for the past week, I did everything I can think of and everything suggested by users on the internet but the problem still exists.

I have a custom built PC:
motherboard: Gigabyte p67a-ud7-b3
Video Card: Gigabyte Nvidia GTX 780
Processor: Intel i7 2600k

and everything is up to date. I used wired internet connection to my PC, I tried the internet with my laptop with wireless connection and the speed is good, I also tried it with the same cable i use for my PC and it's also good.

please if anyone has any suggestion I'l try it hopefully it'll help.

thanks

Edit: I also tried downgrading the network adapter to older version but it's still not working, I'm using Realtek PCIe adapter
 

jackbauer9

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thank you for replying, I'm still having this problem and I can't use the internet because it's too slow.

my PC is running smoothly without any problems, everything is great except the internet, like downloading, browsing, and playing online games.

I already have the CCleaner applications, i just ran it and cleaned the PC, restarted the PC and the problem is still here the internet is extremely slow.

I just preformed the speed test on the website you provided, what I got is 1.5 Mbps download, and 0.028 Mbps upload. but with the internet I have from my Internet Service Provider usually gives me 8 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload.


I also thought the problem could be from the browser i'm using (Google Chrome), I tried clearing cache, history ... etc. but the problem is still here. I also tried using different browser like Safari and Firefox but the problem is still here.