Download Steam Games While Playing

According to the AMD website I had to update my MB Bios:
http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/STEAMGamesonAMDFXplatforms.aspx
So I updated the Bios(1801) according to the official website:
http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=M5A78L-M%2fUSB3&p=1&s=24
So finnaly I opened Counter Strike GO... and my computer decided to take some vacations to Florida again(the screen went black and the mouse/keyboard stopped working). It stills freezes, and I still had to restart the computer.
Specs:
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU: AMD FX-8320 3,5 Ghz
RAM: 8GB(2x4) Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz
Motherboard: ASUS M5A78L-M/USB3
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS (Using it untill i get a R9 280x)
Storage: 250GB Seagate SATA 7200rpm
PSU: XFX Pro Core Edition 550w
Please Help, I have been using this forum for all the pc compatibility problems, i5 vs fx, nvidia vs radeon etc

Can't Download Steam Games While Playing

The game should continue to download while you play, granted at a slower rate than normal. If the game you're playing & the game you're downloading is on the same drive, your download will most likely be halted for the duration of your gameplay & will resume once you're done. If you go under the Steam menu to Settings, then Download settings, you should be able to switch to a more exotic locale. For instance, I am currently downloading the rest of Tesla Effect from Sweden.

My job requires me to play a lot of games, and part of “playing a lot of games” is “downloading an astronomical amount of game data every month.”

Download steam games while playing on windows 10

So today's about the most annoying thing I can think of: Steam's download servers appear to be having issues. I don't know how widespread or for how long, but there's somethingweirdgoingon.

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Basically, the downloads get stuck in a pause-unpause loop, where no data is ever downloaded. The downloads just keep starting and stopping. I had my Tesla Effect download sitting at 13.5GB, and then it refused to budge.

Luckily, there are some things you can try. First of all, try adding more games to the download queue. I won't pretend to know Valve's server infrastructure, but according to a few forum posts you can trick the service into downloading the rest of the game by adding more games to the backlog. One user recommends adding a free game like Dota 2 or Team Fortress 2 to your queue if you don't own a second game on your account.

Download Steam Games While Playing

Download Steam Games While Playing On Windows 10

The other, more commonly-suggested fix is to swap your Steam Region. As far as anyone can tell, it's only some of the servers in the United States having problems currently. If you go under the Steam menu to Settings, then Download settings, you should be able to switch to a more exotic locale. For instance, I am currently downloading the rest of Tesla Effect from Sweden.

And that's it. Hopefully the problem will be fixed soon, but until then you might as well give these temporary fixes a shot. Best of luck.

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