[Ken]

I'd have to agree rainbow.

It still needs more GUI improvements (such as down and upstream value display improvements, and minor cosmetic changes to the window). I still prefer the simplistic, but effective GUI of BitTornado, but I have been sticking with TorrenTopia as of late.

Besides G3 Torrent, Torrentopia has been the most active client (in terms of releases), in my opinion, as of late.

[Ken]

Azureus is back in the game with a new release. The list order has been changed a bit to reflect this and other new releases/activity.

TorrenTopia continues to update with 1.45, and ABC has also got themselves a new release.

[Malicious Intent]

Tonight I have tried:
ABC
Azureus
TorrentTopis
Shareaza
BitTornado

They all seem to have their advantages and disadvantages. It was originally suppose to be a very very basic speed test on the all. One at a time downloading the same file. They all downloaded at nearly exactly the same speed, which was maxin out my connection. Shareaza somehow managed to leech the whole file. After the file had finished downloading, in my short test I could not figure how to start it seeding.

BitTornado refused to accept the imposed upload limit. After a bit of playing around, the upload fell to 0, but the file finished all the same. I guess 2 mins isn't enough to learn all the tweeks of the various BT clients. At this point I realised my speed testing was a waste of time, since the torrent was apparently so healthy it could just be leeched.

I used to always understand people who said that they want the simplicity of BitTornado, but now I don't. You can see how each new option has been stuck on. It is looking quite messy. ABC may have a few extra buttons, but the layout is clearer and the client looks and feel smoother and better built. BitTornado is all about the core, which ABC uses. BitTornado you can limit the download speed.

TorrentTopia wins the "oh nice" award for when it loads. It could do with a NAT indicator and upload/download ratio. The search function is extremely clean and efficient - a lot better than I had hoped. I haven't used the program long enough to find out what "my files" is. I'm guessing it remembers all your downloads.

Basically I'm no better off deciding which client is better than any other client. I'm still swinging ABC, but there is a good chance is because I'm simply not used to the other clients yet.

[Ken]

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I used to always understand people who said that they want the simplicity of BitTornado, but now I don't. You can see how each new option has been stuck on. It is looking quite messy. ABC may have a few extra buttons, but the layout is clearer and the client looks and feel smoother and better built. BitTornado is all about the core, which ABC uses. BitTornado you can limit the download speed.

BitTornado is just a beefed up regular BitTorrent GUI.

Also, as of now, version 0.3.2 of BitTornado has been released. We'll all be waiting for a new release of ABC.

[Ken]

Also, BTQueue has released v.0.0.8.

[Malicious Intent]

I expect the next ABC is already around the corner as lots of people have been having errors caused when peers send bad data.
The ABC developer wants to wait until version .3 is stable before he implements it, so we will have to be patient. I can live without max download speed in the mean time.

[Ken]

Let us not forget all the hard work THE SHADOW, and Cohen put into their clients. It's so good, you have other clients like ABC using the core, improving and adding features.

All in all, BitTorrent has become a juggernaut of P2P. All these clients, so many innovations.

[DudeAsInCool]

A must read thread by all :good job:

[Ken]

Azureus v2.1.0.2 was released today.

I did a little order reshuffling. BitComet just recently updated, and are now ahead of BitSpirit which hasn't updated in a while, and is having frequent website problems. Azureus has also been moved ahead of TorrenTopia due to their updates and growing popularity.

I may have mentioned this before but i'll do it anyway. Let me inform everyone that the original BitTorrent client will always remain at the top of the list for familiarity reasons. It must be introduced first, then all independent clients are ordered.

[Malicious Intent]

Torrent Storm 1.3 was released yesterday.

Changelog
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>Includes the latest client by the Shadow. (Bittornado 0.3.2).
>Added Downloader Plug-in support (only Bittornado 0.3.2 is included with the main download, other will be available to add on shortly).
>Added Multi-Language Support.
>New features of Shadows client supported (Download rate limit).
>Fixed upload rate limit.
>Various bug fixes.

I've updated the list. It is a popular client ken, make sure that you don't under sell it.

[Ken]

Yep.

It seems some people like Torrent Storm a lot, and they say it has a nice interface.

[Ken]

BitTornado and G3 Torrent have updated. I just started noticing BitSpirit's updates, which they keep hidden in their forums and not on their website (I know to look there now).

I also did a lot of order reshuffling.

[Tej52]

which would you say downloads the fastest, I used bitcomet but it slows down my internet and it also downloads slowly

by the way i have windows XP 850mhz

[Ken]

It all depends on your internet connection.

If you're on a dial-up connection, it’s probably not even worth it to get involved in P2P, or at the very least, you might want to stick to other networks that are more accommodating to dial-up. I would recommend Ares for that.

Now, if you have a broadband connection, let's move on......

First, my favorite client thus far is Azureus, but I find TorrenTopia to be a nice "simplistic" client.

Now, if you already know the upstream and downstream speeds of your internet connection (upload speed/download speed), set the upstream limit in the client of your choice to 80% of your total upstream speed.

Say my upstream speed was 128 kbps (kilobits per second), I’d set mine to 102, which is approximately equal to 80% of 128 kbps (equal to 16 KB/s), which is the "sweet spot" so to speak.


Now, if the client asks for the measurement in kb/s (or KB/s, etc,) which is "kilobytes per second", then I recommend this nifty little tool

http://www.matisse.n...gi-bin/bits.cgi

It'll convert between kilobits per second and kilobytes per second.

I know Azureus uses kilobytes per second (and kilobytes per second will be a smaller number than kilobits per second).

Which measurement the client is using can be confusing. If you're still not sure, ask in a forum dedicated to that client, or even send an e-mail to them. They'll tell you, and maybe they'll get the hint that they need to label better.


Now, if you DON’T know your upstream and downstream speeds, use this site and it should tell you.

http://www.adslguide...s/speedtest.asp


Now, if this doesn't help, perhaps it's the torrent that's the problem. Not enough people in the swarm, no complete copies, the other people's connections are already stretched to their limits.

If that's the case, there isn't anything you can do but wait, or if the torrent has no complete copies, then you may be out of luck.

[Tej52]

the only problem is that bitcomet slows down Internet explorer, and msn messenger alot and i used to use shareaza and it gave me a better speed and didn't slow down my pc at all and i was hoping you could tell me which program is the best and fastest to use and plz make it a quik statement