How Much Bandwidth Games Use?

How much games use bandwidth? This post only includes a few current Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games. As I mentioned on my previous post you can use your computer as a router for your game console. With Windows Task Manager you can see an approximate figure how these games use the bandwidth and that's where I was looking while playing. These screenshots are only for my Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, as I haven't figured out how to do it for my Wii. And here are the screenshots with short explanations.

Xbox 360: sign in to Xbox Live



Signing in to Xbox Live. Approximate speed: 0.1 Mbps. Time: 1 minute 8 seconds.

Xbox 360: select a video



In Game Marketplace selecting a video icon without downloading the video. Approximate speed: 0.6 Mbps. Time: 1 minute 37 seconds.

Xbox 360: COD4 - 6vs6



Call of Duty 4: Headquarters. Approximate speed: 0.07 Mbps. Time: 12 minutes 28 seconds.

Xbox 360: COD4 - 9vs9



Call of Duty 4: Ground War. Approximate speed: 0.07 Mbps. Time: 11 minutes 50 seconds.

Xbox 360: Forza 2 - 5 players



Forza Motorsport 2: Exhibition Race. Approximate speed: 0.3 Mbps. Time: 2 minutes 9 seconds.

Xbox 360: Halo 3 - 5vs5



Halo 3: Social Team DLC. Approximate speed: 0.1 Mbps. Time: 2 minutes 54 seconds.

Xbox 360: Halo 3 - 8vs8



Halo 3: Social Big Team. Approximate speed: 0.7 Mbps. Time: 12 minutes 35 seconds.

Xbox 360: UNO - 4 players - avatars



UNO: Ranked Match with NXE avatars. Approximate speed: 1000 bps (0.001 Mbps). Time: 7 minutes 3 seconds.

Xbox 360: UNO - 4 players - videos



UNO: Player Match using video with all the players. Approximate speed: 0.2 Mbps. Time: 7 minutes 16 seconds.

PlayStation 3: COD4 - 6vs6



Call of Duty 4: Headquarters. Approximate speed: 0.07 Mbps. Time: 13 minutes 30 seconds.

PlayStation 3: COD4 - 9vs9



Call of Duty 4: Ground War. Approximate speed: 0.07 Mbps. Time: 7 minutes 15 seconds.

PlayStation 3: MotorStorm - 9 players



MotorStorm: Race. Approximate speed: 0.07 Mbps. Time: 6 minutes 32 seconds.