Torrent downloading has more to do with the quality of the peers and trackers and your own broadband speed than the torrent application itself. Even optimized settings in uTorrent can't overcome dodgy broadband services. However, recent experience overseas has made me realize that some clients inexplicably perform better in different parts of the world.
Always set up Deluge properly if you're downloading torrents while overseas
I've been using Deluge in openSUSE for the last few years (along with Transmission in my Debian-based machines). I've had better luck with Deluge in Linux over KTorrent (KDE's native bit torrent client) or a browser-based torrent client such as Opera or a Firefox/Google Chrome extension. Deluge performed as well as Transmission in locations with fast broadband (Nova Scotia and Buffalo) or average Internet speed (Manila and Bangkok). In Shanghai, China, however, Deluge performed poorly despite my efforts to circumvent China's notorious bandwidth limitations and restrictions. Despite various changes to the settings, Deluge is noticeably much slower than Transmission in China. uTorrent in Windows 7 and Transmission in Ubuntu surprisingly fared much, much better, matching that of downloading speeds in other countries without Internet restrictions. Transmission was extremely dependable and was able to download a FreeBSD ISO, Linux Mint 64-bit DVD, and a few Asian movies four times the speed of Deluge, which trickled to 0.5 kb/s at certain times of the day.
Downloading torrents in places like China isn't fast, but it's not as bad as some might think if you're patient.
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