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Best voice chat for low CPU usage?

trif55
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I've got some friends playing on laptops or older PCs and Discord and Steam chat gobble too much CPU, either we can't hear them if Discord is on "Low" or at least they sound like robots and drop words, or if they up the priority it makes games like PubG stutter etc.

 

I can host my own server for free so thinking TeamSpeak but are Mumble or Vent lower CPU usage for clients?

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16 minutes ago, trif55 said:

I've got some friends playing on laptops or older PCs and Discord and Steam chat gobble too much CPU, either we can't hear them if Discord is on "Low" or at least they sound like robots and drop words, or if they up the priority it makes games like PubG stutter etc.

 

I can host my own server for free so thinking TeamSpeak but are Mumble or Vent lower CPU usage for clients?

I would do discord with low settings maybe even discord in browser

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discord in browser has had great success for me, I use a chromebook that struggles immensely with the app, using a dual core Pentium, but the browser version works a lot better.

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Oooh, they definitely won't be able to open chrome etc while gaming, is there a lightweight standalone chat program that'd be more suitable before I get in amongst teamspeak?

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2 minutes ago, trif55 said:

Oooh, they definitely won't be able to open chrome etc while gaming, is there a lightweight standalone chat program that'd be more suitable before I get in amongst teamspeak?

Who said chrome how bad are their pc's

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It's a laptop with an i5 and a G930 or something, PubG is a real stretch for it

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1 minute ago, trif55 said:

It's a laptop with an i5 and a G930 or something, PubG is a real stretch for it

Maybe try to have them use Torch browser

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I'd rather just get them onto something like Teamspeak or Mumble, do you have experience with either?

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Just now, trif55 said:

I'd rather just get them onto something like Teamspeak or Mumble, do you have experience with either?

Teamspeak I know

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