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Low fps while skype is running

Nalyd217
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Okay so here's the deal, I was playing minecraft with a friend (no I'm not 10, we just got bored) and we were skyping. I was getting a constant 40 fps with drops to around 20. He was getting a constant 110 with drops down to around 90 fps. The thing is though, I have a gtx 750 ti, and he has intel integrated graphics. Granted he did have all of his particles turned off but still, I should be getting much higher. So, my first trouble shooting idea is to just turn off my particles. Aaaand that bumped me up to only about 50 fps. So the next logical step was maybe skype was screwing something up in the background. And boy was skype messing with it. As soon as I closed it i was getting a constant 400 fps (and yes my particles are back on at this point). So my question is, how is it that my friends skype doesn't affect his fps at all, or not noticeably at least, but my computer meant for gaming can't.

 

*edit: as soon as I hang up the call my fps goes up to 400, so aparently its the call and not skype itself. Also my processor is a core i5 - 4440 (no "k")

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Both Minecraft and Skype are CPU intensive GAMES.
Discord or teamspeak should be lighter on the CPU. What CPU do you have?

You may also want to check your task manager (if on windows) by pressing control alt and delete and clicking task manager.
See what tasks are using up all your resources. Try ending a few that you know are just wasting resources.

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screw skype, its shit. Discord is a way better option. its free and if you want to you dont even have to download it. the next update(probably about 2-3 weeks if i were to guess) will also bring screen shareing and video calls. you can join servers or have private chats and calls and its way less demanding on both internet and system resources. 

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Yeah, skype isn't well optimised for ga ming and skyping. I go from 300 to 100 fps when I skype. Same thing with steam in game browser

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/Mf3Zcc My build

 

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