Mic + Lag

[Cpt. Kirk]

I got a friend that I usually play dod:s with and he has an odd problem with his mic and the lag. When ever someone starts talking over the mic in game, his computer will start to lag and if enough people start talking at the same time, it will kick him out. I have never heard of this happening before. Just wondering if anyone had any insights as to why this is doing this and might know how to fix it.

 

[Dead Tom]

Ummm i have seen it in TF2. Its usually server side. Do you know if this is consistent across all servers?

 

[Cpt. Kirk]

Ummm i have seen it in TF2. Its usually server side. Do you know if this is consistent across all servers?

Yeah, it happens on any server where people are talking in game over the mic.

 

[Dead Tom]

Ok it could be his internet connection and or his computer cause its not isolated to one server.

 

[ShadowBlade72]

rate 20000
cl_updaterate 30
cl_cmdrate 66

If it is an eGO server have him type that in console.

 

[Lungbuster]

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:that came up when i copied and pasted rate 20000

i haved talked to this person as well and when they entered shadow blades commands this is what console said, and he also said that when he mutes people that it doesnt happen anymore

 

[gothroach]

I've only seen this issue once previously, and we never really figured out the exact cause. As far as we could tell, the problem occured with the onboard sound, as adding a PCI sound card stopped voice chat from lagging him out.

 

[Orangejuice]

I would say that he gets a better computer and or sounds card