The more bandwidth you have, the better performance you will get with gaming and skype. With this tutorial you will learn what Internet speed do you need for gaming or skype.
For Skype
1. Step Via Skype, you can stream audio and video over the internet so there is certain bandwidth minimum requirement which you must meet to use it. There are various types of video-calling in Skype. The minimum bandwidth requirement for them are outlined on skype.com:
| Call type | Minimum download / upload speed |
Recommended download / upload speed |
|---|---|---|
| Calling | 30kbps / 30kbps | 100kbps / 100kbps |
| Video calling / Screen sharing |
128kbps / 128kbps | 300kbps / 300kbps |
| Video calling (high-quality) |
400kbps / 400kbps | 500kbps / 500kbps |
| Video calling (HD) |
1.2Mbps / 1.2Mbps | 1.5Mbps / 1.5Mbps |
| Group video (3 people) |
512kbps / 128kbps | 2Mbps / 512kbps |
| Group video (5 people) |
2Mbps / 128kbps | 4Mbps / 512kbps |
| Group video (7+ people) |
4Mbps / 128kbps | 8Mbps / 512kbps |
Source:skype.com
- Skype does not require the best connection – video calling is possible at 128kbps, only for HD video-calling you need a better bandwidth
For Gaming
2. Step For gaming you need to have a fast Internet otherwise it will not only take lot of time just to load your games, the real problem will be your latency / ping. It is recomended to have atleast 512 Kbps Internet for gaming, but 2048kbps is loads better and will significantly improve your gaming experience
Conclusion
You need to have good Internet bandwidth to use skype video calls or play video games. Although it might work with a poor connection the video quality won’t be great or you will have a terrible lag and ping in your favorite games, making the game unplayable.
