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    Webcam Mic for gaming?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Bubbamel, Nov 24, 2008.

  1. Bubbamel

    Bubbamel Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi all!

    Just have a curious question. I will be receiving my m15x soon, and I am trying to decide between a headset or headphone. I am really leaning towards headphones and wanted to know if I could use my webcam mic as my main mic during gaming? Is the quality just as good? I tried to do a search and couldn't find anything. Any help would be great. Thanks so much!
     
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  2. N00d13s

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    i don't really know, but i'd think it wouldn't be as good as a headset cause it would pick up background noise a lot.
     
    N00d13s, Nov 24, 2008
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    ive played a few games at LANs with people in seperate rooms and me and a few of my friends used our laptop webcam mics for communicating and they worked surprisingly well and were pretty clear i was surprised really, so yea id say stick with headphones and if that works stick with it.
     
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    Thanks all for the response. I will look into some headphones then.
     
    Bubbamel, Nov 24, 2008
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