It could be a Pulse Audio issue. You can replace it with ALSA. Probably get some performance boost. But then you will not be able to call anyone with Skype. Skype needs Pulse Audio to make calls.
How To: Completely remove PulseAudio & replace it with ALSA
I don't use Chrome very often. I use Firefox mostly. I have nVidia geforce gt 430 card and propriatary drivers enabled.
I get a little performance boost when I disable GPU validation and enable Hardware acceleration.
I've created 'mms.cfg' file in /home/user/.adobe/
If you want to try this:
Code:
echo OverrideGPUValidation=1 >> ~/.adobe/mms.cfg
Code:
echo EnableLinuxHWVideoDecode=1 >> ~/.abobe/mms.cfg
You can edit the file with text editor and change values from 1 to 0 (1 enables, 0 disables)
Code:
leafpad ~/.adobe/mms.cfg
OverrideGPUValidation=1
EnableLinuxHWVideoDecode=1
for example you can set the file content it like this:
OverrideGPUValidation=1
EnableLinuxHWVideoDecode=0
Or like this
OverrideGPUValidation=0
EnableLinuxHWVideoDecode=1
Find the one that is best for you.
Once you make the changes save them, restart the browser and give it a try.