Can't type anything if i'm in a video game

Hello, since yesterday I have a really big issue, when I try to type something on skype while a video game is running in the background, it just doesnt work. There's a sort of huge latency that happens only on skype, others softwares such as firefox or steam aren't affected and work well.
Skype works perfectly when no game is running, same when I'm running little games such as counter strike source or Minecraft. It starts bugging when I play games with huge graphics (heroes of the storm or marvel heroes).
I really have no idea what to do about it, this problem is really weird because it happened for no reason (I didnt download anything), the games works extremly smoothly so there's no reason for skype to slow down (only 3,5go out of my 8go of ram is used and only 30% of the CPU is used when I play so it's not struggling). And i've tried everything, cleaning the hard disk, reinstal windows... But nothing works :/
So basically, I can't type messages when I'm playing video games because skype decides to slow down for a really unknow reason... If any of you had the same trouble, could you tell me what's going on, please
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Hi there, im also having this problem, i tried running most of the games on my system, and some that are considered "high end" games, are giving me the exact same problem, but other games are running and im able to message fine, i also got some friends to send me messages, and i can recieve messages perfectly, also i noticed moving the actual window around on the screen or just closing down skype also lags. I have 16GB of ram and 4.4Ghz Octa-Core CPU, i checked my load while on the high end games and it there was more than enough hardware usage left like normal for skype to run, and skype wasnt taking any extra up than before. I also checked by bandwidth and i was having no problems with that as skype would lag even on offline games.
I have tried re-installing under a different directory and still the same problem persists, this has only been a problem within the last 24hrs and i haven't installed any other programs that could affect this at the moment.
*UPDATE* I tried downgrading to an older version of skype, 6.3.0.107. Problem Still persists

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