Nothing derails a team call like a mechanical keyboard clacking, a fan roaring, or a dog barking in the background. RTX Voice, delivered through NVIDIA’s Broadcast app, uses your GPU to strip that noise out of your microphone in real time, leaving only your voice. It is remarkably effective and works with any chat program, turning a noisy room into a studio-quiet channel. Here is how to set it up and get clean audio in every game and call.
What RTX Voice does
RTX Voice runs an AI noise-removal model on your graphics card that separates speech from everything else. Unlike a simple noise gate that just mutes below a threshold, it actively filters constant and sudden noises — keyboard clicks, fan hum, background chatter — even while you are talking. It can also clean incoming audio, so a teammate’s noisy mic gets filtered on your end.
Requirements
The feature lives in the NVIDIA Broadcast app and generally expects a compatible NVIDIA GPU. The noise removal costs a small slice of GPU performance, usually a few percent, which is negligible for most games but worth knowing if you are already pushing your card to its limit.
| Feature | What it cleans | Use case |
|---|---|---|
| Mic noise removal | Your outgoing audio | Keyboard, fans, room noise |
| Speaker noise removal | Incoming teammate audio | Noisy friends’ mics |
| Room echo removal | Reverb in your space | Untreated rooms |
Install and configure Broadcast
Download and install NVIDIA Broadcast, then open it and select your microphone as the input device. Enable Noise Removal and set the strength — usually 100 percent works well, but lower it if your voice starts sounding processed. Broadcast creates a virtual microphone that carries the cleaned audio.
Routing it into your games and chat
In each app — your voice chat program, game, or streaming software — set the microphone to the NVIDIA Broadcast virtual device instead of your physical mic. Now every program receives the noise-free version. Do the same for the virtual speaker device if you want to clean incoming audio from other people. Test in a call to confirm the filtering is active.
Tuning for natural sound
Aggressive noise removal can occasionally make voices sound slightly robotic or clip the start of words. If that happens, drop the strength a bit until your voice sounds natural while the background stays quiet. The goal is clean, not artificial. Echo removal is worth enabling if you speak in a bare, reverberant room.
Frequently asked questions
Does RTX Voice hurt gaming performance?
It uses a small amount of GPU power, typically low single-digit percentages, so most players never notice a frame-rate difference. If you already run your GPU flat out in a demanding game, you might see a tiny dip, but for the vast majority of setups the trade for clean audio is well worth it.
Can I use it with any voice chat app?
Yes. Because Broadcast creates a virtual microphone, any application that lets you pick an input device can use the cleaned audio — voice chat programs, in-game comms, and streaming software all work. Just select the Broadcast virtual device as the mic in each app’s audio settings.
Getting the cleanest possible result
Noise removal works best when it has less to remove, so pair it with good microphone habits. Position the mic close to your mouth and slightly off-axis to reduce plosives, keep it away from your keyboard and desk to limit vibration, and lower your input gain so the mic is not straining to hear you over the room. With a cleaner raw signal, the AI filter has an easier job and your voice sounds more natural. For streamers, remember that heavy noise suppression can occasionally clip soft consonants or add a faint artifact on very quiet passages, so record a test and listen critically. If you also run other audio processing like a noise gate or compressor, place them thoughtfully so they do not fight the AI filter. Used with a decent mic and sensible levels, RTX Voice produces broadcast-quality clarity that would otherwise require room treatment and expensive hardware, all from a single toggle.
Can I use RTX Voice on incoming audio only?
Yes. If your own mic is already clean but a teammate’s is noisy, enable noise removal on the speaker or output side and leave your microphone untouched. Route the incoming audio through the Broadcast virtual speaker device so the filter cleans what you hear. This is handy in group calls where one person’s fan or keyboard is drowning out everyone else.
Bottom line
RTX Voice through NVIDIA Broadcast is one of the easiest upgrades to your team comms: install it, enable noise removal, and point your apps at the virtual microphone. It filters keyboards, fans, and background chaos in real time for a small GPU cost, giving you studio-clean voice chat in any game without buying a single piece of new hardware.
