I typically have around 10-16 tabs open for different games / forum posts / etc.. @first response
To disable the chat, well, you can't exactly disable it (as in completely shut it off). However, you can prevent people from chatting with you.
If you go to your settings, and then your Privacy tab, you can see a list of things other specified lists of users can do to interact with you. There will be one labelled for party invites, set that to "Nobody" and you're good. Nobody will chat with you. (although this might be an issue later on)
That said, since it is lagging you out, all you have to do to close out of the party chat is click the blue part of the tab and it will minimize it.
Here are some tips to handling the lag.
1. I do not recommend you to use the Chrome web browser, as it takes up a good chunk of CPU usage and lags your PC if overused.
2. Any tabs you aren't using for the time being or for later on should be closed out. For example, a dead forum post someone made 10-20 minutes ago.
Hope this helps
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