If we talk about lags and stutters, then Riot's Valorant is filled with fun and sadness. But while some have pointed out that while it's running fine, the game actually suffers from a few hiccups here and there that can interfere with your otherwise optimal playing experience. Even though you can meet the minimum system requirements, your game may feel quite slow and sluggish at times.
For information, let us tell you that here are some improvements which we are going to talk about below which have been tried and tested by us here at BRGeeks. While they may seem really obvious to some, we still recommend ticking all the boxes before moving on to more specific cases.
Valorant: Fix Lag, Stutters and Low FPS
With poor aliasing and jagged edges turning into a major issue for Valorant, login and stutering are perhaps still the most annoying. These tweaks we’ve mentioned down below should add a considerable boost in performance to the game.
Debloat Your Windows Installation
Riot’s Vanguard Anti-Cheat doesn’t bode well with overlays and all sorts of bloat that may come in your system. To increase performance and rid yourself of lag, here’s how you can de-bloat your Windows 10 / 11 installation for optimal performance
- Download Windows 11 Debloat
- Once downloaded, extract the file and run launch.bat as an Administrator
- Now, select the following options:
- Essential Tweaks
- Disable Action Center
- Disable Background Apps
- Disable Cortana
- Uninstall Bloatware
After performing these steps, your computer should run much faster, and consequently so will Valorant!
Set CPU Priority to High
Valorant is known to be a CPU hog and tends to not acclimate to multiple CPU cores well. You can use the Task Manager to reduce lagging / stuttering in the game.
- Open the Start Menu by pressing the Windows key and open the Task Manager
- Now, head on to Processes and right click on Valorant
- Change theh Priority of the Process to High
While you are at it, make sure to close down any other background processes in the Task Manager as well.
Log Out of Discord
We get it, Discord is the primary place you chat up with your friends while you land those sick Operator shots. However, a bad Discord config can lead to your microphone and audio codecs messing up leading to lagging and stutters in the game itself.
To disable Discord, head to the Settings icon present in the bottom-left of your screen, scroll down to the Log Out option present at the end. If your performance seems to have shot up after doing so, re-install Discord and give things another go.
Update Your Graphics Drivers
Both NVIDIA and AMD aren’t that great at keeping your drivers up-to-date. More often than not, you’ll need to manually update the drivers yourself. However, sometimes, even after doing so, Valorant might not end up running that smoothly. In those cases, here’s what you need to do:
- Run Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU)
- Reboot your System
- After doing so, install the following driver for NVIDIA and AMD respectively:
After you’ve installed your NVIDIA drivers, make sure you’ve set the Control Panel up in the most optimal way possible.
Note: Both of these drivers have been tried and tested and are known to deliver optimal performance for Valorant. If the latest version of the drivers for your respective graphics card does not work, try these!
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