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How to get more FPS in VALORANT
VALORANT leans on your processor more than your graphics card, so the biggest wins are a few settings in its Video menu and a Windows set up for gaming. Most PCs can hold well above their monitor’s refresh rate once these are right.
- Turn on Multithreaded Rendering.
- Set NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency to On + Boost.
- Play in Fullscreen with VSync off.
- Turn off Limit FPS Always, or set it well above your refresh rate.
- Set Windows power mode to Best performance.
Measure first
Open Settings > Video > Stats and set Client FPS to Text Only. Play a deathmatch or a custom game on the same map before and after each change, so you know what actually helped.
1. VALORANT’s General video settings
| Setting | Pick |
|---|---|
| Display Mode | FullscreenUsually smoother and lower latency than Windowed. |
| Resolution | Your monitor’s native resolution |
| Limit FPS Always | OffOr a cap well above your refresh rate if your FPS jumps around a lot. |
| Limit FPS in Menus / Background | OnSaves power and heat when you’re not playing. |
2. Graphics Quality
| Setting | Pick |
|---|---|
| Multithreaded Rendering | OnThe single biggest FPS setting on most PCs with 4 or more cores. |
| Material, Texture, Detail, UI Quality | LowRaise Texture Quality if you have plenty of graphics memory. |
| Vignette | Off |
| VSync | OffVSync adds input lag. |
| Anti-Aliasing | None or MSAA 2x |
| Anisotropic Filtering | 1x or 2x |
| Improve Clarity, Bloom, Distortion, Cast Shadows | Off |
| NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency | On + BoostNVIDIA cards only. It cuts input lag. |
3. Windows settings
- Game Mode on: Settings > Gaming > Game Mode.
- Power mode: Settings > System > Power & battery > Power mode > Best performance. On a laptop, plug in the charger.
- Background recording off: Settings > Gaming > Captures, then turn off Record what happened.
- Startup apps: Settings > Apps > Startup. Turn off anything you don’t need.
- Laptops with two graphics chips: Settings > System > Display > Graphics, add VALORANT and choose High performance.
Leave Secure Boot and TPM switched on in your BIOS: on Windows 11, VALORANT’s anti-cheat (Vanguard) won’t start without them.
4. Your graphics driver
Get the newest driver from the company that made your graphics card: the NVIDIA App, AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition or Intel’s graphics software. The one Windows Update installs is often old.
5. Your monitor
- Refresh rate: Settings > System > Display > Advanced display > Choose a refresh rate. Pick the highest number. Lots of 144 Hz monitors sit at 60 Hz until you change this.
- Desktop PC? Plug your monitor into the graphics card, not the motherboard.
6. Heat and dust
A PC that gets too hot slows itself down. If your FPS starts high and drops after a few rounds, clean the fans and keep the vents clear.
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