High FPS (frames per second) can make you play Valorant smoothly. Low FPS can cause lag and stutter in Valorant. Even worse, it can make the game unplayable. Fortunately, there are some workarounds reported to help get more FPS in Valorant. Below, I’ll list these workarounds. You can try them all and see if you can find one that works for you.
Method 1: Adjust in-game graphics settings
Method 2: Change the Power Plan in Windows
Method 3: Turn on Game Mode in Windows
Method 4: Configure graphics performance preferences for Valorant
Method 5: Make Valorant high priority in Task Manager
Method 6: Run Valorant as administrator
Method 7: Close all background programs
Method 8: Reinstall Valorant
Method 1: Adjust in-game graphics settings
Best Valorant graphics settings can give you best game performance with high FPS. To get more FPS, you can adjust in-game graphics settings.
To adjust the in-game graphics settings, launch Valorant, access Settings and then click on the Video tab on the top right. There, you’ll see 3 types of graphics settings: General settings, Graphics Quality settings and Stats settings. Here we just need to adjust the General settings and the Graphics Quality settings.
Let’s start with the General Settings. Under the General tab, locate and adjust the settings as follows:
Resolution: set to a value lower than 1920*1080
The resolution can affect FPS and visual quality at the game. With a high resolution, you’ll get a good visual quality. However, you’ll probably get a low FPS, as a higher resolution requires more resources from your PC.
To get more FPS, it’s recommended you lower the resolution a bit. For most computers, the highest resolution that can be set is 1920*1980. So you can try any value that’s lower than 1920*1980.
Tip: It’s recommended you try the resolutions that are at a 16:9 aspect ratio which won’t lower the visual quality too much.
Display Mode: Fullscreen
Set the Display Mode to Fullscreen, which always provides you with the best FPS in Valorant.
Limit FPS on Battery: Off
The Limit FPS on Battery setting is featured for laptop gamers. If you’re using a desktop computer, there’s no need for you to use this option, just set it to Off. If you’re using a laptop, set it to Off to avoid any FPS drops as this option will use resources from your laptop.
Limit FPS Always: Off
Your Valorant FPS may be capped. Turn this setting off to uncap FPS so you can get more FPS.
Nvidia Reflex Low Latency (if supported): On
If you’re playing Valorant on an Nvidia GPU, you’ll see the Nvidia Reflex Low Latency setting. Set this setting to On to help improve FPS and reduce input lag.
After you adjust the General settings, you can adjust the Graphics Quality settings as follows:
Multithreaded Rendering: On
This setting not only significantly improves the performance of your graphics card and CPU but also the visual quality. You should always set this setting to On.
Material Quality: Low
This setting can affect Valorant’s performance a lot. Setting it to Low will help you get the most FPS.
Texture Quality: Low
This setting also uses your system resources. Set it to Low may free up some resources and help you get more FPS.
Detail Quality: Low
Setting the Detail Quality setting to Low not only helps boost FPS in Valorant, but also helps reduce unnecessary textures on your screen.
UI Quality: Low
Like other quality settings, set the UI Quality setting to Low.
Anti-Aliasing: None
To get more FPS, you can set the Anti-Aliasing to Off. This may make Valorant look worse, but the FPS improvement is more important.
Anisotropic Filtering: 1X
To get the most FPS, set Anisotropic Filtering to 1X.
After you’re done with changing the in-game settings, re-launch Valorant and see if the FPS improves.
Method 2: Change the Power Plan in Windows
To ensure high FPS, check your PC power plan and change it to High Performance. Here’s how:
1) Press the Windows logo key, type “power” and then select Power & sleep settings.
2) Click on the Additional power settings link.
3) Ensure High performance is selected. If not, select it and then check to see if the FPS in Valorant improves.
Method 3: Turn on Game Mode in Windows
Turning on Game Mode in Windows may help boost FPS in Valorant. When Game Mode is enabled, Windows will prioritize your gaming experience by turning programs off in the background.
Here’s how to turn on Game Mode in Windows:
1) Click on the Start button, type “settings”, and then select Settings.
2) Select Gaming -> Game Mode.
3) Turn Game Mode On.
Once done, launch Valorant and see if there are any improvements.
Method 4: Configure graphics performance preferences for Valorant
Windows has a built-in feature in Settings that allows you to assign graphics performance preferences to applications. You can use this feature to assign the high performance
preference to Valorant. This may help boost FPS in Valorant.
Here’s how:
1) Click on the Start button, type “graphics settings”, and then select Graphics settings.
2) Select the Browse button and navigate to the Valorant installation folder. The default installation folder path is C:\Riot Games\VALORANT\live.
3) Select the file VALORANT.exe.
4) Click the Options button.
5) Select High performance and click the Save button.
Once done, restart your computer and launch Valorant. Check to see if the FPS improves.
Method 5: Make Valorant high priority in Task Manager
To make Valorant high priority in Task Manager, you can follow these steps:
1) Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager.
2) When Task Manager opens, under the Details tab, right-click on Valorant.exe, then select Set priority -> High.
3) Click on Change priority.
4) Close Task Manager and restart your computer.
5) Launch Valorant and check to see if the FPS improves.
Method 6: Run Valorant as administrator
Try to run Valorant as administrator and see if it helps improve the FPS. To do so:
1) Open your Valorant installation folder. The default installation folder path is C:\Riot Games\VALORANT\live.
2) Right-click on the file VALORANT.exe and then select Properties. Then the properties dialog box will open.
3) Go to the Compatibility tab and tick Run as Administrator.
4) Click Apply -> OK to save the changes.
5) Launch Valorant and check to see if there are any improvements.
If running Valorant as administrator doesn’t help, you can try to change DPI settings for Valorant. See Method 7.
Method 7: Close all background programs
Some programs in the background may cause game lagging\stuttering issues. Discord Overlay is one of the programs reported by players that can cause FPS to drop in Valorant. If you have no idea which program is the culprit, you can close all background programs.
Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open the Task Manager. You can see all programs running in the background in Task Manager. End them all and see if there are any improvements in Valorant.
Method 8: Reinstall Valorant
If none of the above methods works, the last resort you can try is to reinstall Valorant.
First, uninstall Valorant from your computer:
1) Open Settings.
2) At the Settings window, select Apps.
3) In the Apps & features section, search “valorant” and then select Valorant from the search result.
4) Click Uninstall and then follow the on-screen instructions to finish the uninstallation.
Next, install Valorant again. Once you’re done with installing Valorant, launch it to play and see if there are any improvements.
Hopefully you find this post helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to drop a comment below. I’ll get back to you ASAP.