Ah, Valorant! The famous love-child of Overwatch and CSGO. I’ve been playing Valorant since the beta days, and I’ve tried several tweaks that took its performance to the next level. Hence, I wrote this guide for players who want the absolute best in-game performance. This guide features the best Valorant settings to fix FPS drops, get better graphics, and achieve better performance.
I’ve benchmarked Valorant on a PC with the following specs:
- OS: Windows 11 Pro 23H2
- System: Lenovo Legion 7i Laptop
- CPU: Intel i7-11800H
- GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3070 8GB
- RAM: 32GB DDR4
- Storage: Samsung 1TB SSD Gen 4
Make sure that your PC at least has an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 or AMD Athlon 200GE CPU, Intel HD 4000 or Radeon R5 200 for a GPU, and 4 GB RAM to run Valorant.
The following settings can reduce your in-game FPS in Valorant the most:
- Material Quality
- Detail Quality
- Texture Quality
- Antialiasing
- Cast Shadows
Valorant isn’t a demanding game on your PC. It’s almost in the same league as CS2 when it comes to requirements. With my setup, I was able to easily attain 150 FPS on average with medium-high settings. I also didn’t encounter any stability issues either. However, network-related errors are quite frequent and did make me disconnect from an active match a lot.
- Author’s Note: After going through Valorant for several weeks on Riot Client, I feel confident going into the topic with thorough experience.
Valorant best setting guide will help you squeeze every bit of performance from your system. So, without any further delay, let’s begin with the best Valorant graphics settings for PC.
Best Valorant Graphics Settings
Before getting into the details of each pick, here’s a quick preview of what your Valorant Settings should look like:OPTION | SETTING |
Resolution | Native |
Display Mode | Fullscreen |
Monitor | Primary |
Aspect Ratio Method | 4:3 / Letterbox |
Limit FPS on the Battery | Off |
Max FPS on Battery | 60 FPS or higher |
Limited FPS in Menus | Player’s Choice |
Max FPS in Menu | 30 FPS |
Max FPS in Background | 30 FPS |
Limit FPS Always | Off |
Max FPS Always | 60 FPS |
NVIDIA Relex Low Latency | On |
Multi-Threaded Rendering | On |
Material Quality | Low or Medium |
Texture Quality | Medium or High |
Detail Quality | Low |
UI Quality | Medium |
Vignette | Off |
VSync | Off |
Anti-Aliasing | MSAA X2 |
Anisotropic Filtering | 2x or 4x |
Improve Clarity | Player’s Choice |
Bloom | Off |
Distortion | Off |
Cast Shadows | Off |
To access the graphics settings in the game, you need to click on the “Video” tab on the top right. You’ll see 3 types of graphics settings in this menu. Let’s start with the “General Settings” for Valorant.
Resolution: Set to Native
Resolution is the most important setting in the whole game. It’s best to play Valorant at the native resolution of your screen. However, if you’re experiencing low frames, try lowering the resolution a bit.
Sure, you’ll gain a drastic improvement in performance, but it’ll be at the cost of visual clarity. So, it’s best to try other methods to get better performance and save this one as a contingency.
Display Mode: Fullscreen
Display mode should be set to “Full Screen” at all times to get the best FPS in Valorant. Fullscreen helps your PC prioritize the game’s performance over background processes.
Monitor: Primary
Select your primary monitor here.
Aspect Ratio Method: 4:3 or Letterbox
Letterbox is lauded as the best aspect ratio to play, especially by the Valorant Pros. The 4:3 aspect ratio stretches your display, making textures weirdly elongate horizontally. But this means the textures of opponents will be wider as well; hence, they’ll be easier to shoot.
Limit FPS on Battery: OFF
It’s nice to see games giving some love to the laptop gamers out there. But this option isn’t helping much, so best to turn it off to avoid any FPS dips.
Max FPS on Battery: Above 60 FPS
It’s another setting dedicated to laptop gamers but doesn’t have much use either. Since laptops automatically reduce performance on battery power, your FPS will automatically reduce. But you can still set it to 60 or above just to be sure your in-game setting isn’t capping FPS.
Limited FPS in Menus: Personal Preference
Do you Alt+Tab often in and out of Valorant? Maybe you’re a streamer or record gameplay and need to minimize the game for a quick chat with your audience. To make minimizing Valorant easy, turn this setting On; otherwise, Off.
Max FPS in Menu: 30 FPS
If you don’t want your GPU to push unnecessary frames while idling in the main menu, turn this setting to 30 FPS.
Max FPS in Background: 30 FPS
Set this to 30 FPS to prevent your PC from pushing unnecessary frames when not required. Plus it also helps minimize the game quickly.
Limited FPS Always: Off
Turn this setting Off to uncap FPS in-game.
Max FPS Always: 60 FPS
This helps make the animations in the main menu smoother.
Nvidia Relex Low Latency: Turn it On
If you’re playing Valorant on an Nvidia GPU, this is the best to have. It helps reduce input lag significantly, allowing actions in-game to be responsive and accurate. Unfortunately, AMD users can’t use this feature as it’s exclusive to Nvidia.
After the General Tab, it’s time to find the best graphics quality settings in Valorant. These settings offer high FPS and maximum performance in the game. However, we’ll also let you choose to keep some visual quality where possible.
Multi-Threaded Rendering: On
If you’re playing Valorant on a high-end PC, turn Multi-Threaded Rendering to On. This setting will significantly improve your CPU performance and graphics quality.
Material Quality: Low to Medium
This setting has a major impact on Valorant’s performance. If you have a budget PC, then turning it to low will help you get the most FPS. However, if you have some GPU power to spare, at least use the medium settings.
Texture Quality: Medium to High
Textures in the game don’t affect performance that much. So, turning the texture quality to medium is a great option for low-end PCs. If you’re rocking a high-end PC, then crank it to High.
Detail Quality: Low
If you want fewer distractions and clutter on your screen, turn the detail quality setting to Low. This helps boost FPS in Valorant and also helps reduce unnecessary textures on your screen, like vines on walls and foliage, etc.
UI Quality: Medium
Set the UI Quality to Medium, as it doesn’t have much effect on performance. This will affect the UI elements in Valorant, like player portrait, setting menu, etc.
Vignette: Off
A vignette is an aesthetic setting that does not have an effect on performance. However, it darkens the corners of your screen to add a cinematic feel to your matches. Yeah, it doesn’t work. We’ve tried it. If you take your matches seriously, then it’s just going to get in the way. Leave it at Off.
VSync: Off
Do yourself a favor; don’t use V-sync in any game. Period! In many games, V-sync is known to add micro-stutters, input lags, and even cap FPS according to your monitor’s refresh rate. Turn it off to uncap your FPS. You might face screen tearing every now and then, but it’ll be worth it when you’re gaining better FPS than other players.
Anti-Aliasing: MSAA X2
To get the most FPS, people prefer turning Antiailiasing off, but that’s not true. You could set it to MSAA X2 to get amazingly clear visual quality while still maintaining decent FPS. Plus, it’s not even that taxing, so it’s all good.
Anisotropic Filtering: 2x – 4x
Using 2x or 4x isn’t really that taxing on your PC and really improves the texture sharpness of objects at oblique angles in Valorant. If you’re on a beefy PC, you could go with 16x.
Improve Clarity: Personal Preference
To some, this setting has improved visual quality a lot for no performance sacrifice. However, for some, it has dipped frames for no viable quality improvement. I’d recommend trying On and Off and seeing what works for you.
Bloom: Off
Turn Bloom Off if you want zero distractions in the game. It’s only a visual effect with no hit on performance.
Distortion: Off
Another meaningless visual effect that adds a “distortion” effect on your screen. Best to disable it.
Cast Shadows: Off
This setting shows or hides your player’s shadow and does not affect the other team. Turning it off is the best action here.
Applying changes to the General and Graphics Quality Tab will significantly improve your framerates. You can also expect better responsiveness, visuals, and overall performance with these best settings.
Once you are done with these two tabs, make sure you also apply some changes in the Stats section.
Valorant Best Stats Settings
This section won’t really affect your game’s performance. These are more quality-of-life changes that affect your HUD in-game.
The settings in the Stat section are pretty self-explanatory. Simply tune them according to the following recommendations and you’ll be set.- Client FPS: Text Only
- Server Tick Rate: Hide
- Total Frame Time: Hide
- CPU Frame Time: Hide
- GPU Frame Time: Hide
- Network Round Trip Time: Text Only
- Packet Loss: Hide
This concludes our in-game tweaking for Valorant. Let’s move on to the next part.
Nvidia Settings for Valorant
Adjusting the in-game settings is important, but using the best Nvidia Control Panel settings for Valorant is also essential. Here’s a general outlook of what the Nvidia Settings should look like.OPTION | SETTING |
Image Sharpening | On |
Anisotropic Filtering | Off |
FXAA -Antialiasing – FXAA | Off |
Gamma Correction – Antialiasing | Off |
Mode – Antialiasing | Off |
Background Max Frame Rate | 20 |
Low Latency Mode | Ultra |
Max Frame Rate | Off |
Power Management Mode | Prefer Max Performance |
Monitor Technology | Up to the Monitor |
Multi-Frame Sampled AA (MFAA) | Off |
Anisotropic Sample Optimization | Off |
Negative LOD Bias – Texture Filtering | On |
Quality – Texture Filtering | High Performance |
Trilinear Optimization – Texture Filtering | On |
Threaded Optimization | Auto |
To get a more detailed explanation of these Nvidia Control Panel settings, check out our dedicated article.
AMD Radeon Settings For Valorant
Let’s first quickly preview the Best AMD Settings you need before you boot up the game:OPTION | SETTING |
Radeon Anti-Lag | Enabled |
Radeon Chill | Disabled |
Radeon Boost | Disabled |
Radeon Image Sharpening | Enabled |
Sharpness | Player’s Choice |
Wait for Vertical Refresh | Always Off |
Anti-Aliasing | Use Application’s Settings |
Anti-Aliasing Method | Multisampling |
Morphological Anti-Aliasing | Disabled |
Anisotropic Filtering | Disabled |
Texture Filtering Quality | Performance |
Surface Format Optimization | Enabled |
Tessellation Mode | Override Application Settings |
Maximum Tessellation Level | Off |
OpenGL Triple Buffering | Disabled |
Reset Shader Cache | Perform Reset |
However, before you apply the best AMD Crimson Settings for Valorant, make sure you have the latest AMD Radeon Graphic Drivers Installed. You can update the latest drivers by visiting the AMD Website, Downloading the Auto-Detect, and Installing Radeon Graphics Drivers for Windows.
Here’s a detailed guide to a complete set of AMD best settings for you to use on your PC.
Best High FPS Optimization Settings
Apart from enhancing Valorant graphics and GPU settings, we must also configure a lot of tweaks within Windows itself. We will focus on increasing power, reducing the load on the PC, and optimizing Windows through these best Valorant settings for Windows. So, let’s begin!Updating Your Windows Version
Windows provides great improvements in every update that impacts gaming quite a lot. The new window updates also help make your PC faster overall and add new features. I’d recommend switching to Windows 11 due to the many security features coming from Riot Games.
- Open Search and type “Check For Updates” to open the Windows update setting.
- After the window opens, click on “Check for Updates” to check for any latest updates available for your PC.
- If there are updates available for your Windows, you’ll be able to download them with ease. Alternatively, if there aren’t any updates, your Windows is already updated to the latest version.
Using The Maximum Performance Plan Of Windows
Unlocking Ultimate Mode will help your PC reach its maximum potential by pushing your CPU and GPU clock speeds to the max. By default, the Ultimate Performance Plan isn’t unlocked. Therefore, we have to unlock it first through Windows Powershell.
- Search for Windows PowerShell at the start and run it as an Administrator.
- Once Opened, Paste the code mentioned below.
powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02 -d5df -448d -aa00 -03f14749eb61
Once done, the Ultimate Performance mode will be unlocked. Now, you must enable it by following the steps below:
- Click on Search, type “Power Settings”, and enter those settings.
- Change your profile from Balanced to Ultimate Performance.
This will switch your PC to Ultimate Performance Mode, and you’ll see visible performance improvements in Valorant.
Optimizing Visual Effects In Windows For Performance
You can get increased performance in Valorant by disabling unnecessary Windows animations. These animations put load over your CPU and memory, resulting in lower FPS in games and sluggish PC. Here’s how you can disable these:
- Right-click on “My PC” and select properties.
- In Properties, click on Advanced System Settings.
- Now go to the Advanced Tab, and under Performance, click on Settings.
- Performance options window will appear. Copy the settings down below from the picture and apply them on your PC.
- After you make the changes, hit Apply and OK.
These settings are going to reduce the load on the CPU and memory. Apart from that, things like animation and overall responsiveness will also be significantly improved.
Disabling Unnecessary Background Applications
Valorant requires huge chunks of memory. The background process running with the game often hogs memory and hardware resources. This results in lower performance in Valorant.
To provide Valorant with enough resources, we must disable the useless background processes. These processes usually belong to applications like Dropbox, Skype, or Discord. Further, they automatically start along with your PC; therefore, you barely notice them. Let’s disable these applications from the startup.
Disabling The Enhance Pointer Precision
To get more consistent in aiming in Valorant, you must disable Enhance Pointer Precision. Why? It’s because this feature is the same as mouse acceleration, and players have found out that the mouse movement is inconsistent when enabled. These are just general Settings for a
Apart from that, players using budget PCs have also noticed a significant difference in performance when disabled. Here is how you can disable it and get more consistent performance in any game.
- Type Mouse Settings in the Search Bar.
- A window like this would appear. Here, click on Additional Mouse Options.
- Now, just go to the Pointer Options Tab, and disable “Enhance Pointer Precision.”
Enabling Game Mode on Windows
Microsoft Windows has a built-in feature called Game Mode. It fully optimizes your PC for gaming by minimizing background processes and focusing resources on the game.
This helps instantly kill any applications that are lowering performance from your CPU and GPU. However, if you are a streamer, do not bother enabling this option, as it can create issues for the OBS running in the background.
- Head over to Start and search for Game Mode.
- A window like this should appear. Simply enable Game Mode.
- Now go to Captures under Game Bar, and make sure everything else is disabled as well.
- After disabling everything, you’ll see a positive uplift in performance.
Set Valorant to High Priority in Windows
Setting high priority to applications allows your PC to identify better which applications to dedicate resources to. So, to get better performance in Valorant, simply set it to “High Performance” in the task manager to boost FPS.
Alt+tab out of Valorant and open task manager. Right-click on the Valorant and select “Go to Details.”
Here, you’ll come to the main process of Valorant. Simply right-click on it and hover over “Set Priority.” Select “High,” and Valorant will be marked as a High Priority application that will have higher access to system resources than other processes.
Valorant Optimization Thoughts
Now, we’ve reached the summit of this best settings guide for Valorant. I’m pretty confident that you’ll now have a great experience with Valorant with higher FPS and even higher kill count.
Ending the guide, I’d like to mention that all of these tweaks are meant to get you the highest possible frames. Some might complain that their overall graphics and visual quality have dropped slightly. But this is how it is; graphics and visuals are always compromised for better Frame Rates. well, unless you have a high-end PC that is.
Secondly, there is no point in having good graphics in competitive FPS games. Apart from Valorant, some steps in this guide can also transform your overall Windows. You will notice much better speed, responsiveness, and overall experience. If you are having trouble with Valorant Crashes, make sure you read this guide as well. Happy Gaming Folks!
Update: The article has now been updated in 2024 with additional methods and changes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Valorant Pros mostly use the lowest graphics settings paired with some sharpening filters. It helps them achieve 200-300+ FPS, which is much more beneficial than fancy graphics.
This is one of the most famous methods to improve your aim in Valorant. Simply hop into the training mode and shoot the moving bots instead of stationary ones. After spending a decent amount of time in training, go join a match. Resist the urge to immediately start shooting and instead work on your crosshair placement on the enemy’s head. Once your muscle memory builds up, you’ll start doing this process a lot quicker and start taking headshots like a pro.
Yes and No. If you’re having consistent performance after enabling Anti-Aliasing, then you’re good to go. It’ll make the jagged edges on textures go away. In case your FPS in Valorant takes a hit, disable it for best performance.
Valorant 7.03 Release Notes (8th August)
Latest Patch with a relevant Graphic Update: Patch Notes 7.03
Here are the relevant changes that were made in Valorant in the recent update:
- General Update:
- The rendering system was reorganized with the intention of improving system upkeep in the future.
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