Valorant is the name of the competitive character based first person tactical from the developer behind the popular game League of Legends, Riot Games. In this guide, we will go through the best settings for the game, optimized for increased FPS and performance. By following the steps, you will see a performance boost in your FPS.
These following settings are the bare minimum required for running Valorant.
Minimum requirements/specs for PC:
- 3 GHz processor (supporting SSE2 instruction set or higher)
- 2 GB RAM
- 12 GB available hard disk space
- Shader version 2.0b-capable video card
- Screen resolutions up to 1920×1200
- Support for DirectX v9.0c or better
- Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10
Minimum requirements/specs for MAC:
- 3 GHz processor (supporting SSE2 instruction set or higher)
- 2 GB RAM (4 GB is strongly recommended)
- 5 GB available hard disk space
- NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT / ATI Radeon HD 2600 or better
- Screen resolutions up to 1920×1200
- OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) through macOS 10.14 (Mojave)
These followings are the recommended specs for Project A.
Recommended Specs for PC:
- 3 GHz dual-core processor
- 4 GB of RAM
- 16 GB available hard disk space
- Nvidia GeForce 8800/AMD Radeon HD 5670 or equivalent video card (Dedicated GPU with 512MB or higher Video Memory(VRAM))
- Support for DirectX v9.0c or better.
- Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10 with the latest service pack installed
Recommended Specs for MAC:
- 3 GHz dual-core processor (supporting SSE2 instruction set or higher)
- 4 GB of RAM or higher
- 10 GB available hard disk space
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M / ATI Radeon HD 4670 or better
- macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and macOS 10.14 (Mojave)
Settings the in game options to the lowest setting will increase your FPS and performance in general. Aside from that, the game will visually be much less messed up.
For those who have an NVIDIA graphics card, you are able to tweak your settings even more. Those settings require that you open the NVIDIA 3D settings from the NVIDIA Control Panel. First, open the NVIDIA Control Panel by right clicking on your desktop and choosing it from the menu. Second, click Manage 3D settings. Third, you are able to either change the settings for all programs and games, or you are able to do it for select programs. Choose Global Settings ro Program Settings and find Valorant on the list. If you choose the first one, the change will affect all programs and games. fourth, set Maximum pre-rendered frames to 1. Fifth, set Preferred refresh rate to Highest available. Sixth, set Power Management Mode to Prefer maximum performance. Seventh, set Threaded optimization to ON. Eighth, set Vertical sync to OFF. Ninth, click apply and now you are able to close the control panel again. By following the steps, you should have successfully increased your in game performance as well as the FPS.
