Valorant is relatively well-optimized, but competitive players need consistent high framerates — not just peak FPS, but stable 1% lows. Dropped frames at critical moments can cost you rounds.
Critical In-Game Settings
**Multithreaded Rendering**: ON — this is the single biggest FPS gain, potentially 30–50% on modern CPUs.
**Material/Texture/Detail/UI Quality**: All LOW — biggest combined impact.
**Vignette**: OFF. **VSync**: OFF. **Limit FPS**: Set to your monitor's max Hz or 2x max Hz.
**Anti-Aliasing**: MSAA 2x — better visuals than FXAA with minimal performance cost.
**Anisotropic Filtering**: 2x is sufficient for competitive.
PC-Level Optimizations
1. Windows Power Plan → High Performance 2. Update GPU drivers (Game Ready / Studio) 3. Disable Xbox Game Bar (Settings → Gaming → Xbox Game Bar) 4. Set Valorant priority to High in Task Manager 5. Disable Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling if you have <RTX 3000 6. Close Discord GPU acceleration
Expected FPS by GPU
RTX 4090: 500+ FPS | RTX 4070: 300-400 FPS | RTX 3080: 250-350 FPS | RTX 3060: 180-250 FPS | GTX 1080: 120-180 FPS