Valorant

Baseline Valorant video settings and Windows-side checks for competitive-feeling performance and input-lag troubleshooting.

Expected effect varies by setup.

sagetweaks.com/fps-cheat-sheet/valorant · Restart the game after applying settings.

In-game video settings

Display Mode → Fullscreen
Not Windowed Fullscreen
Resolution → Native (1920×1080 typical)
Lowering resolution helps GPU but hurts visibility
Material Quality → Low
Texture Quality → Low
Detail Quality → Low
UI Quality → Low
Vignette → Off
VSync → Off
Anti-Aliasing → MSAA 2x or Off (taste)
Anisotropic Filtering → 1x
Improve Clarity → On
Bloom → Off
Distortion → Off
Cast Shadows → Off
NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency → On + Boost
RTX cards only — biggest input-lag win

Show FPS, Total Frame Time, Server Tick Rate, Network Round Trip
Settings → Stats — verify gains in real time

Enable Ultimate Performance power plan
powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61
Set valorant.exe priority to High
Task Manager → Details → right-click → Set priority
Disable Game Bar capture
Settings → Gaming → Captures
Set Mouse pointer precision to OFF
Control Panel → Mouse → Pointer Options
Cap FPS slightly below your monitor refresh rate
Use the in-game limiter as a test variable when comparing smoothness and latency

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