Valorant Best FPS Settings That Give You An Advantage

Dennis Park

Updated:

30 Jun 2022

1. Display Mode: Fullscreen

The Problem: Input lag

How Fullscreen Solves the Problem:

In the display mode options, you’ll see 3 choices: Fullscreen, Windowed Fullscreen, and Windowed
Playing on Fullscreen will give you the least amount of input lag compared to the windowed modes

How to Apply Fullscreen:

Go to Settings, Video, and you’ll see the option for Display Mode near the top of your screen
Set the option to “Fullscreen”

2. Limit FPS

The Problem: PC overload

How Limiting FPS Solves the Problem:

Limiting your FPS will decrease energy consumption, heat production, and noise from your cooling fans
Overall, boosts your computer’s performance with Valorant

How to Limit FPS:

Go to Settings, Video, and you’ll see four options to limit FPS
- Limit FPS on Battery
- Limit FPS in Menus
- Limit FPS in Background
- Limit FPS Always
Make sure all of these options are set to “On”

3. Low Graphics

The Problem: High graphics settings will lower your FPS

How Low Graphics Solves the Problem:

Having your graphics settings set to low will greatly reduce the strain on your PC to give you an optimal FPS

How to Apply Low Graphics:

Go to Settings, Video, Graphics Quality
Make sure the following are set to “Low”
- Material Quality
- Texture Quality
- Detail Quality
- UI Quality

4. Vignette

The Problem: Darkens the edges of your screen, reducing visibility

How Vignette Solves the Problem:

Turning off Vignette in your settings will give you full visibility of your screen without the edges darkened

How to Apply Vignette:

Go to Settings, Video, Graphics Quality
The Vignette option is right below the Low Graphics section
Set to “Off”

5. Vsync

The Problem: Input lag

How Vsync Solves the Problem:

Vsync synchronizes the frame rate of Valorant to the refresh rate of your monitor
However, this creates some input lag, which will become more noticeable as you keep playing
Turning off Vsync will eradicate this problem. You might experience some screen tear, and that is something only a higher-quality monitor can fix

How to Apply Vsync:

Go to Settings, Video, Graphics Quality
Vysnc is right below Vignette
Set to “Off”

6. Anti-aliasing

The Problem: PC overload

How Anti-aliasing Solves the Problem:

Anti-aliasing smoothes out the jagged edges you see on screens and improves video quality, but it’s a very demanding process that should be turned off to improve video performance

How to Apply Anti-aliasing:

Go to Settings, Video, Graphics Quality
Set to “None”

7. Anisotropic Filtering

The Problem: PC overload

How Anisotropic Filtering Solves the Problem:

This option eliminates blurred textures at certain angles
You do want this option to be running to an extent but at the lowest possible level

How to Apply Anisotropic Filtering:

Go to Settings, Video, Graphics Quality
Set to “1x”

8. Distortion and First-Person Shadows

The Problem: Reduces FPS

How Distortion and First-Person Shadows Solves the Problem:

Distortion is used for visual effects that orbs, explosions, and some other agent abilities create while first-person shadows are pretty self-explanatory
Turning these off will give you a slight boost in FPS

How to Apply Distortion and First-Person Shadows: