VALORANT is built on Unreal Engine 4 and is generally well-optimized, but there's still a significant gap between default settings and a properly tuned system. Whether you're trying to hit 144 FPS or chasing 360+, this guide will help you squeeze out every frame available.
VALORANT In-Game Graphics Settings
- Display Mode: Fullscreen
- Frame Rate Limit: Always (set to monitor refresh rate + 10%)
- Material Quality: Low
- Texture Quality: Low
- Detail Quality: Low
- V-Sync: Off
- Anti-Aliasing: None or MSAA 2x
- Shadows: Off
- Bloom: Off
- Distortion: Off
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See Services →VALORANT Launch Options
In the Riot Client settings, add these Launch Arguments:
- -high — sets process priority to high
- -novsync — disables V-Sync at the engine level
- +fps_max 0 — removes FPS cap
GPU Driver Settings
In NVIDIA Control Panel, set Low Latency Mode to Ultra and Power Management Mode to Prefer Maximum Performance for VALORANT. For AMD, enable Radeon Anti-Lag in the per-game profile. These driver-level changes can reduce input lag by an additional 5–10ms without any FPS cost.