Valorant is an action-packed first-person shooter quickly becoming a favorite among gaming enthusiasts. With its competitive gameplay and unique characters, it's easy to see why Valorant has captured the attention of players worldwide. However, as with any online game, there are certainly technical issues that players may encounter, such as stutters, FPS drops, and input delay. These issues can be frustrating and even ruin the gaming experience, but fear not, there are simple solutions that can easily fix these problems. In this article, we'll guide you through the steps to fix stutters, FPS drops, and input delay in Valorant, ensuring you have a seamless and enjoyable gaming experience.

Enable Video Statistics in Valorant

In your Valorant Video settings, ensure you’re in the Stats section, and enable the Client FPS, GPU Render Time, Game Latency, Network Round Trip Time, and Packet Loss indicators. These will help you out a lot in figuring out if the following steps impact the game's frame rate and input delay.

Adjust the Valorant Video Settings

In your General video settings, play in fullscreen mode and set the Display Resolution to your native monitor resolution. You might want to reduce your overall resolution as a last resort to improve your overall gaming performance, but this will reduce the visual quality by a lot. Cap your FPS to a value below the maximum FPS you can get.

Disable V-Sync

In the Graphics Quality section, turn vertical sync (V-Sync) off, which can reduce your frame rate (FPS) when enabled.

Valorant Settings > Graphics Quality > VSync

Adjust the Keyboard Properties

Close Valorant for now and search for “keyboard” in your start menu search to open up your Keyboard Properties Control Panel. Under Speed, set the Repeat Delay to Short and the Repeat Rate to Fast. Depending on how these settings were set before, you should notice a difference in input delay when playing Valorant.

Update Peripheral Drivers

The next step would be to update your peripheral drivers. To do so, search for Device Manager to open it up. Expand your Mice and other pointing devices, Keyboards, Sound, video and game controllers, and other hardware you might be using on your PC. For each device, right-click the name and select Update Driver. On this window, click on Search automatically for drivers.

Device Manager > Mice and other pointing devices > Update Driver

Update Graphics Driver

To update your graphics driver, it’s suggested to use the GeForce Experience application or the AMD Radeon software, depending on your GPU. In this example, I will be using the GeForce Experience app. In the Drivers tab, click on Download, which will automatically download and install the latest driver. Repeat this step every few months to ensure that you get the most out of your hardware.

Use Valorant Optimized Settings

In the Home section, click on Details for Valorant. This will allow you to preview your current in-game settings and the recommended settings by the application. When clicking on Optimize, these settings will be applied. Click on the wrench icon to access some custom settings for the game. To maximize your performance, ensure that this slider setting is set to Performance. The last significant step in this application is hidden in your settings.

GeForce Experience > Home > Valorant > Optimise

Enable NVIDIA Image Scaling

Access your GeForce Experience settings, and in the General section, scroll down to enable NVIDIA Image Scaling. NVIDIA Image Scaling can help run the game at a higher resolution. This will allow you to decrease your in-game resolution and get a great visual experience. Play around with your resolution settings and play a bot game to see how much this improves your in-game performance.

Windows Display Settings

Lastly, we will take a look at your Display Settings.

Right-click your desktop and select display settings. In the settings window, ensure the correct display is selected, and below, you can preview and set the recommended scale and resolution.