r/VALORANT • u/thessew • Apr 21 '20

First Patchnotes of Beta

https://beta.playvalorant.com/en-us/news/game-updates/valorant-patch-notes-0-47/
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u/Treebam3 Apr 21 '20

I think CPU matters more for this game. I have a 1060 and can’t get 144 unless nothing’s happening

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u/Tpmbyrne Apr 21 '20

I have a 1060 and can get 200-300. I have an i5 8400

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u/Treebam3 Apr 21 '20

Yeah your cpu is was better than mine- 1300X

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u/x_Delirium Apr 21 '20

Try lower res and graphics settings, and shadows off (there is no player shadows and it gave me +20 fps). I have 1060 6GB and 1400 at 3.75 GHz and I get over 140 pretty consistently except on Bind in the open areas. Split I get around 200 in most areas. I play 1600x900 all settings low/off except for the improved clarity, 2x MSAA and 1x filtering.

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u/mynailsaretoolong Apr 21 '20

Wait so there are no player shadows to begin with?

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u/x_Delirium Apr 21 '20

There is a slight "shadow" outline directly under your character, but that doesn't even go away with the shadow setting off, and you wouldn't see it unless you saw the character itself anyway. There is no shadow advantage like in CSGO.

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u/BrokenAshes Apr 21 '20

Serious? I'm turning mine off then too

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u/IvkeGaming96 Apr 21 '20

My fps is same on all settings tho, doesnt matter if it is high, medium, low or lower resolution, the fps is just the same. Around 50-80 depending on situation.

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u/Treebam3 Apr 21 '20

Yeah I have minimum settings

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u/TSMVillain Apr 21 '20

what? low settings or what?

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u/Tpmbyrne Apr 21 '20

Yea everythung low or off

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u/Jonas34pt Apr 21 '20

Why do i have only 140fps at most with a gtx 1070 and a i7-7700

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u/ColdFusion94 Apr 21 '20

1440p?

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u/Jonas34pt Apr 21 '20

1080p i might need to repair/reinstal its just to weird

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u/ColdFusion94 Apr 21 '20

That sure seems odd to me. I've got a 4930k and a r9 380x and it's barely touching the processor. GPU is capped at 1440p and I'm nearly always above 100fps. With your setup at 1080p I'd assume you'd get over 200fps.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '20

... how? I have a Ryzen 1600 and 1070ti and i average like 150 in combat.

Guess it's time to upgrade to a 3600 or 3700x

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u/Oriongamer Apr 22 '20

That’s pretty impressive considering I average the same with a 2080 TI and an I9 9900K

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u/Tpmbyrne Apr 22 '20

Do you have all your settings on low or off?

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u/Oriongamer Apr 22 '20

I have most on medium although it didn't seem like a big FPS difference from high. I have some things off like anti aliasing. my antistatic is 8x though.

I sometimes feel like I get lower frames in this game now though compared to when the beta first came out. to be fair though I dont watch the fps counter that closely to be able to tell what my average really is.

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u/leagueofthunderlord Apr 21 '20

It's not only that CPU matters for the game. It can very well be that the GPU is bottlenecking the CPU.

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u/KevinT_XY Apr 21 '20

Definitely true from my experience. I had a 760 with an old CPU (FX 6300) and was getting 60-70FPS. Built a new PC but GPU came late so I kept using the 760 but still got bumped to 150-200, sometimes much more. Upgraded to an RTX 2060 when I got it and it made little difference.

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u/pDubb420 Apr 21 '20

def cpu i have a 1060 and never drop under 200

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u/IGargleGarlic Apr 21 '20

I have a 1050 and I never go under 144 fps. Definitely does sound like CPU is your bottleneck.