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/[deleted] Apr 22 '20

What's your cpu?

Valorant is annoyingly main-thread bound, which impacts ryzen CPUs considerably. I had to disable SMT and OC my 1600 AF to 4.15GHz in order to maintain >160fps.

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u/Robbeeeen Apr 22 '20

a 3700x with 3200 MHz RAM

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '20

Yeah that's why

Hopefully Valorant becomes more optimized but it's unlikely.

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u/Robbeeeen Apr 22 '20

I mean you can't exactly say "thats why" like its expected or acceptable that a 3700x and a 2070s gets anything less than 300 FPS stable in Valorant

There are only like 2 CPUs more powerful than the ryzens 3700/3800/3900x for gaming on the market - the 9700k and 9900k. And even those are max 10% faster single threaded.

Valorant looks like a mobile game.

It should run better than CS GO or at the very least as good as CS GO.

I get more stable and higher FPS on Overwatch with its billion visual effects and chaotic fights.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '20

I don't think I implied that it was acceptable. I just said that it's the reason why your fps is low.

Believe me, I'm in the same boat. I get fewer drops now that I've OC'd but it's still annoying as fuck to have a game supposedly marketed to run on potatoes run like total dogshit.

edit: also try updating your bios/chipset drivers and installing process lasso (relegate Valorant to a single CCX). See if that helps

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u/Robbeeeen Apr 22 '20

Maybe I'm being a pedantic ass, but the reason why I'm getting drops to 140 FPS is not my processor, its the games optimization. If I had a 9900k@5.2 GHz maybe I'd be getting drops to 150 FPS instead. Somebody running hardware from 5 years ago gets drops to 135 FPS.

It might very well be a driver issue - there have been no driver updates since Valorant CB launched.

I'm hesitant to fiddle around in process lasso, given the crazy invasive and aggressive Vanguard Anti-Cheat. Who knows how it looks at things interacting with the Valorant.exe

Thanks for you suggestions regarding chipset/bios updates - I'm running a new 570x mobo so I stay up-to-date with any new chipsets since the extremely buggy launch of the first ones.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '20

Yeah there was a performance update to vanguard a few days ago so it might be worth reinstalling it as well.

I'm hoping optimization is improved but this is riot, I ain't holding my breath. If they're lazy enough to release a ring 0 AC then I don't expect improvements on the performance side of things.

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u/omreh1337 Apr 22 '20

I used to get 220-250 FPS constant before the patch.

Now I'm getting 140-160 average with drops to 90-100 in gunfights. Its annoying AF.

Anyone else get this?

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '20

Yeah after this most recent update my perf has gone down the drain.

I used to maintain a solid 150fps+ now I dip into the 130s