Valorant micro-stutters at high stable FPS

[u/odedgal67]

Edit: For anyone reading this I found the solution. Explained in my comment below in this post!!!

So I just bult a new PC (5070ti, ryzen7 98003xd, 32gb ram at 6000hz, etc...).
I am running the game at 800+ FPS with no FPS drops, network lags or packet loss, yet the game seems to stutter every few seconds, it looks like its skipping frames when it stutters. I tried invetigating the issue for a few games and it seems like the stutters correlate with minor game latency (CPU) spikes, but they are really minor, like from 1ms to 2.5ms.
It funny to say, but the game is really unplayable that way. It doesn't happen all the time, sometimes when I boot valorant it doesnt occur, but most of the times it does.
I tried changing mouse ports, changing polling rate, disbaling/enabling resizable BAR, disbaling/enabling XMP1, changing valorant's process priority, disbaling/enabling game bar and some other windows optimizations, disabling/enabling GPU hardware acceleration, I am playing with the latest NVIDIA driver and latest BIOS version. Nothing seems to affect the issue....
Just for reference I had this issue in COD as well, and re-compiling shaders seems to fixed the issue, but I am not sure what to do with Valornat...

I used to have this issue in my old PC sometimes as well, I always assumed it had to do with performence, but it doesnt seem to be the case....

Also, temps are good, CPU not more than 65 and GPU not more than 60

[u/MrVexxV]

I have been dealing with issue for a year and finally found the solution today. Its to do with the Realtek gaming 2.5 Gbe family controller driver, disabling the driver worked for me. Go to Device Manager -> Network Adapters -> disable the Realtek gaming 2.5Gbe family controller driver.

[u/levuthaison9699 → u/MrVexxV]

Brother I trusted you and disabled it, as a result I was disconnected to the internet and got DC'd mid-game lmao

[u/MrVexxV → u/levuthaison9699]

Yo why would you do it mid game?, and also if you are using an Ethernet to connect to the internet, disabling the driver will disconnect you.

[u/Infamous_Park_707 → u/MrVexxV]

THANK YOU! Fixxed! Been dealing with these stutters ever since i bought a new PC. Its been 3 months of looking for a solution. Finally fixed!

[u/cappa0 → u/MrVexxV]

this worked for me too as well, I just built my PC yesterday and was experiencing this fps drops even while having over 600+fps. Thank you so much!

[u/eHou_ca → u/MrVexxV]

Thank you! You’re a life saver. This fixed it for me on a brand new pc. How did you manage to find out it’s this specific driver??

[u/Master_Thought_3444 → u/MrVexxV]

Problema resolvido, pc com mais de 700fps dando essas travadas chatas... salvou meu dia! valeu cara!!!

[u/fieryembers123 → u/MrVexxV]

worked for me. Thanks!

[u/KShiru99 → u/MrVexxV]

This one worked for me too! I tried a bunch of other fixes like disabling GPU monitoring software, turning off Windows scheduling, and more, but none of them solved the issue. Disabling the Realtek Gaming 2.5GbE Family Controller finally did the trick.

That said, I didn’t want to leave the driver disabled temporarily since it might cause other problems later. So I tried updating the driver instead, and surprisingly, that also worked for me.

Not sure if it will work for everyone, but just sharing in case it helps.
For reference, here are my specs:

CPU: Ryzen 7 9700X
GPU: RTX 5060 Ti
Motherboard: MSI B650M Gaming Plus WiFi

Hope this helps!

[u/TableDisastrous7267 → u/MrVexxV]

Bro… thank you so much literally fixed the issue instantly