Top 5 ways to increase FPS in Valorant

Playing Valorant with steady FPS is essential to maintaining sharp reactions and smooth gameplay with plenty of visual clarity.

Unfortunately, achieving this can be challenging, especially on older or under-optimized systems, which is why you must use these methods to improve your PC’s performance.

Install Hone 

Optimize your PC’s performance

The best way to increase your Valorant FPS for free is by using the Hone desktop app which boosts your PC’s Valorant performance.

The app aims to provide you with a lag-free experience by optimizing your network and system settings to match the game you’re currently playing.

Hone automatically runs and suggests processes that you can perform to speed up your PC while also allowing you to manually adjust the optimization processes to your liking.

Increase your FPS with Hone

Statistically speaking, Hone will improve your in-game Valorant FPS by 57%, resulting in improved gaming performance with a larger FPS.

Hone effectively manages your memory usage by allocating it appropriately to Valorant rather than background tasks and processes.

The app also includes a Boost-Up section to clean your system from accumulated junk, and fix system and drive errors, further boosting your PC’s performance.

Is Hone free?

The Hone desktop app with its full features is completely free to use and download from the official website.

However, the app has a premium version with more benefits such as unlimited optimizations and an ad-free experience.

Adjust graphic settings

Reducing quality

If your hardware isn’t up-to-date, you must appropriately adjust your in-game graphic settings as they can severely impact your PC’s performance, to the point where the game feels literally unplayable.

These are some of the settings that are recommended for players playing on low-end computers:

• Low texture, effect and detail quality - by lowering detail in objects and texture you can improve your performance, especially if you’re working with limited RAM
• Disabled Vsync - this reduces input lag and increases overall FPS
• Anti-Aliasing None - despite smoothing out jagged edges this feature is resource intensive
• Shadows Off - this saves precious GPU in the process.

Minimal hardware required to run Valorant

Before you start playing Valorant, make sure that your hardware is at least good enough to match the minimum specs required to play.

Otherwise, you might be unable to play the game without any disruptions if your PC isn’t meeting the minimum graphic requirements which are:

• OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit)
• CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
• GPU: Intel HD 3000
• RAM: 4 GB
• VRAM: 1 GB
• DirectX: Version 11

Remove background tasks

Using task manager

Background tasks can be a silent assassin of system performance. These tasks run without direct user interaction and can consume system resources, leading to slower performance while you’re playing Valorant.

The best way to reduce the number of these tasks, especially those CPU-demanding ones, is by using your task manager.

Turning off unnecessary processes such as background Discord or unused Chrome tabs will go a long way in terms of increasing your PC’s efficiency.

Lower your resolution

Using stretched res

Mathematically speaking, the higher your game resolution, the more strain it is for your graphic card because it needs to render more pixels.

If you’re looking to reduce your graphic cards’ workload and improve your PC’s performance, you should consider choosing lower resolution as an alternative.

Stretched resolution is a popular, well-established method of playing that coincidentally improves your performance.

Some of the best ones are:

• 1280x960 (4:3)
• 1024x768 (4:3)
• 800x600(4:3)

Update graphic drivers

Updating your graphic drivers is crucial for maintaining steady performance and ensuring compatibility with Valorant’s newest visual updates and features.

If you want to see the list of the latest graphic drivers, you should visit the official website of your graphics card manufacturer and look for the supported drivers section.

If you’re unfamiliar with the model of your current graphic card, follow these steps:

Windows

• Press Win + R to open the Run dialog.
• Type dxdiag and press enter, opening the DirectX Diagnostic Tool.
• In the DirectX tool, go to the Display tab to see details about your graphics card, including the model and manufacturer.

Mac

• Click on the Apple logo in the top-left corner and select the option "About This Mac."
• Click on "System Report" and then select "Graphics/Displays" in the sidebar to view the  details about your graphics card model.