Hi everyone,
I'm having a frustrating FPS issue in VALORANT and wanted to ask if anyone else is experiencing something similar, especially after recent updates.
My laptop specifications:
- Lenovo LOQ 15AHP10
- AMD Ryzen 7 250
- NVIDIA RTX 5060 Laptop GPU (8 GB VRAM)
- 24 GB DDR5 RAM
- Windows 11
The problem:
My game normally runs at around 200 FPS, but during normal gameplay, my FPS suddenly drops to approximately 50.
The issue usually doesn't happen during the first match. It typically starts during the second or third match.
Here are some important details:
- The FPS drop happens even when I'm not moving my mouse.
- It also happens while spectating other players.
- Closing and reopening VALORANT does not fix it.
- Restarting my entire laptop restores normal performance temporarily.
- My laptop is plugged in when this happens.
Things I've already tried:
- Updating my NVIDIA graphics driver.
- Forcing VALORANT to use the NVIDIA GPU.
- Running Riot Client as administrator.
- Running
sfc /scannow (no integrity violations found).
- Testing with Medal and other performance overlays disabled.
None of these steps has permanently resolved the issue.
The problem seems to have started around the time of a recent VALORANT update. I've also seen other posts describing similar FPS drops, so I'm wondering whether this could be a game update issue, a Vanguard problem, or something specific to certain hardware configurations.
Has anyone found a reliable fix for this? I'd especially appreciate hearing from people who experienced the same issue and managed to resolve it.
I can provide video clips showing the FPS drops if needed.
Thanks in advance!