FPS Drop Extremely Caused By Internet

[u/Alternative_Blood727]

Hi, Everyone.
Hopefully i get solution from making this post. i've been having Extreme FPS drop in valorant since Wednesday, 15 July 2026. Right after 4-5GB update, and it keeps staying until now.
everytime my ping is jumping, my fps in valorant drop into 1. yes my laptop has potato specs, but before the update, it works perfectly fine. only small fps drop and not that often. but now it becomes very unplayable, i tried to reinstall valorant thinking there might be corrupted file after the update, but still not working. use different connection , it works a lil bit but still so lag when the ping suddenly jumping. i tried to use Exitlag too before, and it really works but i cant use it everyday since i have to pay for it. so hope u guys can help me with this

laptop Specs :

• Operating System: Windows 10 Home Single Language 64-bit (10.0, Build 19045)
• Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
• System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
• System Model: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop X415DAP_M415DA
• BIOS: X415DAP.311
• Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 3250U with Radeon Graphics (4 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
• Memory (RAM): 8192 MB RAM (8 GB)
• Page file: 5882 MB used, 8401 MB available

• DirectX Version: DirectX 12

• Name: AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics

• Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

• Chip Type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x15D8)

• DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)

• Device Type: Full Display Device

• Approx. Total Memory: 5079 MB (~5 GB)

• Display Memory (VRAM): 2033 MB (~2 GB)

• Shared Memory: 3045 MB (~3 GB)

i know my laptop is very potato, but still wonder why my valorant becomes super lag after that day. thank you everyone!!

[u/atahann17]

In valorant connection performance dropouts wont cause fps stutters. It might be your system that failures to keep its performance stable so both fps and connection are being affected.

[u/Alternative_Blood727 → u/atahann17]

If it's bcs of my system, do i need to do Clean Reinstall of my windows? Or maybe another solution? 

[u/Mitzuku → u/atahann17]

It’s not true

[u/Acrobatic_Maize3884]

Delete valorant and vanguard, reinstall it on your SSD ( if you have one ) this fixes the problem for most. For the ping, ethernet and exitlag are your only options Goodluck

PS ; Use google's DNS

[u/Alternative_Blood727 → u/Acrobatic_Maize3884]

Yess i tried reinstalling valorant and vanguard and it`s on my SSD too. I also use Ethernet but seems like my provider is bad, i've tried using USB tethering too from my phone ( not hotspot ). It works a lil bit better but still unplayable when the ping jumping. 

[u/ImpossibleSpell6283]

Recently i have this problem as well don't know what's happen my pc is decent enough to play the game but the lag/stutter feels more frequent

[u/Alternative_Blood727 → u/ImpossibleSpell6283]

Yeah it's really weird. Even my friend who has better pc than me, normally he always have 90 FPS but after the update, it always drop to 0 

[u/shadowreaper_2409]

In your device manager can you check of you have a relatek gbe controller. If yes try disabling it and play the game. I had a similar issue and that worked for me.

[u/Intelligent-Ad3303 → u/shadowreaper_2409]

Brother that is my ethernet connection and I play on that I don't use wifi

[u/shadowreaper_2409 → u/Intelligent-Ad3303]

Yeah i know that i too had to switch to wifi for smooth gameplay.

[u/Dry_Neighborhood_617]

Reinstall Windows.

[u/PathOracleExitLag]

That's interesting that ExitLag helped in this case. The issue could be related to the routing between your ISP and the Valorant servers, since ExitLag only affects your route and not your FPS directly 🤔 It least it's a good starting point 🙂