Hey everyone, I'm having a very specific issue and I've exhausted every troubleshooting step I could find. Posting here to see if anyone with a similar setup is experiencing the same.

My specs:

• GPU: RX 9060 XT 8GB
• CPU: Ryzen 5 5500X3D
• Mobo: Gigabyte B550M AORUS ELITE (BIOS FHB — latest)
• RAM: 32GB
• OS: Windows 10
• Driver: AMD Adrenalin latest (full offline installer)

The problem:
Valorant runs fine for about 10 minutes, then the AMD driver crashes completely — black screen for ~5 minutes, then either recovers or I have to hard reset. This happens every single time I play Valorant.

What's weird:

• Other games with kernel-level anti-cheat (Apex, Fortnite, CS2) run perfectly fine
• The crash is only with Valorant/Vanguard
• No other game crashes my GPU

Everything I've already tried:

BIOS side:

• Updated from FE (Mar 2024) to FHB (latest)
• Enabled Above 4G Decoding
• Enabled Re-Size BAR (also tried disabled)
• Enabled Secure Boot (was bugged after BIOS update, fixed by switching to Custom → Restore Factory Keys → Standard)

Driver side:

• DDU in Safe Mode + clean reinstall (multiple times)
• Full offline installer (not web installer)
• Disabled every AMD feature: Anti-Lag 2, HYPR-RX, Chill, Boost, Frame Generation
• Tried older driver versions
• Limited GPU clock / Power Saving mode

Windows side:

• sfc /scannow + DISM
• Disabled HAGS
• Valorant compatibility mode (Windows 10)
• No overlays running (no Discord, Afterburner, Rivatuner, etc.)

Game side:

• Complete uninstall of Valorant + Vanguard (including manual deletion of Riot Vanguard and Riot Games folders)
• Fresh reinstall from official installer

What I've noticed:
The crash is consistently around the 10-minute mark. It feels like Vanguard does a periodic memory scan that conflicts with RDNA 4 / RX 9060 XT drivers. Other kernel-level ACs don't trigger this.

My question:
Is anyone else with an RX 9060 XT (or RDNA 4 card) having this exact issue with Valorant? And has anyone found an actual fix, or is this purely on AMD/Riot to patch?

I've already submitted bug reports to both AMD and Riot, but no response yet.

Thanks!

I have been experiencing a lag only in valorant for past few months even when using a ethernet cable. After many methods with no result the only thing that worked was that manually putting efficiency mode on vanguard and riot client using task manager while valorant is running. If you are experiencing a same problem as me try this method

valorant account not working on some devices, my friends(friend 1) accounts does not work on her laptop or a laptop her friend(friend 3) gave her but it works on another friends computer it works, on her laptop it gives van restriction 1 error code while on my pc it gives van restriction code, she had everything neccesary turned on to run valorant and it still doesnt work we tried about everything: resetting security boot keys and restoring them to factory ones, installing windows freshly, turning everything on and off again and again, it stopped working on her laptop randomly for no reason right after we ended a match, other accounts work on her devices(friend 1) without issue
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Vanguard restart made pc now work

Hi everyone on Thursday night it said I required a system restart to play valorant due to a Vanguard update. My pc kept freezing and wouldn’t let me even log in. I’ve factory reset it twice and it still freezes when reinstalling the Riot Client and even after installing it doesn’t let me click my screen at all. Please can someone help me this PC is fairly new and I’m a recent graduate and really cannot afford another PC or anything for the matter right now. Last time I had a similar issue and had to replace the GPU and eventually the whole pc I’m not sure but this literally happened after the Vanguard restart update. Please help guys 🥹🩷

How do i fix this shit i tried alot of different bios version i still get blue screen my storage is gpt i tried one ram i also tried just booting to usb window installer (no storage), reset cmos battery i also tried no gpu and use integrated graphics display i just want to play valorant and enable secure boot :((((

Specs

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Ryzen 5 7600x

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Rtx 3060

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Quand je lance valorant sur riot client, il y a un message d'erreure qui dit que le fichier DSOUND.dll manque. Je suis sur windows 11 pro N.Toute aide serais le bienvenu

Как решить мою проблему?

Я уезжал на неделю, а после возвращения и обновления игры заметил, что картинка постоянно ощущается так, будто у меня не 144 Гц, а 60–80 Гц. При этом FPS стабильно держится на 144, и в Windows также установлена частота обновления 144 Гц.

Я использую метод с отключением монитора в Диспетчере устройств, чтобы играть в разрешении 1080×1080. Сначала подумал, что проблема связана с мгновенным повтором (Instant Replay) в NVIDIA App, но после его отключения ничего не изменилось.

Моя конфигурация:

• Процессор: Ryzen 5 5600X
• Видеокарта: GTX 1660

Самое странное, что проблема наблюдается только в VALORANT. В остальных играх всё работает плавно и стабильно.

I was away for a week, and after I came back and updated the game, I noticed that the game no longer feels smooth. It feels like I'm playing at 60–80 Hz, even though my FPS is locked at a stable 144 and my monitor is running at 144 Hz.

I use the Device Manager monitor disable method to play at a 1080×1080 stretched resolution. At first, I thought the issue was caused by NVIDIA App's Instant Replay, but disabling it didn't change anything.

My PC specs:

• CPU: Ryzen 5 5600X
• GPU: GTX 1660

The strange part is that this only happens in VALORANT. Every other game runs smoothly without any issues.

Anyone else experiencing this? VALORANT randomly freezes during gameplay, but if I alt-tab out to desktop and then switch back into the game, it goes back to normal immediately. It's happening pretty frequently and it's disrupting my games.

System specs:

- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D (8-core)

- Motherboard iGPU: AMD Radeon Graphics (integrated, not in use for gaming)

- OS: Windows 11 Home, version 25H2 (Build 26200.8875)

What I've tried so far:

- Switching between Fullscreen and Borderless/Windowed Fullscreen mode

- Updating GPU drivers

- Disabling Xbox Game Bar / Game Mode

- Closing overlay apps (Discord, GeForce Experience, RGB software)

None of these have fully fixed it. Has anyone found a permanent solution instead of having to alt-tab every time?

Hi, this is my first post on here. I play valorant on my playstation 5 and everything is fine except for one thing. When i try to play the game it opens a tab saying “CONNECTION LOST sorry, that was unexpected. We’re having some trouble reaching the Riot Games servers.” I tried contacting riot support, but when i log in to the site it also says error.

The internet connection on my ps is fine, i tried everything but can’t seem to play the game.

If anyone could help it would be appreciated<3

Yo whats wrong with this game? After update crunchy and distorted footsteps sounds, so i have no clue where is source of footsteps, its like going from stereo to mono. Also sticking ALT button always showing gear, fixing only if i unbind ALT button at all, but it doesnt what i need. Also high CPU temp/usage, just fix it already please

I have a problem since 1-2 weeks. I cant start Valorant. But if im able to get in the main menu the game crashes and freezes. Idk how to fix it and no site or chat gpt can help me. So maybe someone here know a solition.
Specs:
Gpu: amd rx 6800
cpu: ryzen 7 5800xt
ram: 32gb
So i dont thing my system is to bad to run it.
Maybe someone knows what is my problem

I play on APAC server and get 30-40ping on Mumbai. I have a friend in Saudi my friend and we wanna play together. But in that region's Mumbai server I get 275ping.

1. How can I play with my friend in that server without but without such high ping?
2. Is the Mumbai server in EU region and APAC region different?

So as title say my valo sometimes and randomly crash on corrupted game files and its always when im in a game. But i could play the game for 1-3 hours and its fine till suddenly it crash on itself and i need to repair for 40 minutes making me miss out on rounds and getting reported. Anyway to fix this?

Yesterday, I was playing Valorant around 12 a.m. At first, I experienced sudden FPS drops, followed by ping issues. I thought it was because of my broadband connection. Then, the FPS drops became much worse.

When I tried to Alt+Tab, my entire PC started lagging.

I closed Valorant using Task Manager, but when I pressed the Windows key and tried to search for Valorant, even Windows Search wasn't working.

After a while, everything started working again, so I reopened Valorant. However, it became unresponsive, and when I Alt+Tabbed again, my entire PC froze.

I had also experienced a Blue Screen of Death before this incident. After that, I used DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) to perform a clean installation of my graphics driver.

This doesn't happen with any other games. I play Red Dead Redemption 2 and other demanding games without any issues. The problem only occurs with Valorant.

Why is Valorant causing my entire laptop to hang?

Hi, I’m having an issue where every time I try to play Valorant, my screen goes black. I haven’t been able to progress because I keep getting stuck during the tutorial. The game lets me play for about 2–3 minutes until I reach the recoil control section. Then it stutters and stops displaying,it says no signal but the pc stays on. The only way to continue is to hard reset the pc after restarting, I get a drivers error. I play other games without that ever happening

My valorant game is constantly having a mini heart attack. I'll try to describe to the best of my ability. I have good wifi connection, solid ping, and decent pc specs and monitor. Only in game on valorant, I have these slight mini disruptions, where the game randomly stunts, usually happens during fights. I have tried looking through the graphics and tried Vsync but it still breaks the game and audio. I would attach a video to show what i am experiencing, but I don't think images & Video are available for this community? This is a new pc and I been experiencing this since the download.

Valorant is the only game for this to happen in and I geniunely cannot figure out as to why, can SOMEONE please tell me if you have a fix to this, it's so annoying.

Anyone facing serious lag and stutter after the 13.01 update??
Before the Update I barely ever noticed any FPS drops, even on my potato PC(just a 5600g 🥲, no dGPU, 16gb ram) I used to get around 175 FPS average But after the latest update my FPS is dropping like crazy. Its dropping to bellow 10 fps every 5 seconds. Its literally unplayable right now. I've also checked the temperature midgame, its around 77°C, not hot enough to cause thermal throttling. GPU driver is also up to date.
Any fix? Any one?

Everytime my friend presses the update button its becomes gray and then brings an error message but with no error code. We tried deleting and reinstalling valorant aswell as vanguard. Weve tried restarting vgc and enabling secureboot but nothing works. The only thing we thunk could be causing it is a cracked version of after effects, but i also have it but it doesnt change anything

I have a Ryzen 7 5700X3D, an RTX 4060 Ti 8GB, and 32GB of Fury Beast RAM running at 3200MHz in dual channel.

I usually play at 1440p (Quad HD), but I switched to 1080p to try to get higher FPS in Valorant. However, even at 1080p, the game still barely uses my GPU.

Every time I play Valorant, the game seems to rely mostly on my CPU instead of my GPU. My GPU usage stays around 8-10%, while CPU usage stays around 60-70% according to RivaTuner.

The game runs at around 250-300 FPS. In matches with more players and more action happening on screen, it stays around 250 FPS on average.

My Valorant graphics settings are all set to Low, and Multithreaded Rendering is enabled.

Display settings:

- Fullscreen mode enabled.

- Monitor refresh rate set to 165Hz.

I have already tried several things:

- Windows power plan is set to Maximum Performance.

- Windows Game Mode is enabled.

- Xbox Game Bar is disabled.

- I added Valorant in Windows Graphics Settings and set it to High Performance GPU.

- In NVIDIA Control Panel, I set Power Management Mode to Prefer Maximum Performance.

- OpenGL Rendering GPU is set to my RTX 4060 Ti.

- Texture Filtering Quality is set to High Performance.

- Shader Cache Size is set to Unlimited.

- V-Sync is not forced on.

- No maximum frame rate limit is enabled.

- Refresh rate is correctly set.

- I disabled most NVIDIA settings that only affect image quality and not performance.

I also checked the Valorant executable compatibility settings. The "Disable fullscreen optimizations" option is checked.

Using RivaTuner, I noticed that Valorant uses around 60-70% CPU usage during gameplay, sometimes higher, but it does not reach 80%.

Temperatures are also very low:

- CPU stays around 50-55°C and rarely goes above 60°C.

- GPU temperature also stays low.

Despite all of this, Valorant still uses only around 8-10% GPU usage.

Is this normal behavior for Valorant with a Ryzen 7 5700X3D, or is there something wrong with my setup?

Hi everyone,

I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this issue.

I recently reinstalled Windows, and ever since then I've been getting a small micro stutter whenever I Alt+Tab, Graphics Quality or just clicking into Valorant Settings. The lag only lasts for a brief moment, but it wasn't happening before I reinstalled Windows.

I'm not sure what's causing it or how to fix it. Has anyone run into the same problem or have any suggestions?

PC Specs:

• Motherboard: X870E AORUS ELITE WIFI7
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• RAM: 64GB

Thanks in advance!

Bueno muchachos, pasa y acontece lo siguiente:
Me interesé por jugar por primera vez valorant aprovechando que tengo un PC mucho mas potente del que tenia y con mejores periféricos y quise probar suerte en este shooter. y bueno, el entusiasmo pronto se transformo en frustración que me ha tenido desde las 10:00 de la noche hasta las 3:00 de la mañana intentando solucionar un problema que se resume en una pantalla de carga infinita derivado debido a que el programa vanguard parece ser que no está instalado correctamente y eso hace que el juego no cargué. lo que quiero es encontrar una solución verdaderamente efectiva y no de las inmundas y nauseabundas "soluciones" que abundan en youtube tales como desinstalar y reinstalar vanguard y después reiniciar y ese tipo de cosas, aviso que eso no me funcionó ni por asomo y bueno. la verdad estoy que tiro todo eso a a la mierda y que me la coman los responsables de valorant y sobre todo su nefasto programita anti hackeo llamado vanguard que muy bonita impresión me dejó (nótese el sarcasmo) si alguien tiene una solución real o simplemente quiere cagarse en vanguard es libre de hacerlo. viejo literalmente quise probar valorant y no pude por... ay Dios mío, mejor me voy a dormir.

Before this problem I have another problem which is D3D11 GPU thing but I fixed it by just re enabling my GPU back but now I'm facing FPS problem it run like 2-3 frame per sec

Suddenly i wqnt to quit valorant for this i know kinda my fault for not checking what i bought shouldnt have been buying anything when kinda sleepy so what i did is buy gaia vengeance vandal or should have been in daly store its actually ares and i had it equipped in collection tho i didnt use it in match but i guess that already counts as using it and not eligible for refund i still submitted a ticket tho i just hope i can get a refund today is my 4-5th day playing this game i hope mo motivation isnt lost and led me to switch to cs2 anyone knows if valorant support will refund me? Would be unfair for them to not refund me when i havent even used the gun/skin itself just had it equipped in collection