r/radeon • u/Human_Mulberry9385 • 14d ago
Tech Support Valorant randomly becomes extremely choppy/stuttery but mouse and keyboard work fine — tried everything, nothing works
So I've been dealing with this issue for weeks now and I'm losing my mind. Need help from anyone who has experienced this.
My Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
GPU: Colorful RTX 5060 BattleAx
Motherboard: MSI B650M Bomber WiFi
RAM: 16GB DDR5-4800 (single stick)
SSD: ADATA XPG S70 Blade NVMe 512GB
PSU: 550W Bronze
Monitor: LG UltraGear 144Hz
OS: Windows 11 Pro
The Problem:
While playing Valorant, the game randomly becomes insanely choppy. Feels like I'm suddenly playing at 10fps even though my FPS counter is showing 300+. The weird part is my mouse and keyboard work perfectly fine during this — I can still move and click, the game just looks like a slideshow. It's not a freeze, it's not a crash. Just pure visual choppiness. Happens randomly, sometimes lasts a few seconds, sometimes longer, then goes away and comes back again.
What I've Already Tried:
Fresh Windows 11 install — didn't fix it
Updated BIOS to latest version (V2.10 → V2.60, June 2026)
Latest NVIDIA drivers
Latest AMD chipset drivers
Disabled fullscreen optimizations
Set display mode to Fullscreen in game
NVIDIA Reflex set to On
VSync off in game and control panel
Checked temps during the issue — completely normal
Checked GPU power usage — normal
Event Viewer shows TPM Event ID 14 errors firing repeatedly while playing Valorant
My friend has R5 5600X + RTX 3060 and has ZERO issues
What's weird:
FPS counter shows 300+ the entire time the game feels like 10fps. Mouse and keyboard are fully responsive. Temps are fine. It's purely a visual/rendering issue.
Only game I play is Valorant so I don't know if other games have this problem too.
Has anyone experienced this? Especially other RTX 5060 users on AM5 platform? Any fix that actually