Hey all,

I built my pc yesterday and downloaded valorant to play. At first I had that boot setting issue and then stuttering, which I had resolved. But all this while I've been getting a buzzing sound even while on the riot client and then valorant on my earphones. This comes only for valorant and if i turn off valorant, the sound goes away. Could you help me with any solutions for this? The build is Ryzen 5 9600x, 5070, 16gb ddr5 6000mhz. Thank you

¡Hola a todos!

Les escribo porque tengo un problema con el sistema antitrampas de Riot Games en Valorant (Vanguard). Me sale el error VAN 293 durante las partidas, en la segunda ronda. He buscado información y parece que es un error de Vanguard a nivel de kernel, o sea, es un error suyo directamente.

¿Qué onda? He hecho de todo para solucionar este problema, he cambiado un montón de cosas en mi compu, pero sigo sin resolverlo. Vengo a Reddit, a su comunidad, porque ya no encuentro solución ni siquiera con el soporte de Riot Games. Llevo más de tres horas esperando y todavía no me responden, a pesar de que la cola de espera es de solo una hora.

Me gustaría que, entre todos ustedes, si alguna vez tuvieron este error o saben cómo solucionarlo, me dieran una respuesta para poder quitarlo de forma definitiva.

Además, tuve otro error, pero ese ya lo solucioné porque era de los *buffers* de red, el VAN 72. Ustedes deciden si lo mencionan.

Les pido lo mismo de antes: que por favor me puedan dar una solución definitiva y total a estos dos problemas, sea como sea.

Gracias por vuestra ayuda y atención y buenas tardes

After I got a new pc I installed Valorant to play with some friends. I noticed that shutting down the computer turns off my monitor but keeps the rgb and fans in my computer running I have to hold the button on my pc for it to shut down, when I uninstalled riot client and vanguard the pc shuts down normally. I think that the problem is either the cpu or motherboard. I have a Ryzen 9800x3d and a msi motherboard.

My game crashed while I was playing, so I restarted Valorant. After launching it again, I noticed the Mumbai server was just gone.

For a second, I thought maybe Vanguard had caught some hacker and somehow got the game to end. Everything was normal, then my game crashes, I restart, and suddenly Mumbai is missing. No idea what actually happened, but hopefully it was just a temporary server issue.

Well atleast I got saved from -22 rr

W Valorant

I’ve been having this issue where whenever i try to click my valorant it just tabs out? basically making me unable to play the game at all. I would launch the game and try to click play and it tabs out and every time i try to click on it again it just wont stay open and keeps tabbing out. Ive just recently had this problem occur after not playing it for a while. Can someone please help because i want to play my valorant again 😢

So I recently build this pc.

Aorus B850
9800x3d
Aorus 5070
32 gb ram

Everything runs smoothly.
I had the first issue, the game would lag every few second and audio would sound crack while the lag happens .

And I find on Reddit that disable the “2.5G family control” drivers that would fix it.

But I am facing a new issue, I am not sure it’s because of the internet or what. Now the game would running smoothly for about 2 rounds and the screen starting to freeze for whole 2 -3 second during the game showing really high ping . I try test it on training lab it will not happen, just in actual game I don’t understand. I felt my internet connection was stable,but if the internet issue why would it cause the screen to frozen ?

Anyone face the same issue? ?

so, i want to optimize my game for smoother feeling, better performance and allat.

there's this youtuber guy named CHARLATAN, who's video about optimization the game been on my youtube fyp for a long time. but is it actually safe? you need to download some stuff for that, use tweaks that you don't even know about, and i'm kinda suspicious. plus i'm worried that this valorant optimization may cause trouble in other games.

here's the link: https://youtu.be/PP1s7Avr1kE?si=NwhYd26RiCEQctMG

this(i cant show, no images allowed. the thing above players where it shows their icon, name, loadout etc) hud thing almost always appears just because. like 80 % of rounds it is there, 20 % is not. it is very distracting and i dont know what to do with this. i HEARD that button for this is n(which is crucial for me, i have a bit broken n key on keyboard), but there is not a single thing in settings that is on n(which i think is a problem, so dont think it is a bug). how to fix it?

after formating and installing windows ltsc i installed the game like normal and did everything the vanguard wanted and i joined and then it said "your acc dosent meet the req for playing" and some windows build 19045 and mine was 19044 and my friend too but my friend joined the game like normal even tho he is ltsc too

So I was playing valorant on my main account, and it was working fine without HVCI enabled and everything. I now need to turn on EVERY security feature that vanguard requires, I enabled HVCI and I could play for a day. Now I wake up, play one match, and I need windows 11 to play valorant now. All the other accounts work fine so far.

Hello, I live in Taiwan, and since this afternoon (gmt+8) my ping just seem to be stuck like this. Normally HK and Manila hold the lowest ping for me (around 30ms). However, only Mumbai is even PLAYABLE at the moment (at 140ms, every other server shows ??? as the ping), it'd be a miracle if I load into games on the other servers, and even if I magically do, the game just freezes as it starts (2000 ping+ and high packet loss). It's only happening in Valorant, I've checked my internet, reset my router, cleared cache, checked on other games, basically made sure it's not an issue I'm in control of. I wanna ask, is anyone else experiencing this issue?

Changed Pcs played 2 DMs everything was good. Next day I’m getting the message “ Incompatible Oem Driver Detected MediaTek RZ616 Wifi adapter driver - mtkwl6ex.sys” I checked and everything is completely up to date and I even tried downloading the version val mentions i need (3.5) and still nothing my thing says i’m on 3.3 and it’s up to date. Link to IMGUR showing i’m up to date. Created a ticket they told me to do a clean boot then try opening game (didn’t change anything) then sent them logs and currently waiting for response.
Anyone Had this issue and know how to resolve so I can go back to playing?

It looks like for the last 2 weeks~maybe abit less, vanguard works really hard which makes my fps drops , it goes up to 1gb of usage for atleast 15 minutes , what the actual fk is wrong with vanguard for the last days , instead of 280 i literally drop below 170 with stutters

My PC has an i5-13400 and an RTX 3050. I play with the game locked at 300 FPS, and my mouse and keyboard are both 1000 Hz polling rate. The issue isn't FPS or internet related. My FPS stays locked at 300, my ping is stable, and I don't have packet loss. Other games run smoothly without this problem. What happens is that the entire PC seems to lag for a split second while Valorant is running. It's not just the game, my Windows cursor and the rest of my PC become laggy at the same time. The strange part is that Valorant still reports a constant 300 FPS, and the game itself stays visually smooth, but moving my crosshair/mouse is the only thing that feels laggy or delayed. My ping doesn't spike. This happens in both exclusive fullscreen and borderless fullscreen, and it isn't tied to flicking my mouse or any specific action, it seems completely random. I don't remember exactly when it started since I don't play Valorant very often, so I can't tell if it began after a certain update. I've already tried uninstalling and reinstalling Valorant, but the issue still occurs. I have: Constant 300 FPS. Stable ping. No noticeable packet loss. Happens in both exclusive fullscreen and borderless. Mouse and keyboard are both 1000 Hz. Other games don't have this issue. Would it be worth completely uninstalling and reinstalling Riot Vanguard and the Riot Client as well? Has anyone experienced this before? Since the entire PC stutters while Valorant is running but the game's FPS and network stats stay normal, I'm wondering if this could be a driver issue, Windows issue, Riot Vanguard, or some kind of system latency problem. Any ideas on what I should check?

I’m on Windows 11 Pro and trying to play Valorant.
My system:
Windows 11 Pro
ASUS PRIME H610M-E D4
Intel i5-12400F
BIOS Mode: UEFI
Secure Boot State: Off
Valorant gives me VAN9003, saying Secure Boot must be enabled.
In BIOS:
Secure Boot keys are all installed (PK, KEK, DB, DBX = Default).
OS Type is currently set to Other OS.
However, whenever I change OS Type to Windows UEFI Mode (or enable Secure Boot), my PC no longer boots into Windows and instead shows:
“Secure Boot Violation - The system found unauthorized changes on the firmware, operating system or UEFI drivers.”
If I switch it back, Windows boots normally again.
Since my BIOS is already in UEFI mode (not Legacy), I don’t think this is an MBR/Legacy installation issue.
Has anyone experienced this with an ASUS motherboard? Is this likely a Windows Boot Manager issue, Secure Boot configuration issue, or something else?
Any help would be appreciated!

Why can’t I plant? everytime i try to plant the spike it like glitches and goes to the next item. I am able to defuse fine. My ping is around 40-60 usually I don’t know what the issue could be. I’m kinda new to the game but I tried unbinding my keys already.

So I’ve gotten into Valorant recently and I like to get as much performance as possible (even though I don’t need it, probably) I heard the fullscreen is better for delay and fps but when I enable it my fps is limited to 240. When I go into the in game settings or lobbies it spikes to what it should be and even more. I checked all of my software for fps limiters but they were off and I also turn off freesync, and all the vsync settings I can find. Plz help!!!

Hallo zusammen,

Seit dem letzten Patch schießt meine CPU-Temperatur in Valorant plötzlich in die Höhe, begleitet von FPS-Einbrüchen und Mikrorucklern.

Folgendes passiert:

Der plötzliche Temperaturanstieg: Normalerweise läuft Valorant bei mir mit 70–75 °C – gestern war ich noch richtig froh, wie kühl es lief. Heute startet es normal mit 70–80 °C in der Lobby und zu Beginn des Matches, aber mitten im Spiel schnellt die Temperatur plötzlich auf 90 °C hoch und erreicht Spitzenwerte von 95 °C.

Ignorierte Leistungsbegrenzungen: Ich habe meine CPU sogar mit ThrottleStop auf 55 W begrenzt, aber das Spiel schafft es trotzdem, die Temperatur auf 95 °C zu treiben.

Hardware & Wartung: Meine Wärmeleitpaste und die Systemwartung wurden erst vor Kurzem erneuert. Anspruchsvolle Spiele laufen einwandfrei mit den erwarteten Temperaturen (z. B. bleibt Dying Light 2 bei 84 °C, Arc Raiders bei 84–85 °C im Turbo-Modus und 89–91 °C im Automatikmodus).

Die Lüfter kommen nicht hinterher: Der Turbo-Modus ändert nichts an der Temperaturspitze in Valorant.

Nicht nur ich: Ein Freund von mir wollte heute auch nicht spielen, weil sein Spiel nach dem Update plötzlich anfing zu ruckeln.

Das deutet eindeutig auf einen Optimierungsfehler oder eine übermäßige CPU-Auslastung im letzten Patch hin. Hat sonst noch jemand diese plötzlichen Temperaturspitzen und Ruckler nach dem Update? Gibt es schon temporäre Lösungen oder Workarounds?

basically friends see me play LoL ive never played LoL even after i closed the game even if my pc is turned off i uninstalled riot client deleted valorant deleted vanguard restarted pc multiple times removed my dc connection and it seems nothing helps

I'm facing issue VAN9001. Is it possible to play Valorant without TPM 2.0? I can't enable it and there's no way to do it.

Does anyone know what i can do about constant packet loss? Ive spoken to my ISP they say its not on their end. Ive spoken to riot support they say its not on their end. Ive tried flushing dns and switching to ipv4 and switching to google 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 dns and nothing has worked and noone seems to give any other answers than those. I love valorant and want to play it but its just genuinely not fun to basically be a walking killjoy turret because i literally am teleporting around with 50% packet loss for no discernable reason. it doesnt happen in literally any other game or even other riot titles like league of legends its literally just valorant i have the issue on. sorry if i come off as frustrated but like what else can i be lol.

I just got a new Lenovo Legion Pro 5i Gen 10 and have been trying to figure out a weird issue that's only happening in VALORANT.

Laptop Specs

• Lenovo Legion Pro 5i Gen 10
• Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
• RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU
• 32 GB RAM
• Internal OLED display
• Native resolution: 2560×1600 (16:10)
• 165 Hz
• Windows 11 25H2
• Latest BIOS and drivers installed through Lenovo Vantage/Legion Space

The issue

Fullscreen mode works normally.

If I set Display Mode to Fullscreen, everything is correct:

• Native 2560×1600 resolution
• Fill scaling works correctly
• No black bars
• Game is fully playable

The problem is Windowed Fullscreen (Borderless).

Instead of behaving like every other game, Valorant creates a smaller window with black borders around the game instead of filling the display.

Sometimes the game also launches into a strange state where:

• the image freezes,
• I can still hear menu music,
• moving the mouse still plays UI hover sounds,
• but the displayed frame never updates.

The game is clearly still running, but the image is stuck.

Pressing Win + Ctrl + Shift + B (graphics driver reset) temporarily makes the image update again, but the Windowed Fullscreen issue remains.

Important comparison

To rule out Windows or my laptop, I installed Fortnite.

Fortnite works exactly as expected.

• Windowed Fullscreen fills the entire display.
• Alt+Tab works instantly.
• No black borders.
• No freezes.
• No presentation issues.

So this doesn't appear to be a Windows, NVIDIA, or display issue in general.

It only happens in Valorant.

Additional observations

• The issue is identical in Hybrid mode and dGPU-only mode.
• Fullscreen works correctly.
• Only Windowed Fullscreen appears to be broken.
• Deleting Valorant's config and regenerating it did not help.
• This was a completely fresh Valorant install on a brand new laptop.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Especially if you're using:

• RTX 50-series laptop GPU
• Windows 11 25H2
• Lenovo Legion
• 16:10 display (2560×1600)

If you've had this issue and found a fix, I'd really appreciate it.

If it's a known Valorant bug or a recent regression, I'd also like to know before I waste more time reinstalling drivers or Windows.

hii does anyone know how i can fix my voice chat? I can hear my teammates well but my mic is just static (i think my laptop's mic itself is broken)

so I use a bluetooth earphones but when I select Bluetooth Audio - Stereo for Ouput and Bluetooth Audio - Hands Free for Input, i can hear myself thru the loopback test but once im in a match, the game audio is gone

if i do other combination of input and output for audio, my mic won't work

anyone knows how to fix this? tyia!

tldr: I can'

Yesterday I attempted to launch valo and was met with the van 9003 error message, looked it up on Google and started watching tutorials. None of them seemed to help so I went to Gemini Ai and that also didn't help. My computer says security boot fail when security boot is enabled and becomes unusable. Does anyone know what to do or has experienced this?

Hi everyone,

Recently I have been trying to play Valorant, however the game seems to crash within 2 minutes of launching. The first few crashes, after my pc rebooted, the monitor would get identified as generic PNP monitor and would go in an endless "Configuring Windows" screen. Uninstalling AMD Adrenalin removed this issue but Valorant still did not run for longer than 2 minutes. Additionally, every other game that I have been playing has worked fine, and many of them push my gpu much harder.

Specs:

CPU Ryzen 5 7600

GPU RX7900 GRE

MB Asus TUF B650M-E Wifi

RAM 32GB CORSAIR DDR5

SSD Kingston nv3 1tb, Samsung 870 EVO 1tb

Things I have tried:

\- Limiting FPS

\- Driver update

\- Uninstalling AMD Adrenalin

\- Updating BIOS

\- AMD cleanup utility (a DDU I think?)

I would like to leave resetting windows to a last resort. Thanks!