The beta to Valorant has been running for a few days. The multiplayer shooter combines the gameplay of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive with the hero principle of Overwatch, for example. Many see the next big multiplayer hit in the game and the hype on Twitch shows at least the interest of the players. Here Valorant reached more viewers than CS: GO ever had!
If you want to throw yourself into the fray and directly get the best out of Valorant we have summarized the system requirements and the best graphics settings for you.
These are the best settings for Valorant
How to get the best performance: The hardware experts from prosettings.com provide information on the most important and best graphics settings for Riot's new multiplayer shooter on their website. We have summarized the most important information for you, with which you can get a small advantage on the battlefield:
Minimum requirements for Valorant:
PC:
- 3 GHz processor (with SSE2 support or higher)
- 2 GB RAM
- 12 GB free hard disk space
- Shader version 2.0b capable graphics card
- Screen resolution up to 1920 × 1200
- Support for DirectX v9.0c or higher
- Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10
Mac:
- 3 GHz processor (with SSE2 support or higher)
- 2 GB RAM (4 GB is strongly recommended)
- 5 GB free hard disk space
- NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT / ATI Radeon HD 2600 or better
- Screen resolution up to 1920 × 1200
- OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) via macOS 10.14 (Mojave)
Recommended settings for Valorant:
PC:
- 3 GHz dual-core processor
- 4 GB RAM
- 16 GB free hard disk space
- Nvidia GeForce 8800 / AMD Radeon HD 5670 or comparable graphics card (external GPU with 512MB or higher video RAM (VRAM))
- Support for DirectX v9.0c or higher.
- Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10 with the latest updates
Mac:
- 3 GHz dual-core processor (with SSE2 support or higher)
- 4 GB RAM or more
- 10 GB free hard disk space
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M / ATI Radeon HD 4670 or better
- macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) with macOS 10.14 (Mojave)
For the FPS boost you have to cut back: The pros emphasize that you can maximize your FPS by turning down all options as much as possible in the in-game settings. Owners of an Nvidia graphics card can further improve their performance. To do this, you need to activate the following settings in the Nvidia driver:
- Set maximum pre-rendered frames to 1
- Set the preferred update rate to the highest possible
- Set power management mode for maximum performance
- Enable threaded optimization
- Turn off vertical synchronization
In addition to the new game principle, the developers of Valorant have come up with a few other tricks, for example with regard to preventing cheats and hacks. In his article, colleague Alexander Köpf explains how Riot's so-called anti-wall hack works and what is behind it.
