Best Valorant Settings for FPS and Visibility (2026 Guide)

Short answer: set everything to Low except Texture Quality, turn off every post-processing effect, play in Fullscreen and cap your FPS slightly above your refresh rate. The rest of this guide explains why, setting by setting, so you can adjust for your own PC.

#Why settings matter more in Valorant

Valorant is decided by who sees and clicks first. Two things help you there: a high, steady frame rate (lower input delay and smoother tracking) and a clean image (enemy outlines stand out from the map). Almost every choice below trades a little prettiness for one of those two.

#Video settings: General

If you play on a laptop, set Limit FPS on Battery to On so the game does not drain the battery in a few minutes.

#Video settings: Graphics quality

• Multithreaded Rendering: On. Turn it off only if you see stutter on a 4-core CPU.
• Material Quality, Detail Quality, UI Quality: Low.
• Texture Quality: Medium or High if your GPU has 8 GB or more. It costs very little FPS.
• Vignette: Off. It darkens the edge of the screen where enemies peek from.
• Anti-aliasing: MSAA 2x on mid-range PCs, None on very weak ones.
• Anisotropic Filtering: 4x. Higher values cost frames for almost no gain.
• Bloom, Distortion, Cast Shadows: Off.

#What about Improve Clarity?

Improve Clarity sharpens the image. It helps on 1080p screens and costs a few frames. Try it for two matches and keep it only if targets look crisper to you.

#Crosshair settings that work for most players

Pick a color that never appears on the maps. Cyan or bright green with a thin black outline is a safe choice. Use a small static crosshair: inner lines only, length 4, thickness 2, offset 2, with movement and firing error turned off. A crosshair that grows when you move hides your target at the exact moment you need it.

#Mouse sensitivity

Start at 800 DPI with an in-game sensitivity of 0.3 to 0.4. That gives roughly 40 to 55 cm per full turn, which suits most players who aim with their arm. Change it in small steps, play at least 50 deathmatch rounds before judging, and do not copy a pro's number without trying it first.

#Windows settings that help

1. Turn on Game Mode in Windows settings.
2. Set your monitor to its highest refresh rate in Advanced display settings. Many 144 Hz monitors ship set to 60 Hz.
3. Close overlays you do not use (browser, recording tools) while you play ranked.

#How we tested

We checked these settings on two PCs: a budget build with a 6-core CPU and an entry-level GPU, and a high-end build. On the budget PC, moving from the default preset to these settings raised average FPS noticeably and, more importantly, removed most of the dips during fights. Your exact numbers will differ, so measure before and after with the in-game FPS counter.