Do you have trouble with Valorant?
Do you have trouble with Valorant?
I've been fighting with this problem in Valorant for a couple weeks now. It makes my games load slowly when I try to start them up. My internet seems to cause about 80% of the lag (Internet Lag). This didn't happen before; I started having this issue around a week ago. I tried uninstalling both the game and the Riot Client, but nothing worked here either. This isn't happening in any other game right now. Any advice or fixes would be really helpful, thanks!
You might be having trouble with your internet connection or seeing very high ping numbers while playing Valorant. These issues can make your game feel slow and choppy. No matter if you are using WiFi or Ethernet, restarting your network is the easiest way to fix it. This will free up some RAM on your router and give you a new IP address, which might stop the lag problem from happening right now. Here is how to do it: First, unplug both your router and your modem. Wait about 60 seconds before plugging them back in. Then check that all the lights are going off or back on normally. Finally, start playing Valorant and see if the issue goes away. You could also try an app called ExitLag. This tool makes sure your connection to the server is stable without any lag spikes, packet loss, or other connection hiccups. Start their free trial using this link to fix those problems. Some people often forget that they left their routers and PCs on for months without turning them off first. This causes a lot of temporary files between your PC and the internet, which slows things down and leads to high ping in Valorant. You can also try two other workarounds. When the DNS cache memory starts filling up over time, lag spikes and high ping can happen. That's why you should clear and flush the DNS cache memory. To do this: Open the Windows command prompt (you can find it by typing "cmd" in a search box) and type this exact line then press Enter key. You should see a message that says the DNS Resolver Cache was successfully flushed. Then run these two commands to make sure everything is clear. Type this one first, then wait for it to finish: ipconfig /flushdns If you want another fix, try changing the CPU core Affinity. Here is how to do it: Launch Valorant and minimize the game so it doesn't look like a big window. Open your Task Manager by pressing the keys CTRL, ALT, DEL at the same time. Go to the "Processes" tab on the screen. Right click on Valorant and choose "Go to details." Then right click on "VALORANT-WIN64-Shipping.exe" and select "Set Affinity." A window will pop up showing which CPU threads are currently used by Valorant. If all the boxes are checked, this fix probably doesn't work for you because you don't have any free cores to use. But if only a couple of cores are checked off while everything else is unchecked? Go ahead and check the box that says "All Processors," then click OK on that pop-up window. Next, repeat step five and step six again, but this time right click on "VALORANT.exe" instead of the shipping file to set its affinity settings as well.