HELP: High-End PC; Sub-Par Client FPS?
Specs:
• OS: Windows 11 Pro
• CPU: Intel i9-10900k
• GPU: ASUS TUF RTX 4090 OC Edition
• RAM: G.Skill 32GB 2x16 D43200 TRIZ RYL (XMP OC Active in BIOS)
• Monitor: Acer AOPEN 25XV2Q Fbmiiprx 24.5" Full HD (1920 x 1080) 390Hz Gaming Monitor (Currently set to 360hz, 390hz is Overclocked)
• MOBO: Aorus Z590
I made a fresh partition on my SSD specifically for Valorant + Outplayed + Discord.
My Client FPS hovers around 200-350, sometimes even dipping below 200 during gameplay. I've done a lot of stuff to increase FPS such as:
• Disable Fullscreen Optimization
• Set Priority to High for Valorant (as well as the x64 one)
• Fullscreen mode for Valorant
• NVIDIA Control Panel tweaks to set things to max performance
• Low Latency On+Boost
It seems that no matter what I do, it won't go above that. I've seen lower spec PCs achieve higher Client FPS so I'm just curious if I'm missing anything crucial
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Thanks for the reply, but I'd appreciate any actual constructive suggestions
Did you enable turbo and unpark the cores? what settings are you running inside the actual game, if they are too high then of course even with a pc like that you're gonna experience drops in heavy situations. How do your background processes look? Are you perhaps running several overlay programs or heavy 3rd party software?
Show task manager, when playing in game
Intel Turbo is enabled.
I don't know what you meant by unparking the cores though
valorant is cpu intensive
and only require a little of gpu resources
use msi afterburner
check temps
also ugh
what's that called
nvidia reflex?
idk it's equivalent to the amd anti-lag that caps ur fps to not let the cpu go too far thus no unwanted additional latency
my limit fps thing is off as well
go settings, turn monitoring stats on at ur osd
then play the game
u should see overlay there
watch a video if u aren't sure how to toggle the osd monitoring overlay
???
why u telling someone to increase his core voltage for no reason
do u even know what it does
ok bro, u still shouldn't tell someone to increase his whatever voltage for no exact reason
unless u are pretty sure his problem is the voltage or he's overclocking
a 4090 will run max settings with like 400+ fps atleast
That is not how computers work my friend
bullshit lol
a 10900k and 4090 build can run valorant at way above that fps
and definitely have shit in the background
It’s not about having stuff in the background it’s about WHAT is in the background and also even with good pcs, running crazy resolutions will kill your fps so that’s why I asked for the settings
Obviously the system can run above those frames, I have never disputed this, I was simply suggesting ideas for why it might not be reaching past the ones provided
I mean yeah I guess if the 80% limit thingy is on it could affect it
There is just not enough information to go off of, for all we know it could be thermal throttling
it's the default profile
and there's only 1 profile
Wait what are you using for the encoding?
For outplayed?
cpu, or gpu
ugh yeah possibly that
if he has a recording software on while playing the game
let ur gpu encode
it's a 4090 bruh
Dawg you see his specs that is how it works
GPU is at 30~34 C while playing. Not sure about the CPU though
GPU
What's the encoding?
x264?
I'd have to check once I get home, but I'm pretty sure the encoding is set to whatever is default
If specs were the only thing that mattered then he wouldn’t be having issues at all, I’m not sure what you are trying to say with this
I must have misunderstood what you said before.
Did you allow valorant through your firewall? @chris
On rare occasions that can cause frame drops
Yeah
try with it off
Nvidia reflex caps ur fps tho
Nvidia ultra low latency tho
Really? @@ I didn't know that. All the FPS guides I've gone through said to enable On+Boost
well just seen some more posts
reflex is best to have it on "on" only most of the time
boost is like waste of power and maybe even decrease in fps
yeah the boost mode is known to decrease ur fps
some of them don't even know how it actually works
those fps boost guides are garbage
I'd rather watch some 10-20 mins videos that explain 1 feature exactly
TODAY IN THIS VIDEO U WILL LEARN HOW TO GET 100 FREE FPS Indian accent
On + Boost: 260-320 | Lowest Spike: 171
On: 250-320 | Lowest Spike: 146
Off: 210-310 | Lowest Spike: 149
These were just from going over my Deathmatch clips, so the FPS might be higher/lower in certain scenarios. It's just a general range for regular gameplay though
CPU ^
wait bro
why does ur 4090
only has 4gb ram
Because Intel XTU is displaying the VRAM
ye
doesn't it has like 16gb vram
and what's ur cpu/gpu usage during games
it has 24 dude
o
the fullscreen ss of the 2nd image was just Valorant running
my 2nd monitor is Vertical so the ss kinda cropped weird
oh
k it's just a xtu bug
@chris what's ur cpu and gpu usage while in a match
and btw
ur psu?
in a match rn
use msi afterburner
some kind of EVGA 1000W
it's not accurate if u view it like this
the game will limit its fps when not focused
toggle stats for each core tho
u should see the first 8 cores(threads actually) working hard
atleast
what am i checking in msi afterburner
haven't really used it to see stats
cpu average usage & for each core
gpu usage
and power they're consuming tho
temps
basically some useful stats
sec, lemme figure out how to enable that in afterburner
select the stats u want
then toggle osd
on screen display
if u wanna adjust the overlay position, open rtss minimized to the trayicon
idk which % stats in the gpu section are they referring to
there are too many
u can toggle fps stats in msi afterburner btw
and which windows power plan are u using right now
Ultimate
is there a way to specify that
u can adjust their order, to make them more comfortable in looking
like
core clock then usage, vram clock then usage
have u tried balanced and high plan
It doesn't allow me to show Framerate / Framerate Min / Avg / Max in the OSD
yeah, I was using Balanced previously but switched it to Ultimate yesterday
I've checked some videos, and yeah u are getting the performance u should get
with a 10900k
really? Even when it's OC'd?
what did u oc
the CPU
by how much
I mean
Up to ~5.13 GHz
it already can boost up to 5.3 at turbo
that oc makes no sense
just generates more heat
when not needed
ah okok
but still, 200-320 fps is normal even for that kind of OC'd 10900k?
average would be like 300-320
sad
if u want, adjust the pl2 time to max or unlimited
pl1 tho
and increase max turbo multiplier
this will significantly increase ur temps
or more voltage may be needed
that's in Afterburner?
know the safety measures first before u go oc them
xtu
afterburner oc settings is for gpu
mbmbmb
So PL1 is the Turbo Boost Power Max and PL2 is the Turbo Boost Short Power Max?
because by default, both were at Unlimited
nvm should've read the info on it
Go in nvidia experience find valorant pur minimul optimizarion and try val
Side thing but
You are wasting ur 4090
D4 and 1080p…
And the cpu is great but could be better
u can't use ddr5 on 10900k
and yeah u def should get 2k or better monitor lol
the 4090 right here is absolutely overkill
Yeah
Still in the process of upgrading everything