High FPS and High Refresh Rate, Game looks laggy.

basically as the title says, i have a 165hz monitor. The game gets 200-300. Everything FPS settings uncapped. This only happened after upgrading from windows 10 to windows 11. I also did a clean install before installing valorant.
Solution:
it was my steelseries software recording games in the background
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Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
still having this problem would be nice if anyone could help!
rue
rue8mo ago
you sure ur monitor at Windows are capping 165hz?
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
positive I'm just gonna get windows 10 back regret upgrading to 11
rue
rue8mo ago
thats weird... well... you need capped ur fps at ur monitor hz
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
I did
rue
rue8mo ago
dont worth if ur monitor is 165hz
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
did nothing
rue
rue8mo ago
and u get 220fps
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
I capped it 165 nothing happens capped to 160 same thing
rue
rue8mo ago
That's weird... i have w11 and i dont have any issue with fps whats ur pc specs?
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
9400F, 2060 Super, B365M-A, 16GB DDR4 RAM I did a bios update yesterday did not help
rue
rue8mo ago
whats i?-...
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
i5
rue
rue8mo ago
hmm... you have ur gpu drivers uptaded?
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
yep windows is also up to date
rue
rue8mo ago
hmmm you have ur game ALL SETTINGS at low?
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
yep all low like how I always play
rue
rue8mo ago
damn, thats weird... try talk to riot support
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
but the game look different for me on windows 11 I dont think they can really do anything tbh
rue
rue8mo ago
yea, valorant have some problems at W11
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
I'll try windows 10 again
rue
rue8mo ago
if you think is better regret to W10 do it but try to talk riot support first
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
alright
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Hey, try checking if g sync is turned on or off. My secondary 165 hz monitor doesn't have g sync but main 240 asus tuf one does so when I enable it for one it ruins the other ones Hz while showing 165 it lags and feels sluggish even more then 60 on YouTube videos etc for me. So if your monitor doesn't support g sync or any setting like that and has it on could fk shit up Just turn g sync or freesync thing on monitor setting off. If you cannot find it on monitor then check nvidia settings for such option. If that doesn't work next best thing is to go into the windows 11s app graphic setting thing and check if it's using the right Gpu and check if it's on battery save mode or not could be that but I doubt it since it's showing high fps as you say
AllayGamer
AllayGamer8mo ago
can u help me?
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
I dont have G Sync But I do have AMDFreesync
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Turn it off please and try playing the game
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
no differences I had it turned on before this happened everything worked great
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Hmmm is your cable plugged in properly? Seems weird to why this could be happening then
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
yep
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
I play daily on win 11 havnt seen anything close to this
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
I unplugged everything and plugged it all back in downgraded to windows 10 still having the problem
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
If you can try you could try to reset your monitors settings completely
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
might just be VALORANT
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Like go into its settings and just hard reset it to factory
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
no option to do that
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Could you swap the account and try again? Since some settings are stored on the accounts you could figure out if it's one of those or not. Since half the player base in on high refresh rate and would have the same issue if it was the games fault What monitor is it? There is always an option to reset to default on one's ik of
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
lemme check I forgot acer XV270P weird thing is that happened before some accounts felt laggier for some reason and some are completely smooth
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Do you have raw buffer input enabled? For your mouse Could be the delay without it making you feel like it's more laggy even tho it is not
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
lemme check wait in game or my mouse?
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Also. Try mature content off to. Sometimes the blood effect makes me feel like it lags my pc since I get focused on it cuz of the bright red color...xd my own skill issie In game Should be under the sensitivity setting
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
its on doesnt help still very laggy
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Hmm weird then tbh do you have hdr on? If it only feels laggy by the tiny margins and you can't put your finger on it try to disable the overclock on your monitor I checked that it has that option maybe it's causing pixel over or under shoot where the frames pixels updates are delayed on some and update on some causing weird lag type thing if it goes by fast enough. Although it is only if it feels like running on 165 hz but laggy at some times
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
hdr is off do not see the option for overcloking
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Your monitor from the name you gave is suppose to be 144 hz not 165 but it's overclockable to 165 You might want to look at some YouTube tutorial or something and see how to reset it back if you want.
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
its overclockable if you use a displayport which I am using rn
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Overclocked monitors do have pixel skip/thing problems But I doubt it's that
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
I had this problem before but I forgot what fixed it
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Are you sure your not missing some drivers? Like any gpu/cpu or even audio etc ones?
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
not that I know off geforce drivers is up to date\ bios is up to date windows is up to date
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
I got no idea what could be going on. But could you try like lower resolution and see if it still lags?
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
lowering the res does help a lot smoother than 1080p
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Is multi threading on?
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
yes
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Also 2060 super gpu should never ever have issues running valorant on 1080p are the Temps of that card doing fine?
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
45C
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
In game?
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
yep
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Or on windows ?
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
in game
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Are you in like range?
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
yep
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Da fk.
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
maybe its my total frame time? I noticed that it goes up to 11-15ms on 1080p but on low res 4-5ms
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Do you have multi threading on? In game
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
yes its on
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
No description
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Put everything on high. And see if it lowers fps And if it does by how much
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
it does by 20 fps or so
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Reasonable difference so the issue is not with the gpu I think its working like it should
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
it only feels choppy on 1080 900p feels good
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Go into your bios and check the processors settings and ram speed etc and if you feel like you can't figure it out just reset it to default or if it has an option to choose its own settings let it do that
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
I'll tru load optimized defaults?
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
I feel like the monitor is the part that's fkin u over. Why? 900p has way less pixels for it to manage hence why to you it feels way better. My own asus tuf 240 hz does that shit Yes but make sure to put ram speed/ram speed mode to xmr thing or profile 1
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
XMP correct? alright it's set to profile 1
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Yeah that xd I wrote xmr lmao
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
Did not work
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Also. Try locking your fps but not to 165 but 163 2 under your refresh rate
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
I did before Doesn't work sadly
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Àaaaaaàaaaà
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
this is stressing me out very much literally almost gonna go to diamond 1 Now it's unplayable
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
What nvidia settings are you using rn?
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
Default
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Go into nvidia control panel and change the slider into quality
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
it's already set to quality on default
Ruvaid
Ruvaid8mo ago
Go the other way then into the slider performance mode thing
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
Alright Nope Doesn't work It's only valorant too Other games works fine @Ruvaid found the fix lmfao
Solution
Mr Turtle
Mr Turtle8mo ago
it was my steelseries software recording games in the background
Mr Turtle
Mr TurtleOP8mo ago
now its smooth
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