Pc freezes when tabbing out forcing me to restart pc.

Hello, I have had this issue for a while were my pc has a chance of freezing whenever i tab out and it forces me to restart my pc. I have tried closing every app besides valorant, updating drivers, reinstalling drivers, but nothing seems to work. Would anyone know how to fix this?
28 Replies
coochiekins
coochiekins6mo ago
Been an issue for me lately too, think it’s not fixable besides just not tabbing out, typical riot client.
Gamer3112
Gamer3112OP6mo ago
My friend found a fix that I believe has worked for me so far. If you turn hardware-accelerated gpu scheduling in the windows settings that might fix the issue.
coochiekins
coochiekins6mo ago
On or off?
Natsu 玄
Natsu 玄6mo ago
Not fixable, had talks with Riot support back and forth for a week now. In the end they couldn't find anything wrong on my side. It's on their side and I let them know to relay that to their QA team, however this issue has been around for years so probably not getting fixed any time soon, since it's kind of an anomaly issue.
Gamer3112
Gamer3112OP6mo ago
Off Sorry I don’t know how I forgot to say that lol Have you tried the hardware accelerated fix before? It seems to have worked for me so far
Natsu 玄
Natsu 玄6mo ago
Nope, trying windowed full screen mode for now, someone suggested this so far it's been looking good might try this later though
Gamer3112
Gamer3112OP6mo ago
I have been using windowed full screen for a while still eventually ran into the issue sadly
Natsu 玄
Natsu 玄6mo ago
I see, well i'll try and see
Gamer3112
Gamer3112OP6mo ago
if you do run into the issue again i would recommend turning off that setting as its seem to have worked for me for now
Natsu 玄
Natsu 玄6mo ago
and this accelerated thing how long have you had that no freezes for a couple of days? or did you just try it
Gamer3112
Gamer3112OP6mo ago
ive tried it for 2 days now with it off and its been good I'm going to try it for a bit now and just keep tabbing out see if anything happens
Natsu 玄
Natsu 玄6mo ago
yeah sure try it and let me know
Gamer3112
Gamer3112OP6mo ago
I just spammed tabbing out and played for 2 hours while checking other apps non stop and couldn't get it to freeze I'm like 90% sure it fixed my issue
Natsu 玄
Natsu 玄6mo ago
Alright good to know, I’ll keep it in mind in case windowed full screen mode won’t fix it. Yo what are the steps to do that hardware accelerated thing, it’s in settings>system and graphics? Like remove them from there? Cause I could only remove riot client and not valorant itself for some reason The windowed full screen didn’t help the freeze issue, tho some of the stuff I tried i think helped, having it less often. Let me know about the accelerated hardware fix.
Gamer3112
Gamer3112OP6mo ago
Yeah you go to settings, display, graphics, change default graphic settings, and than turn it off.
Natsu 玄
Natsu 玄6mo ago
For some reason it won’t let me for Valorant itself It let me remove it on Riot client though
Gamer3112
Gamer3112OP6mo ago
I think your looking at the wrong setting as your not supposed to turn it off for just valorant
Gamer3112
Gamer3112OP6mo ago
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Gamer3112
Gamer3112OP6mo ago
If you find this button
Natsu 玄
Natsu 玄6mo ago
I went to settings>system>display>graphics Yeah Found it What do I do there
Gamer3112
Gamer3112OP6mo ago
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Gamer3112
Gamer3112OP6mo ago
turn this off
Natsu 玄
Natsu 玄6mo ago
Turn it off ok Gotchu I’ll try it now
Gamer3112
Gamer3112OP6mo ago
Good luck lol Hope it works for you
Natsu 玄
Natsu 玄6mo ago
Thanks, hope it does, I’ll let you know in a few days if I get no freezes. If it gets fixed then you’re my hero 😭
Gamer3112
Gamer3112OP6mo ago
lol I honestly didn't realize how many people had this issue I thought it was rare 😭
Natsu 玄
Natsu 玄6mo ago
Yeah fr, but like 2 of my other friends never had it so I thought I was cooked.
Gamer3112
Gamer3112OP6mo ago
Same thing for me until like last week when my friend finally had the same glitch and I realized it was a bigger issue than i thought

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