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Valorant High CPU Usage: How to Lower if It Gets to 100%
Avoid running third-party apps while playing the game
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Updated onSeptember 10, 2024
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Many Valorant players report the game using high memory or CPU when running it on their PCs. It causes the game to lag and reduces game performance. First, close any background apps you’re not using, and disable the third-party antivirus temporarily to get some extra free memory. Also, if you are playing the game in windowed-borderless mode, change it to Fullscreen from the game graphics settings.
How can I fix high CPU usage in Valorant?
1. Update your Graphics driver
Updating the graphics driver will improve the performance of your graphics devices and fix bugs affecting your gaming activities.
Check our detailed guide aboutupdating graphics drivers on Windows 11if you have any issues.
2. Allow Valorant through Windows Defender Firewall
Allowing Valorant as an exception in Windows Firewall prevents the firewall from checking or delaying its processes.
Read our guide onhow to fix Windows Firewall blocking other app featureson your PC.
3. Disable background apps
Disabling apps from running in the background prevents them from using up your system resources.
Check our article for othermethods to turn off background apps in Windows 11if you have issues using the steps above.
4. Stop overclock on your PC
Stopping your PC from running overclocking utilities prevents Valorant from using excessive CPU. You can also checkhow to fix CPU overclock crashing gameson your PC.
5. Set RAM priority for Valorant
Allowing a high or real-time priority will allocate more RAM resources andlimit the CPU usageof Valorant.
What causes Valorant’s high CPU usage?
Numerous factors can cause the high CPU usage in Valorant, and some are:
You can fix the problem by troubleshooting the game and your PC.
In addition, you can check our comprehensive guide onways to fix Valorant not workingon Windows 11. Also, you can go through some effectivesolutions for Valorant not updatingon your PC, or our article onValorant freezing on Windows PCsand some ways to resolve it.
If you have further questions or suggestions, kindly drop them in the comments section.
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Henderson Jayden Harper
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Passionate about technology, Crypto, software, Windows, and everything computer-related, he spends most of his time developing new skills.
