Question Inconsistent Valorant FPS (100–300) with RTX 3050 – Need Simple Help!

[anass12]

Hey everyone, I need a bit of help. I have a PC with an RTX 3050, Ryzen 5 4600G, and 16GB of RAM, and I play on an ASUS VA24EHF 23.8" IPS 100Hz monitor. But when I play Valorant, I usually only get around 100 FPS.

A friend of mine has the same GPU and gets close to 300 FPS, so I’m trying to figure out why there's such a big difference. I’ve checked my drivers and temps, and everything seems normal.

Weirdly, about 1 out of 10 times when I launch the game, I do manage to hit 300 FPS—so I know the hardware can do it, but it’s just not consistent. I’m not super tech-savvy, so if anyone has suggestions, please explain them in simple terms. Could it be a CPU bottleneck or maybe a setting I’m missing? Any help would be appreciated!

 

[punkncat]

Check to see what other processes you have set to run at startup that you may not need.

Make sure you have 'XMP' settings on for your RAM.

Could consider various scaling options and so on...

For a quick and cheapo update to this system, something like a used Ryzen 5 5600 or better (according to motherboard VRM) could give you a pretty decent uplift.

 

[Misgar]

A friend of mine has the same GPU and gets close to 300 FPS,

Does your friend have exactly the same CPU as you?

If they have a faster CPU, it might explain the difference, if your game is being held back (slowed down) by the 4600G.

 

[MEMOFLEX]

Hey everyone, I need a bit of help. I have a PC with an RTX 3050, Ryzen 5 4600G, and 16GB of RAM, and I play on an ASUS VA24EHF 23.8" IPS 100Hz monitor. But when I play Valorant, I usually only get around 100 FPS.

A friend of mine has the same GPU and gets close to 300 FPS, so I’m trying to figure out why there's such a big difference. I’ve checked my drivers and temps, and everything seems normal.

Weirdly, about 1 out of 10 times when I launch the game, I do manage to hit 300 FPS—so I know the hardware can do it, but it’s just not consistent. I’m not super tech-savvy, so if anyone has suggestions, please explain them in simple terms. Could it be a CPU bottleneck or maybe a setting I’m missing? Any help would be appreciated!

You have a 100hz monitor so you do not want anything above 100fps as it is wasted anyway amd can often lead to screen tearing (a visual issue not anything of hardware concern) In the menus you often see increased fps on all games as there is minimal amount of work for the gpu to do.

If you have vsync on in game then it will match your monitors refresh rate and this is probably the best setting to have applied.

In regards to the comparison to friends computer then there are a lot of variables so its often hard to compare directly. Get your friend to send you a video of him playing with the supposed 300fps and what settings they are using - DLSS / frame gen on or off as an example. Not doubting it but there are numerous examples of 'over egging' performance at times.