valorant takes forever to load and sometimes freezes after agent selection

I'm pretty sure this has been posted a couple of times before, but none of the fixes/replies work

whenever i open valorant, it takes forever to load (like at least a couple of minutes) and sometimes it doesnt even load, it just freezes. when i open task manager it says "not responding" until the game loads (or it doesnt and i have to restart my computer cuz i cant close the app). i have friends who play on lower-end laptops and val loads really fast for them. im currently playing on a really old gaming pc that gets like 300 fps in the range and 120-150 in-game, but its still a gaming pc.

also, after agent selection and the game is about to start, valorant randomly freezes and i have to restart my computer cuz i can't close the app manually. i've recieved multiple afk penalties for this issue and i can't do anything about it.

i use a windows 10 pc that cant upgrade to windows 11. can anyone help with these issues?
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