Valorant stuttering/freezing issue
Valorant has a stuttering issue where every few seconds, the game freezes for a split second. When this happens, my screen freezes for what I estimate around 1/4 of a second. I have ruled out network errors because my friend says I'm still moving when it's freezing mid-movement on my end. I've also run Forza and Minecraft on my pc, both of which don't have freezing/stuttering issues even when the GPU usage is at or close to 100%.
PC Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800x3d
Motherboard: Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro Ice
RAM: 64 GB of DDR5 6400mhz CL32 (downclocked to 6000mhz cl30)
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 Master Ice
PSU: NZXT C1200 Gold ATX 3.1 (1200w PSU, I am using the 12vhpwr that the PSU provided, no extensions)
OS: Windows 11 Home
Drivers tested: Game Ready drivers 577.00 and older
Plenty of case fans and an AIO for a CPU cooler
Fixes Tried:
PC Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800x3d
Motherboard: Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro Ice
RAM: 64 GB of DDR5 6400mhz CL32 (downclocked to 6000mhz cl30)
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5090 Master Ice
PSU: NZXT C1200 Gold ATX 3.1 (1200w PSU, I am using the 12vhpwr that the PSU provided, no extensions)
OS: Windows 11 Home
Drivers tested: Game Ready drivers 577.00 and older
Plenty of case fans and an AIO for a CPU cooler
Fixes Tried:
- Rolling back drivers from 577.00 to 576.88, then to 576.80, and finally to 576.02 using DDU in Safe Mode, none of which fixed it
- Toggling between PCIe versions 5.0, 4.0, and 3.0
- Disabling Xbox Game Bar and disabling Discord overlay
- Toggling numerous Windows settings, including Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling, Variable refresh rate, Optimizations for windowed games, and Game Mode.
- A fresh Windows install
- Clearing CMOS
- Reseating the GPUI've tried so many potential fixes (as listed above), none of which work. The most promising things so far are disabling hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling (Windows setting) and unplugging my 2nd monitor. This maximizes the interval between freezes, although it still happens very frequently (every 5-10 seconds or so). This is very frustrating as sometimes my game freezes when I'm in a gunfight or someone peeks me, and I just get Thanos snapped into the spectate screen.
