Valorant drops to 60 FPS only when focused on Windows 11
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MellowCedar47
Valorant is locked at exactly 60 FPS whenever it is the active window, but the frame rate immediately rises above 120 FPS when the Start menu or another window is placed over it. Clicking back into the game causes the cap to return.
The system uses an Intel Core i7 with Intel HD Graphics 630, a GTX 1050, 12 GB of RAM, and Windows 11. V-Sync is disabled in Valorant, NVIDIA Control Panel, and Intel graphics settings. WhisperMode, BatteryBoost, GameDVR, HAGS, and MPO have also been disabled, and the power plan is set to High Performance. Windowed, borderless, resolution, registry, service, and virtual display driver workarounds have been tested, but Vanguard blocks the virtual display drivers when Valorant is focused.
Valorant's foreground, background, menu, and battery-related FPS limits have also been disabled. What could be forcing this active-window-only 60 FPS cap?
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The first thing to check is Valorant's own FPS limit settings, since it has separate caps for the active game, menus, and when the window is unfocused. Make sure the limit for the active game is disabled or set above 60. Since those limits have reportedly already been turned off, the discussion doesn't point to a confirmed fix beyond rechecking that foreground setting and the GPU-specific profiles.
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