Can My PC Run VALORANT?

Game details

Developer

Riot Games

Publisher

Riot Games

Released

2 June 2020

Engine

Unreal Engine 4

About VALORANT

VALORANT is deliberately undemanding so that it runs on office laptops, and Riot publishes three tiers rather than two — a 30 fps floor, a 60 fps target and a high-end 144+ fps tier. Note that it requires Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 on Windows 11 for its anti-cheat.

Common questions about running VALORANT

Each link runs a real comparison against the published specification.

• Can a UHD Graphics 630 (integrated) run VALORANT?
• Estimate VALORANT performance at your resolution

What PC do I need for VALORANT?

For a comfortable experience, the publisher's recommended specification asks for the following. This is their figure, not our estimate.

Graphics card

NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 or AMD Radeon R7 240

Processor

Intel Core i3-4150 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200

Memory

4 GB RAM

Storage

30 GB

Operating system

Windows 10 / 11 64-bit

Not sure how your parts compare? Run the check above or read what these tiers mean.

Can my laptop run VALORANT?

The same check applies — enter the parts your laptop actually contains. Be aware that a laptop graphics chip is usually slower than the desktop card it shares a name with, because the manufacturer sets a lower power limit. A laptop advertising the NVIDIA GeF named here may therefore fall somewhat short of it in practice, and sustained performance drops further as the machine heats up. Treat a borderline laptop result as optimistic rather than assured.

Keep checking

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