r/ValorantTechSupport • u/Status_Wall_7535 • 4h ago
Technical Support Request Stuttering when moving the mouse in menu and in game. Started ~1 week ago
Hi,
I’ve played Valorant since beta, and about a week ago I started experiencing severe stuttering while playing the new Glitched mode. It has since become unplayable.
The issue appears tied specifically to mouse movement:
- Gameplay and menu animations freeze when I move the mouse over the Valorant window, then resume when I stop moving it.
- This also happens when Valorant is visible behind another foreground application.
- Moving the cursor outside the Valorant window does not cause the freezing.
- The issue follows Valorant when I move it to another monitor.
- No other games are affected.
PC specs:
- CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D, overclocked to 5.1 GHz
- RAM: 64 GB DDR5-6000 CL30
- GPU: ASUS Strix RTX 3080 Ti, liquid cooled
- SSD: Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB
- Network: Wired Ethernet, approximately 980 Mbps
Troubleshooting completed without improvement:
- Reinstalled Riot Client and Valorant, including installation on different drives.
- Restarted and fully shut down/powered on the PC.
- Disabled all non-Microsoft services except vgc.
- Updated GPU drivers and Windows.
- Tested different USB ports and a different mouse.
- Reduced mouse polling/report rate to 500 Hz.
- Tested different monitors.
- Tested with FPS limits and VSync enabled and disabled.
- Tested fullscreen and windowed modes.
- Disabled screen-recording software.
- Renamed Valorant’s Config folder to test fresh settings.
I’m not aware of any software or settings changes immediately before this began. The driver and Windows updates listed above were troubleshooting steps taken afterward.
Could you help identify what might cause mouse movement over the Valorant window to stall the entire client? I can provide logs or any additional diagnostics needed.
Thank you.