If you're looking to jump into your first free-to-play competitive shooter or explore the new Corrode map, the Valorant system requirements can find a home on just about any entry-level gaming PC or laptop. That said, frame rate drops can mean the difference between victory and defeat, so you might want to aim for more modern hardware.
Valorant is a well-established cross between Counter-Strike 2 and Overwatch, so you can rest easy knowing that you won't need one of the best graphics cards to get the game running. In fact, even if you're fighting on the new Corrode map introduced in the 11.00 Valorant patch, just about any entry-to-mid-range gaming laptop or PC should be able to achieve a respectable frame rate.
Here are the Valorant system requirements in 2025:
Minimum(30fps) Recommended
(60fps) High-end
(144+fps) OS Windows 10 64-bit Windows 10 64-bit Windows 10 64-bit CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
AMD Athlon 200GE Intel Core i3 4150
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Intel Core i5 9400F
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X GPU AMD Radeon R5 200
Intel HD 4000 Nvidia GeForce GT 730
AMD Radeon R7 240 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
AMD Radeon R7 370 RAM 4GB 4GB 4GB Storage 30GB 30GB 30GB Notes TPM 2.0 and UEFI Secure Boot required
To meet the Valorant minimum requirements, you don't actually need a dedicated graphics card, as Riot Games state that the game will run at about 30fps on an integrated GPU like the AMD Radeon R5 200 or Intel HD 400. Combine that with at least 4GB of RAM, and an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 or AMD Athlon 200GE CPU, and you'll be good to go, just don't expect to get great performance out of the game.
While it's great that just about any laptop or PC can meet these entry-level requirements and dive into one of the most popular and best FPS games on the market, this level of hardware won't be particularly viable for competitive play. In any competitive shooter, frames win games, so this should be what you're focusing on when it comes to Valorant's performance.
If you're looking to achieve 60fps gameplay, you'll have to aim for the Valorant recommended specs. Luckily, Riot Games suggests that a graphics card from around 2014, like the Nvidia GeForce GT 730 or AMD Radeon R7 240 GPU, is more than enough to achieve this golden frame rate, so long as it has 1GB of VRAM or more. You'll also need an Intel i3-4150 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 CPU to keep up with the recommended settings.
If you're on Windows 10, you'll also need TPM 2.0 and UEFI Secure Boot enabled in your computer's BIOS settings to meet the requirements of the Valorant Anti-Cheat update, which made both security specifications an absolute must in order for players to launch the game.
60fps is a respectable frame rate, but you'll want to aim even higher if you want to climb the Valorant leaderboards. Fortunately, achieving 144+fps should prove little challenge to most modern rigs, though older devices may start to struggle. To meet the Valorant high-end requirements, you'll need an Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti graphics card or equivalent, and an Intel Core i5-9400F or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X CPU. Using something like the GTX 1050 Ti won't just help experience Valorant's high-end setting, which includes 144fps gameplay, but it'll also provide you with access to Nvidia Reflex - a GeForce feature that'll kick hardware-related latency to the curb.
Sadly, Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR upscaling support isn't a thing in Valorant, although it's best to avoid upscaling tech in competitive shooters for fear of introducing lag. So, if you need a frame rate boost, we'd suggest checking out the best Valorant settings to dial in the perfect options to suit your rig.
The Valorant download size only requires 30GB of HD storage. Riot doesn't actually state that an SSD is a requirement, but we'd recommend installing the game on the best SSD for gaming anyway to improve in-game load times.
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