After the Vanguard patch, shortly after launching Valorant (within 2 minutes), the screen starts stuttering.
It's not just Valorant freezing — the entire computer locks up. Even with music playing, it starts buffering like crazy and sounds distorted. The same issues persist even after closing Valorant.
Rebooting fixes everything until I play Valorant again. Other FPS games (like PUBG) run normally without any issues.
"Used DDU to wipe drivers and installed the latest ones. Then DDU again and rolled back to an older driver (May 2025)."
BIOS update done. Uninstalled and reinstalled Vanguard. Uninstalled and reinstalled Valorant. Full PC format and clean reinstall of everything. Tried all of the above — same issue every time.
NVIDIA App showed the message "NVIDIA App error and crash data transfer", so I downgraded to an older graphics driver.
Bottom line: Vanguard is making Valorant unplayable.
^^^^^PC Specs^^^^^^ CPU - Ryzen 7500 GPU - RTX 4060
Thanks for reading this long post. I'm looking for anyone who's had a similar issue, and if you've fixed it, I'd love to know how. Posting here hoping for help.