Need advanced troubleshooting for am5

[Khunala]

Hello, good afternoon.

I wanted to give you a little background before getting straight to the point. I’ve been playing Valorant for about 4 years, and I’m Radiant. However, for some reason, after making a small upgrade to my PC, everything started going wrong. My performance got so bad that I dropped all the way down to Ascendant 2 because I couldn’t win duels anymore. I went from being MVP in almost every game to finishing near the bottom of the scoreboard most of the time, and I started playing more of a support role.

At first, I thought it was just me, but one day I got to play on my friend’s PC, and for some reason, I won the game while getting MVP on my own account. Every duel felt easy again, just like before. So, I wanted to ask if there could be something wrong with my PC or what might be causing this issue.

The issue I've noticed is that when I play on my friend's PC, I have enough time to react in gunfights. But on my PC, I just die feeling like they see me first. This didn't happen before I did the upgrade.

valorant fps avg (500/700)

My specs:

* CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D
* RAM: CMH32GX5M2B6400Z36 (Micron D-die)
* Motherboard: ASUS B650E Max Gaming WiFi
* NVMe: WDC DWS500G2B0C-00XHO
* PSU: Corsair RM850e (2025)
* GPU: Rtx 2060 Super SC Ultra 8gb

My peripherals:

*Monitor: Zowie XL2566K
* Mouse: Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2
* Headset: HyperX Cloud III Wired
* Keyboard: ATK RS6 Ultra 8K

[adrian_13371]

Hello, good afternoon.

I wanted to give you a little background before getting straight to the point. I’ve been playing Valorant for about 4 years, and I’m Radiant. However, for some reason, after making a small upgrade to my PC, everything started going wrong. My performance got so bad that I dropped all the way down to Ascendant 2 because I couldn’t win duels anymore. I went from being MVP in almost every game to finishing near the bottom of the scoreboard most of the time, and I started playing more of a support role.

At first, I thought it was just me, but one day I got to play on my friend’s PC, and for some reason, I won the game while getting MVP on my own account. Every duel felt easy again, just like before. So, I wanted to ask if there could be something wrong with my PC or what might be causing this issue.

The issue I've noticed is that when I play on my friend's PC, I have enough time to react in gunfights. But on my PC, I just die feeling like they see me first. This didn't happen before I did the upgrade.

valorant fps avg (500/700)

My specs:

* CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D
* RAM: CMH32GX5M2B6400Z36 (Micron D-die)
* Motherboard: ASUS B650E Max Gaming WiFi
* NVMe: WDC DWS500G2B0C-00XHO
* PSU: Corsair RM850e (2025)
* GPU: Rtx 2060 Super SC Ultra 8gb

My peripherals:

*Monitor: Zowie XL2566K
* Mouse: Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2
* Headset: HyperX Cloud III Wired
* Keyboard: ATK RS6 Ultra 8K

Your friend probably has better internet connection than you

[Khunala]

Hello, good afternoon.

I wanted to give you a little background before getting straight to the point. I’ve been playing Valorant for about 4 years, and I’m Radiant. However, for some reason, after making a small upgrade to my PC, everything started going wrong. My performance got so bad that I dropped all the way down to Ascendant 2 because I couldn’t win duels anymore. I went from being MVP in almost every game to finishing near the bottom of the scoreboard most of the time, and I started playing more of a support role.

At first, I thought it was just me, but one day I got to play on my friend’s PC, and for some reason, I won the game while getting MVP on my own account. Every duel felt easy again, just like before. So, I wanted to ask if there could be something wrong with my PC or what might be causing this issue.

The issue I've noticed is that when I play on my friend's PC, I have enough time to react in gunfights. But on my PC, I just die feeling like they see me first. This didn't happen before I did the upgrade.

valorant fps avg (500/700)

My specs:

* CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D
* RAM: CMH32GX5M2B6400Z36 (Micron D-die)
* Motherboard: ASUS B650E Max Gaming WiFi
* NVMe: WDC DWS500G2B0C-00XHO
* PSU: Corsair RM850e (2025)
* GPU: Rtx 2060 Super SC Ultra 8gb

My peripherals:

*Monitor: Zowie XL2566K
* Mouse: Logitech G Pro X Superlight 2
* Headset: HyperX Cloud III Wired
* Keyboard: ATK RS6 Ultra 8K

Your friend probably has better internet connection than you

i have 1gb/1gb and he has 300gb/30gb

[zen9292]

What upgrade did you make to your PC?

[Khunala]

What upgrade did you make to your PC?

I’m coming from an Intel i7-10700F, RTX 2060 Super, 16GB DDR4 2933MHz, ASUS B460M-Plus WiFi, and a 600W PSU. It was a prebuilt PC I bought at Best Buy in 2021, and now I’ve built the setup I mentioned.

[Lucasged]

What upgrade did you make to your PC?

I’m coming from an Intel i7-10700F, RTX 2060 Super, 16GB DDR4 2933MHz, ASUS B460M-Plus WiFi, and a 600W PSU. It was a prebuilt PC I bought at Best Buy in 2021, and now I’ve built the setup I mentioned.

I've always felt that Intel is way snappier than AMD.

Went from Intel build to top tier AMD ryzen 7 9800x3d, and everything felt so bad for a long time.

Now i just got used to it (3700 elo faceit, challenger)