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Valorant Beginner's Essential Settings Guide: Optimization Tips You Might Miss
This video guides Valorant beginners on how to optimize Windows, NVIDIA, and in-game settings. Covers key settings such as adjusting refresh rate, setting mouse sensitivity, selecting enemy highlight colors, minimap settings, privacy options, weapon switching shortcuts, ping settings, crosshair customization, FPS limits, screen mode, graphics quality, and audio settings.
1. 🖥️ PC Initial Setup: Refresh Rate and NVIDIA Settings Check
- ✅ Check if your monitor's refresh rate is set correctly.
- ✅ Adjust digital vibrance in the NVIDIA control panel to make colors more vivid.
- ⚠️ Setting digital vibrance too high can cause eye strain.
| 설정 | 설명 |
|---|---|
| 리프레시 레이트 | The number of frames the monitor displays per second |
| 디지털 바이브런스 | Setting to adjust the vividness of colors |
00:25 - 01:37
1. 🖥️ PC Initial Setup: Refresh Rate and NVIDIA Settings Check
- ✅ Check if your monitor's refresh rate is set correctly.
- ✅ Adjust digital vibrance in the NVIDIA control panel to make colors more vivid.
- ⚠️ Setting digital vibrance too high can cause eye strain.
| 설정 | 설명 |
|---|---|
| 리프레시 레이트 | The number of frames the monitor displays per second |
| 디지털 바이브런스 | Setting to adjust the vividness of colors |
02:57 - 03:33
2. 🖱️ Mouse Settings: Turn Off Mouse Acceleration
- ✅ Turn off mouse acceleration by unchecking the 'Enhance pointer precision' option in Windows settings.
- ✅ Mouse acceleration is a feature that makes the pointer move faster when you move the mouse quickly, which can break consistency.
03:34 - 03:46
3. ⚡ Power Settings: Optimal Performance Settings
- ✅ Set the power settings to 'Best performance' depending on your computer's specs.
- ✅ If the specs are low, setting it to 'Best performance' can improve game performance.
03:54 - 04:37
4. 🎮 In-Game Settings: Adjust Mouse Sensitivity
- ✅ Adjust the sensitivity to suit you, based on 800 DPI with 0.3 sensitivity.
- ✅ The lower the DPI, the lower the sensitivity, and the higher the DPI, the higher the sensitivity.
| DPI | 설명 |
|---|---|
| 400 | Low sensitivity |
| 800 | Medium sensitivity (standard) |
| 1600 | High sensitivity |
04:38 - 05:06
5. 🎯 Select Enemy Highlight Color
- ✅ Pro players mainly use yellow highlight colors.
- ✅ It is important to choose the color that is most visible to you.
05:07 - 06:22
6. 🗺️ Minimap Settings: Rotation and Fixed Settings
- ✅ Adjust the minimap rotation setting to your personal preference.
- ✅ Set the minimap size to maximum to display as much information as possible.
| 설정 | 설명 |
|---|---|
| 플레이어 기준 회전 | The minimap rotates according to the player's point of view. |
| 고정 | The minimap is fixed and does not rotate. |
06:23 - 07:31
7. 🔒 Privacy and Other Settings
- ✅ Protect your privacy by unchecking the 'Show Riot ID to players outside my party' option.
- ✅ Turning off corpse display and blood effects can keep the screen cleaner.
07:37 - 08:33
8. 🔪 Weapon Switching Settings: Recommended to Use Number Keys
- ✅ Use number keys to switch weapons instead of the mouse wheel.
- ✅ Using number keys allows you to switch weapons faster and more accurately.
08:34 - 09:11
9. 📌 Ping Settings: Utilizing Mouse Side Buttons
- ✅ Assign the ping function to the mouse side button for quick use.
- ✅ Utilize various ping settings such as caution, engagement, and request for surveillance.
09:12 - 12:18
10. ⚙️ Crosshair Settings: Cross and Dot Styles
- ✅ Prepare two styles of crosshairs: cross and dot.
- ✅ Customize the crosshair by adjusting the inner line opacity, length, thickness, and spacing.
- ✅ You can share or import crosshair profiles.
| 스타일 | 설명 |
|---|---|
| 십자 | Common cross-shaped crosshair |
| 도트 | Crosshair with a dot in the center |
12:19 - 13:07
11. 🖼️ Graphics Settings: Unlock FPS Limit
- ✅ Unlock the FPS limit to take advantage of your monitor's maximum refresh rate.
- ✅ If the specs are low, you can set an FPS limit to maintain stable performance.
13:08 - 13:35
12. 🖥️ Screen Mode Settings: Full Screen Mode
- ✅ Play the game using full screen mode.
- ✅ Full screen mode is lighter than windowed mode or full screen windowed mode.
13:36 - 15:26
13. ✨ Graphics Quality Settings: Texture Detail and Sharpness
- ✅ It is common to turn on multithreaded rendering and turn off the rest of the settings.
- ✅ Texture detail should be set to 'Low' to better see Viper's skills.
- ✅ Turning on sharpness makes it easier to see enemies more clearly.
| 설정 | 설명 |
|---|---|
| 텍스처 디테일 | Sets the quality of the texture. |
| 샤프니스 | Increases the sharpness of the screen. |
15:27 - 15:48
14. 🔊 Audio Settings: Sound Effects and Surround Sound
- ✅ Turn off BGM and set sound effects to maximum.
- ✅ Turn on surround sound to better hear footsteps.