Valorant lagging and will not capture on OBS

milkywhey

New Member
Making my own post because I feel like I've tried everything, and I'm starting to feel defeated and frustrated...

I got a second monitor a couple weeks ago and at first could stream fine albeit some lag was occurring but it was mainly my webcam which is whatever I would just turn it off. However now valorant won't even capture and when I try to start up valorant or open OBS after I've started my frames drop like crazy and a blue loading wheel appears next to my cursor when I'm in lobby.

I'm unsure what to do, I've set both monitors to the same hz, I disable preview on my OBS (not like it's capturing anything anyway..), run OBS as administrator, I've even tried disconnecting my second monitor to see if it was that and the lag and issues still occur. I can stream other games fine and used to stream valorant completely fine in the past with issue maybe some webcam lag but whatever. I've uninstalled and reinstalled both OBS and valorant and nothing has helped :(

These issues happen without even starting stream, simply opening OBS while valorant is open or vice versa is when the problems start. I'm at a complete loss and would appreciate any kind of help!

log file: https://obsproject.com/logs/6wM5QQpv6BxPJc9X
 

CrumZKing

New Member
I am currently having the same problem. Other games work completely fine but the moment I have valorant and obs open at the same time I get the worst lag I've ever seen. This problem is very recent for me since I've been recording valorant like this for YEARS. Not sure what happened. I'll keep looking for a fix.
 

qhobbes

Active Member
1. In Windows, we recommend that "Game Mode" be enabled. Game Mode can be enabled via the Windows "Settings" app, under Gaming > Game Mode.
2. Display and Game Capture Sources interfere with each other. NEVER put them in the same scene.
 
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