VALORANT's official PC requirements from Riot come in three tiers, Min Specs (30 FPS), Rec Specs (60 FPS) and High-end Specs (144 FPS), with one 4GB RAM figure shared by all three, and Windows 11 also needs TPM 2.0 and UEFI Secure Boot (checked October 6, 2026). Riot's spec pages contain no disk-space number at all, so this guide does not invent one and instead shows how to check your own free space. If you also want to record while you play, read recording games on a low-end PC first. Everything here is about PC (Windows) only.
VALORANT official spec table (checked October 6, 2026)
| Item | As written in Riot's document | Note |
|---|---|---|
| CPU · Min Specs (30 FPS) | Intel i3-540 / AMD Athlon 200GE | Requires SSE 4.2 or AVX support. ARM is not supported. |
| CPU · Rec Specs (60 FPS) | Intel i3-4150 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 | ARM is marked as not supported in all three tiers. |
| CPU · High-end Specs (144 FPS) | Intel i5-9400F 2.90GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | The playvalorant.com specs page shows this top tier as 144 FPS or higher. |
| GPU · Min Specs | Intel HD 4000 / AMD Radeon R5 220 | Reference models are listed per vendor; a model missing from the list cannot be judged from the table alone. |
| GPU · Rec Specs | NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 / AMD Radeon R7 240 | Only NVIDIA and AMD models appear at this tier. |
| GPU · High-end Specs | NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti / AMD Radeon R7 370 / Intel Arc A310 | Adds an Intel Arc model, the A310, to the NVIDIA and AMD entries. |
| RAM and VRAM | RAM 4GB (one row for all tiers); at least 1GB VRAM if you use dedicated/discrete graphics | There is no official 8GB or 16GB split between tiers. |
| OS and DirectX | Windows 10 (Build 19041+) 64-bit or Windows 11 64-bit; DirectX 11 support required | playvalorant.com words it as Windows 10 (Build 19041+) or 11, 64-bit. |
| Extra Windows 11 rule | TPM 2.0 and UEFI Secure Boot | The spec document states this as a Windows 11 condition. |
| Unsupported setups | ARM, cloud gaming, virtual machines | Riot states VALORANT does not support cloud gaming or virtual machines. |
| Disk space | No figure in the official spec documents | Check your free space under Settings > System > Storage. |
Bottom line: three tiers, one 4GB RAM figure, and Windows 11 security rules as the variable
In short, only the CPU and GPU change from tier to tier while the 4GB RAM figure stays the same in all three, so the conditions outside the table matter just as much: 64-bit Windows 10 (Build 19041 or later) or Windows 11, DirectX 11 support with a CPU that has SSE 4.2 or AVX, and on Windows 11, TPM 2.0 plus UEFI Secure Boot. Riot says ARM processors, cloud gaming and virtual machines are not supported, so if any of those describe your setup you are already outside the requirements before comparing a single model name. The table also describes running the game itself and says nothing about the extra headroom you need while recording or streaming at the same time. That part is covered separately in recommended specs for game recording.
How to check whether your PC qualifies
- 1Read your OS, CPU and RAM from About and winver — According to Microsoft's documentation, opening Settings > System > About shows your processor type, installed RAM and whether Windows is 32-bit or 64-bit under Device specifications. Type winver to see your Windows version, then compare it with Windows 10 (Build 19041+) or Windows 11 64-bit in the table. Match your CPU and GPU model names against the table, but confirm SSE 4.2 or AVX support on the CPU maker's own spec sheet.
- 2Confirm DirectX 11 with dxdiag — Type dxdiag into the taskbar search to open the DirectX Diagnostic Tool, then read the DirectX version under System Information on the System tab. Microsoft recommends answering Yes if it asks on first launch whether to check that drivers are digitally signed, and Save All Information lets you keep the results. That document covers the DirectX version and saving the report only, so it does not show you a GPU model. Use your PC's purchase sheet or the graphics card maker's support page for that.
- 3Check free disk space — Open Settings > System > Storage and look at the free space on your drive. Neither Riot's spec document nor the playvalorant.com specs page lists a storage figure, so this guide does not name a number of gigabytes either. Look up the install size in Riot's own announcements. If your recordings go to a separate drive, check the free space there too.
- 4Verify TPM 2.0 with tpm.msc (Windows 11) — Press Windows key + R, type tpm.msc and press Enter. If the window says The TPM is ready for use and shows Specification Version: 2.0, TPM 2.0 is working. The steps come from Riot's Enable TPM 2.0 guide, dated May 14, 2026.
- 5Verify Secure Boot with msinfo32 — Press Windows key + R, type msinfo32 and read the System Information window: you want BIOS Mode: UEFI and Secure Boot State: On. If BIOS Mode shows Legacy and Secure Boot is off or unsupported, Riot's Secure Boot guide (May 30, 2026) says to convert the disk from MBR to GPT before switching to UEFI, using mbr2gpt /validate /allowFullOS and then mbr2gpt /convert /allowFullOS. It warns that doing this in the wrong order leaves Windows unable to boot, so read the whole guide before touching the disk.
- 6Switch features on in the BIOS if they are off — On Windows 11 go to Settings > System > Recovery > Advanced startup > Restart Now, then Troubleshoot > Advanced options > UEFI Firmware Settings, or press Del, F2 or F10 while restarting. Enable Intel Platform Trust Technology (PTT) on Intel systems or AMD fTPM on AMD systems under the BIOS Advanced menu. BIOS menus differ by manufacturer, and Riot tells you to follow your PC or motherboard maker's official instructions.
- 7Use the Vanguard tray icon to see what it wants — Depending on your system configuration, Vanguard may prompt you to enable one or more security features before a Riot game launches or before you use Vanguard Pre-Check. The official list has four items, TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, Memory Integrity (HVCI / VBS) and IOMMU, and the document does not say which PCs need which. If you are unsure, open the Vanguard icon (VGTray) in the system tray for details and fix links. Do not assume Windows 10 is exempt. If an error code appears, VAN 9001 means TPM 2.0 is not detected as enabled and VAN 9003 means Secure Boot is off.
Pre-launch checklist
- I confirmed 64-bit in Settings > System > About and checked winver for Windows 10 (Build 19041+) or Windows 11.
- dxdiag's System tab shows DirectX 11 support.
- I compared my CPU and GPU model names with the Min, Rec and High-end rows, and checked for at least 1GB VRAM if I use dedicated graphics.
- My RAM meets the 4GB figure and my drive still has free space under Storage.
- On Windows 11, tpm.msc shows Specification Version: 2.0 and msinfo32 shows UEFI with Secure Boot on.
- I am not running on an ARM PC, cloud gaming or a virtual machine.
If you want to record your matches
As the VALORANT game page explains, DOR is a free Windows app that detects VALORANT, records the full match automatically and saves it as mp4, and it also cuts kill moments, rounds included, into automatic highlight clips. Two things connect to the checks above. Recordings take up disk space too, so it helps to run the Storage check on the drive where the files will go. And on an NVIDIA graphics card, NVENC hardware encoding is the default. Game sound and your microphone end up in the same video, so a match you narrate yourself needs no separate merging. DOR does not fix VALORANT spec problems. For picking and using the automatic clips, continue with how to clip VALORANT.
Official sources and check date
The requirements, security rules and procedures here come from official documents I opened directly on October 6, 2026, and the values can change. The spec table is based on Riot's Minimum & Recommended PC Specs (document dated May 21, 2026), the four Vanguard security features on Vanguard Security Requirements (May 31, 2026), and checking your own PC on Microsoft's Find information about your Windows device. I also confirmed the same numbers on the playvalorant.com specs page, the TPM 2.0, Secure Boot, What is Vanguard and VAN 9001 and 9003 details in Riot's support guides, and the dxdiag steps in Microsoft's dxdiag document.
