Valorant freezing

[Louis_1]

I built a new PC—it’s my first one.

 

I’ve been having an issue with Valorant, and only Valorant. When I start the game and do nothing, after about a minute a blue loading circle appears, then my fans get loud and my whole PC freezes. Sometimes, though rarely, it just works normally.

 

If the game doesn’t freeze within the first one or two minutes, it will keep working fine until I close it. But once I restart the game, the problem can happen again.

 

I’ve tried stability testing my CPU, RAM, and VRAM, and everything was fine for an hour. I also tried fixes I found on YouTube, like running it as an administrator, disabling fullscreen optimization, and increasing virtual memory, but nothing worked.

 

I checked my temperatures, and they’re completely fine—nothing unusual. I’ve uninstalled the game multiple times and even reset my PC. That worked, but only for about an hour and a half, and then the problem came back.

 

I’ve tried multiple BIOS updates—one of them worked once, but after that it stopped working again. I also tried deleting the anti-cheat; it worked once, but now it doesn’t work at all. It’s such a weird problem, and I don’t know what to do anymore. Any advice you all can give so I can finally play Valorant in peace would be appreciated.

 

I don’t know what to do.

 

My specs are: AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, Radeon 9070, 16 GB RAM, 1 TB storage, and an 850-watt PSU.