4:3 stretched res UI is actually decent?

Saw a few pros running the game on 4:3, which we all know doesn't really affect player models but only stretches UI unless you do some Nvidia shenanigans on your monitor. I decided to try going from 1920 x 1080 to 1024 x 768 to see if it helped at all, and damn if it doesn't for me. Game runs a bit more consistently frames wise, and the crosshair being stretched horizontally actually helps me when it comes to aiming.

Keep in mind I'm not using black bars, but rather stretching the UI in 4:3 on my 16:9 screen. Might give black bars a shot, but so far this feels great!

high FOV is allways better then low FOV
if you think about it it might be easy to aim at low FOV but you will miss allot of things specialy flashes
im glad Riot did fixed that

I use 4:3 only for the fps but man does it suck not being able to do 90% of the lineups and have to make your own.

some ppl prefer it becuase of their CS habits, some ppl really like it, some ppl use for better looking crosshairs... different humans, deferent taste

Gokyuzu26 [#2]

high FOV is allways better then low FOV
if you think about it it might be easy to aim at low FOV but you will miss allot of things specialy flashes
im glad Riot did fixed that

FOV doesn't change, just UI really. Game is still rendered at 16:9 at a lower res, but UI is stretched

Just like you said It does not work like It does on CS but still the game feels more smooth. It's hard to explain. I have a 60hz monitor and even tho I run Valorant on 60fps, switching to 4:3 kinda creates the illusion of 144hz I don't know why

dagbarox [#6]

Just like you said It does not work like It does on CS but still the game feels more smooth. It's hard to explain. I have a 60hz monitor and even tho I run Valorant on 60fps, switching to 4:3 kinda creates the illusion of 144hz I don't know why

Could be the higher FPS? For me it really seems to help me to not aim up or down as much as I aim left and right at a headshot level. Again, could all be placebo, as well as the crosshair being twice the size and stretched out lol

How do you get black bars in valorant? I play 1024x768 and I didn’t know you could do

awebtw [#8]

How do you get black bars in valorant? I play 1024x768 and I didn’t know you could do

You can actually Google this, you have to make a few tweaks in your Nvidia monitor settings. From what I understand, Riot isn't against 4:3 stretched UI, but they are against black bars... That being said we've seen both cases in Masters Berlin so who knows lol

names2hard4you [#7]

Could be the higher FPS? For me it really seems to help me to not aim up or down as much as I aim left and right at a headshot level. Again, could all be placebo, as well as the crosshair being twice the size and stretched out lol

It sure does affect FPS levels but It doesn't make a change for me sadly because my monitor is capped on 60hz which means I can't see any difference between 60fps and 60+ So It's probably placebo for me. Crosshairs look better tho ngl xD

dagbarox [#10]

It sure does affect FPS levels but It doesn't make a change for me sadly because my monitor is capped on 60hz which means I can't see any difference between 60fps and 60+ So It's probably placebo for me. Crosshairs look better tho ngl xD

Even if your screen is capped, higher frames than your screen refresh rate gives you less latency so that might explain it! That's why even though I have a 144hz screen, I just let my game run without a cap. Nvidia Boost On + Boost makes it even better

names2hard4you [#11]

Even if your screen is capped, higher frames than your screen refresh rate gives you less latency so that might explain it! That's why even though I have a 144hz screen, I just let my game run without a cap. Nvidia Boost On + Boost makes it even better

Oh, that might be actually right! But still, I get a maximum of 80fps on the lowest settings xD Hopefully I'll buy a new PC with pretty decent specs anytime soon. Thanks for the information ^^

names2hard4you [#5]

FOV doesn't change, just UI really. Game is still rendered at 16:9 at a lower res, but UI is stretched

i meant that by saying "im glad Riot did fixed that"
i was tallking about how badly Low FOV efects your gameplay but in other perspective chancing UI scale shouln't matter at all