Is CPU Bottleneck Worse in Competitive Games? Why Your Expensive GPU Means Nothing in Valorant?
Tyler qualified for his first Valorant regional tournament in September 2024. He celebrated by dropping $1,150 on an RTX 4070 Ti, convinced the upgrade would secure his competitive edge. Tournament day arrived. His frame rate sat at 298 FPS while opponents maintained 400+ FPS on inferior GPUs. He got eliminated in round two, outgunned by…








