Help needed understanding rendering latency, refresh rates, response times etc

nortski

nortski

nortski

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I play a lot of Valorant but I struggle big time when it comes to 1v1, I can never seem to get the first shot in. So I've decided to see what can be done to give me an extra edge.
After tweaking a few game settings I have lowered my "Game to Render Latency" down to 2.7-3ms from 6-7ms in a bid to increase my chances of actually winning a 1v1.
However; I have no idea if this will even be a benefit. Does lowering this stat actually do anything?
Even though the game is now rendering around 3ms, according to my Nvidia overlay my "average PC latency" is 6ms (down from 11ms previously). Also; my monitor has a refresh rate of 144hz which equates to a refresh every 6.94ms.
What does all this mean? I'm thinking as long as I keep all these latency stats below 6.94ms then I'm only limited by my monitor's refresh rate right?
Can any tech wizards out there please EL15?
 
I used to work for Riot and worked extensively on Valorant a long time before and after release, network latency and ping was my day job!

In reality, if you're using a modern PC and you have a ping of 50ms or less, it's going to be 99.9% down to you, trying to reduce things by a 3-4ms here or there isn't going to make any real difference.

The skill ceiling in games like Valorant and CS is insanely high, to consistently win 1v1s, you'll need to play a lot, like - all the time like a day job, to get that good at it and climb the ladder.

Looking into trying to tweak hardware, is going to be a waste of time in reality.
 
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