Check out our guide on how to fix the Critical system error in Valorant.
Valorant or also initially known as “CS: Go killer” by some of the players rarely crashes or incurs bugs. But as an online first-person shooter game, it is obvious for a few errors or bugs to creep in. One of the errors restricts players to continue with their grind as they are prompted with a Critical system error. Due to this error, players are unable to launch the game or prompted during mid-game. Not to worry, here’s our guide on how to fix the Critical system error in Valorant.
You will be prompted with the error “A Critical error has occurred and the process must be terminated. Would you like to create a crash dump?” in the middle of a game or before launching the game.
Here are some of the potential fixes to solve this system error:
Before going through any of the methods, we suggest checking if your OS is updated to its latest version. You can head over to the Settings and select the Windows Update tile to the left. Then, select the check for the updates option. As you click on the option, it will automatically download the updates. This will help you get fewer errors from third-party apps or software.
This classic fix seems to work most of the time. As you restart your PC, it will clear out the temporary bugs that might be causing this error. You can launch Valorant to check if the problem persists.
Try out the next method if you are still prompted with the Critical system error.
Head over to the Device Manager and double-click on the Display adapters to expand the section. Right-click on the Graphics driver and select the Update drivers option. This will update your graphics drivers to their latest version.
While for most of the applications applying the administrator privileges to its shortcut resolve the issues, here it can be a bit tricky. Follow these steps to apply this setting:
Launch Valorant to check if the error persists. If it does, try out our next method.
If none of the methods work out, this is the last resort to fix the issue.
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