What cpu you got? Valorant is cpu bound. Unfortunately:

• ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB: good dlss, weak bus.
• XFX Speedster QICK 319 Radeon RX 7700 XT 12GB: fast, bad efficiency.

Yo! Totally get the struggle with those 1% lows, they are a total vibe killer when you are trying to climb. 240Hz is no joke and your 2060 is definitely the bottleneck here. If you are looking for the absolute best bang for your buck under that $400 mark, I would honestly steer you towards the Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT 12GB GDDR6. It is been an absolute monster in my experience and the raw rasterization is just way ahead of what Team Green offers at this price point. Most benchmarks show the 4060 Ti struggling a bit because of that narrow memory bus... it just feels like it hits a wall sometimes! The 7700 XT has way more headroom and that extra VRAM actually helps with stability during those chaotic end-round utility dumps. I swapped to one recently and my frames in Val stayed locked way above 300, even when things got crazy. It is amazing how much smoother it feels. If you wanna save even more cash, definitely check if you can find a XFX Speedster SWFT319 AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB GDDR6 on sale. It is technically older but it still punches way above its weight class for competitive gaming. Seriously, dont overthink the Nvidia branding too much if you just want pure, unadulterated frames. The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB GDDR6 is fine if you love their software, but for raw 1080p speed? AMD is basically cheating at this price level right now. Go get those gains!