Valorant’s latest Vanguard update renders cheat PCIe cards useless as dev roasts hackers over "$6000 paperweights"

[Redaktion]

Riot Games' latest Vanguard anti-cheat update has reportedly neutralized high-end DMA PCIe cheating devices used in Valorant, prompting the developer to mock affected users by calling their $6,000 hardware "paperweights." The patch uses IOMMU-based restrictions to block cheat firmware, escalating Riot's fight for competitive integrity while raising debate over the legality and limits of disabling hardware tied to cheating.

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