Counter-Strike 2
High Settings
Tested with AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D • DDR5-6000 MHz
Estimated frames per second (FPS)
Tested at Ultra High Settings
Valve's free-to-play competitive shooter, released September 2023 as a Source 2 rebuild of CS:GO with sub-tick networking and updated maps. The engine carries volumetric smoke and new lighting work, but CS2 still scales to extreme frame rates on competitive hardware.
How demanding is Counter-Strike 2?
Counter-Strike 2 runs on Valve's Source 2 engine — the same tech behind Dota 2 — with no ray tracing or DLSS. CPU single-thread speed dominates frame pacing, especially with sub-tick networking and new volumetric smoke effects on Anubis and Inferno. Frame times tighten when you cap settings and unlock the frame rate to match your monitor's refresh.
What GPU do you need for Counter-Strike 2?
Our estimates suggest 1080p clears 380+ FPS on an RTX 5060 and 500+ FPS on an RTX 5070 Ti. 1440p comfortably runs at 300+ FPS on an RTX 5070 or Radeon RX 9070 XT. Native 4K sits at roughly 175–235 FPS across the RTX 50 stack. Pair an EMARQUE gaming PC with a 240 Hz or 360 Hz panel to make the CPU the bottleneck, not the GPU.
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