Counter-Strike 2
High Settings
Tested with AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D • DDR5-6000 MHz
Compiled by EMARQUE from independent reviews
Estimated frames per second (FPS)
Tested at Ultra High Settings
RX 9070 XT
16GB
474 FPS
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RX 9070
16GB
436 FPS
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RX 9060 XT
16GB
349 FPS
Shop PC
Full results: every GPU at 1080p, 1440p and 4K
| GPU | 1080p | 1440p | 4K |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 5090 32GB | 634 FPS | 420 FPS | 235 FPS |
| RTX 5080 16GB | 581 FPS | 384 FPS | 215 FPS |
| RTX 5070 Ti 16GB | 527 FPS | 349 FPS | 195 FPS |
| RX 9070 XT 16GB | 474 FPS | 314 FPS | 175 FPS |
| RTX 5070 12GB | 448 FPS | 297 FPS | 166 FPS |
| RX 9070 16GB | 436 FPS | 289 FPS | 161 FPS |
| RTX 5060 Ti 16GB | 388 FPS | 257 FPS | 143 FPS |
| RTX 5060 8GB GDDR7 | 356 FPS | 236 FPS | 132 FPS |
| RX 9060 XT 16GB | 349 FPS | 231 FPS | 129 FPS |
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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