How to Increase FPS in CS:GO. Ultimate Game Optimization Guide
Do you want to boost FPS in CS:GO? Here are some proven and efficient tools to improve computer performance in the game.
Why FPS drops
Year by year FPS is getting more demanding to PC characteristics. Game update, the extension of some cards often causes FPS drop even on medium configuration PCs. In general, one might say the game is getting more demanding.
Also, FPS drop may be related to PC config and settings: programs, video card, performance settings.
So, check FPS you are currently playing and lets begin to boost it.
We learned opinions of pro players, studied detailed recommendations of some players on REDDIT and prepared a guidance of how to increase FPS for CS:GO.
We have added no information about special software and other FPS boosters, which are unreasonable to use in our opinion.
These tips will definitely bring no harm to your PC and help optimize performance in the game as well as increase the average FPS.
Contents:
- Why FPS drops
- CS:GO optimization guide
- Game Booster Removal
- Reinstall Windows
- Graphics Card Drivers
- Graphics Card Settings
- Launch Commands
- CS:GO Graphics Settings
- Windows Performance Settings
- Disabling Core Parking
- Power Options
- Disabling Startup Programs
- Defragging
- PC Cleaning and Thermal Paste Replacing
CS:GO optimization guide
Game Booster Removal
We do not recommend installing any boosters or other optimizing programs. They just prioritize the game and close background processes running on your PC.
We will do it manually. Moreover, boosters themselves use much memory.
Reinstall Windows
The first thing to do to improve your PC performance for Counter Strike Global Offensive is to reinstall Windows.
Extra processes running on your PC is the main problem slowing down its performance. The longer you work in the operating system, the more processes you generate. If you reinstalled Windows long ago, do it again to minimize processes running.
After reinstalling, your software will run faster and more dynamically. Graphics Card Drivers
After reinstalling Windows, you need to install the necessary drivers.
Download Nvidia drivers: http://www.geforce.com/drivers
Download AMD drivers: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
Graphics Card Settings
Let’s take a look at the two most popular graphics cards, for which game settings in CS:GO and many other games can be applied.
Nvidia Card Settings
Launch Nvidia control panel on your desktop by right-clicking on the screen.
Choose 3D Settings — Adjust Image Settings. Click on Use my preference emphasizing and set Performance to maximum.
Go to Manage 3D Settings, switch off Antialiasing and set Texture Filtering — Quality to high performance.
For AMD Cards
Right click on the desktop and open AMD Radeon Settings. Go to Gaming and select Global Settings. Then adjust settings the same way you see on the screenshot.
Launch Commands
Open STEAM Library, choose CS:GO, click on Properties, then Set launch options and write the following commands:
-novid — Removes the in-game introduction movie
-high — Starts the game in a high-priority mode
-freq x (60, 75, 120, 144, 240)Hz — Display refresh rate.
- -high —Runs the game with high priority.
- -threads <number of cores / threads> — The number of cores or threads (if your processor supports Hyper-threading [ru.
wikipedia.org]) of the processor that the game can use. - -nod3d9ex — Allows you to eliminate the bug with a sharp decrease in FPS, which appears if the game is running for a long time — only working on DX8 graphics cards… you can look up, how old this „tip“ is then.
- -noaafonts — Removes the smoothing of fonts.
- -lv -Runs the game in reduced cruelty mode.
- +exec autoexec -Runs a .cfg file with commands to boost FPS
Launch Commands by CSRUNA
-novid -console -tickrate 128
you are having a few errors in your article about FPS improvement in CSGO. Many oft he points mentioned *will* increace FPS – for sure. But the part about the startoptions could hardly be more wrong:
-novid … won’t add FPS, but it will remove the annoying intro tot he game.
-high … does not change ANYTHING not even process priority… you can test it.
0 effect below 70% cpu load in idle…
-threads … hyper outdated tip … even Valve devs confirmed that this tip should not EVER be followed, as it is proven to decreace the FPS in every case.
—processheap … not working anymore, got patched like 3 years ago.
-nod3d9ex … only working on DX8 graphics cards… you can look up, how old this „tip“ is then.
—noaafonts … outdated. For years. They patched it before I even started to play CSGO. Not sure if it EVER was implemented into CSGO, as not even Valve knows about this start option… and they list all, even those who are outdated.
-nojoy … outdated. Removed with the panorama-UI-Update
-lv … not outdated at all. It worked *never* in CSGO. It is an option for L4D.
+exec autoexec … no FPS boost at all and only necessary, if you still have your autoexec at the wrong location.
Sources:
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Command_Line_Options
https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/5y8r7v/in_depth_discussion_of_the_threads_launch_option/dep5yno/
There are also two tests on a low end pc and a high end pc testing the results of the fps if you are „tweaking“ with those 1337-Startoptions to boost FPS. And guess what: They showed a 100% that 99% of the guides contain 100% snake oil. Both oft hem used the FPS-Benchmark Map, made multiple runs in it and calculated the average FPS when setting this option.
This one is on the low end pc. It is german, but I guess you can understand the tests, as the results are listed in english. Test #19 shows one oft hat 1337-startoptions recommended by a guy in that thread. Test #20 shows a test with optimized settings.
Here you got the same tests on a high end PC done by myself. We confirmed with those two tests, that the optimal start options don’t contain ANY of those recommended things.
Optimal start options for maximum FPS are: -novid -console and maybe -tickrate 128 when playing at faceit or something to train smokes, flashes and other nades on an offline server.
Also you can check in cs go pro settning launch commands.
You can also set your autoexec.cfg file in the same way.
CS:GO Graphics Settings
For maximum performance you should choose the following graphics settings:
Windows Performance Settings
Open Windows start menu, choose My Computer, right-click on the empty area in the opened window and go to Properties. Choose Advanced system settings, Performance. Uncheck all boxes in the list. This way your operating system will not look up to date but performance will be much higher.
Disabling Core Parking
To know whether all your cores are active, press Win + R keys together on the keyboard and type msconfig in the Run box.
Go to Boot, click on Advanced options and choose a maximum number of processors.
Power Options
Select Hardware and Sound on Control Panel and click on Power Options, then choose High performance.
Disabling Startup Programs
Press Win + R keys together on the keyboard and type msconfig in the Run box. Click the Startup tab in the System Configuration main window and uncheck the program boxes you would like to prevent from starting when Windows starts.
Defragging
Skip this if you are using SSD.
Open My Computer, then right-click on the disk where CS/Windows is stored and choose Properties. Go to Tools, select Defragment now and Defragment disk.
PC Cleaning and Thermal Paste Replacing
The last phase of performance optimization is cleaning your PC from dust and replacing thermal paste (IF NECESSARY).
This will cool down the temperature of components and make an operation more stable. Lower temperature can help eliminate some FPS drops.
These are proven and effective tools to get better FPS in CS:GO. If you have your own proven methods, you are welcome to share them by emailing to [email protected].
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TLDR’s ultimate FPS boost guide by Beddy
Like everyone else playing Counter-Strike, we here at TLDR are also wondering about how we can improve our PC performance.
So we scoured the Internet for tips, tricks and ultimately reached out to the famous FPS-fixer Beddy to see what could be done about our problems. Beddy has helped people like jkaem and Chet Singh from 100 Thieves, RUSH from Complexity and STYKO from GODSENT to get huge FPS improvements in game.
After much convincing, Beddy agreed to share his standard setup, plus some of his secret tips, that will guarantee you an improvement of 50-100 FPS depending on your system.
In this guide we’ll be covering several topics, some simple and some more advanced. None of them will require you to install external programs or put your PC at risk however.
Why do I have low FPS in CS:GO?
There are several reasons to having a low FPS (if you don’t know how to check your FPS in CS:GO, check this video), but the most normal are:
- The constant game updates are making the game harder to run for your PC
- Your PC might not be set up correctly, or you have too many processes running
- Your processor, graphics card or game is set up wrongly
How can I fix low FPS in CS:GO?
This is where the magic happens. To start out, we will have to make sure that you have run a FPS test to have benchmark to compare before and after this guide. Usually people will experience boosts of up to 100 FPS by following this guide, but it depends very much on the systems.
Creating a FPS benchmark in CS:GO
1: Download the Steam Workshop map FPS Benchmark and run it without altering anything.
Once it is done, write down your FPS benchmark so you have something to compare it to once we’re done.
2: Once you have run the test, use the map to change your cvar’s to this:
{% c-block language=»js» %}
cl_autohelp 0;
cl_disablefreezecam 1;
cl_disablehtmlmotd 1;
cl_showhelp 0;
cl_freezecameffects_showholiday 0;
gameinstructor_enable 0;
mat_queue_mode -1;
r_drawtracers_firstperson 0;
r_dynamic 0;
{% c-block-end %}
3: Test again and write down what your new result is.
Note: Changing r_dynamic to 0 will change the way lighting works in the game, and even though it gives a slight boost you might consider not using it.
Result
We experienced a 14 FPS increase by changing the cvars.
Optimize your CS:GO settings for high FPS
Alright, with the cvars out of the way, we are now going into the things that already should be set up, but just in case we’ll go over it anyway.
- Go to settings > Video > Advanced Video
- Essentially you want to put everything to {% c-line %}low{% c-line-end %} or {% c-line %}disabled{% c-line-end %}
- Multicore Rendering should be set to {% c-line %}enabled{% c-line-end %} though
- Texture Filtering Mode needs to be {% c-line %}bilinear{% c-line-end %}
You can see what it looks low on the below screenshot:
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Optimize your PC settings for high FPS
Processor settings
How to avoid FPS drops in CS:GO? That’s an age-old question, and changing your Processor settings for CS:GO might be one of the actual answers. The theory is that your different cores have different tasks during your gaming session.
Core 1 (by some math logic, called 0) mostly takes care of everything else than CS while you play. So in this guide we’re going to teach you how to avoid it being used for CS at all, which will let it focus on its other tasks, consequently eliminating stutters and drops to some extent.
- Open CounterStrike and go to the desktop
- Open your Task Manager by pressing {% c-line %}ctrl + alt + delete{% c-line-end %}
- Click on {% c-line %}more details{% c-line-end %} to expand the list
- Then click on {% c-line %}details{% c-line-end %} in the top menu, and locate «csgo.exe»
- Right click on «csgo.exe» and click {% c-line %}set affinity{% c-line-end %}
- Now uncheck «CPU 0» and make sure everything else is checked, and click «OK»
- You’ll need to do this every time you open CS:GO as it resets upon closure. You can automate it using process lasso.
Result
We experienced less FPS drops after completing this step.
Graphics card settings
In order to maximize your FPS in game, you will need to change the way your PC handles the frames the game produces. The setting we’re mostly interested in is called «Low Latency Mode», which controls how many frames are prepared by the CPU before it hands the task off to the GPU.
Here’s how to change it:
- Right click on your desktop
- Click the NVIDIA Control Panel icon
- Click {% c-line %}manage 3d settings{% c-line-end %}
- Pick «Ultra» in the dropdown for {% c-line %}low latency mode{% c-line-end %}
If you have problems with other programs crashing after doing this, make sure to change it from {% c-line %}ultra{% c-line-end %} to {% c-line %}on{% c-line-end %}
Result
We experienced a 25 FPS increase by changing this from Off to Ultra.
Windows performance settings
Deleting temporary files
One of the easiest ways you can improve your ingame performance is simply to delete your temporary and prefetched files. All the files that are clogging up your memory and processes, might actually minimize the impact of the rest of your changes in here, so always make sense to remove these.
How to do it:
- Press the {% c-line %}windows +r{% c-line-end %} key at the same time.
That will open a run-prompt like this:
- Now write «prefetch» and click {% c-line %}ok{% c-line-end %}. This will open a folder with all of your temporary files. Use {% c-line %}ctrl + a{% c-line-end %} to mark them all and {% c-line %}shift + delete{% c-line-end %} to permanently delete them from your system
- Now repeat step 1 + 2 with %temp% and temp.
- If you want to make sure you have removed all temporary files, you can download CCleaner and run it to catch any other processes that clogs up your system.
Result
We experienced a 21 FPS increase by deleting these files.
Power options
Most people have already got their power options sorted, but did you know that most PCs actually has a «Ultimate Performance» power options that’s hidden by default?
To change that, first check if it is available.
- Press the {% c-line %}windows key{% c-line-end %} and search for «Choose a power plan».
It will probably have two options: Balanced and High Performance.
If that is the case, here is how you get the hidden Power plans to show up:
- Press the {% c-line %}windows key{% c-line-end %}
- Write «cmd» and hit {% c-line %}enter{% c-line-end %}
- Now copy this command {% c-line %}powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61{% c-line-end %} and right click to paste it into the Command Prompt. Hit {% c-line %}enter{% c-line-end %}.
- Once again search for «Choose a power plan» and change to {% c-line %}ultimate performance{% c-line-end %}
Result
We experienced a slight increase after changing this, but we had tweaked our Power settings before.
Changing Spotify and Discord settings
Not as much of an improvement as a fix. If you use Discord or Spotify while you play CS:GO, you need to make sure that they’re not using «Hardware Acceleration» as it taxes your GPU and thus impacts your game.
In Discord, click on «User Settings» in the bottom left (the cogwheel) and locate «Appearance». In there make sure that Hardware Acceleration is not switched on:
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In Spotify, click the three dots in the top left corner and navigate to «View» and make sure that there’s no check mark next to «Hardware Acceleration»:
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Final words
Following this guide should give you an improvement of between 50-100 FPS depending on how powerful your PC is. Remember to always have these points in mind before you check your FPS:
- Close programs that you don’t use during your gaming sessions (Skype, Discord, Spotify, Antivirus etc)
- Scan and remove threats to your PC with an antivirus program
- Keep your Windows up to date
- Keep your PC clean, you filthy animal. Take it apart once in a while and make sure to clean out dust from your important parts. Yes, those.
If you’re still not satisfied, we would recommend you reaching out to Beddy on Twitter for a 1:1 session where he improves your FPS.
He might even have a few secret tricks or two up his sleeve that can turn your potato into a monster.
CS:GO settings for maximum FPS — how to increase FPS in CS:GO through settings
FPS is the most important parameter in CS:GO. The more frames per second, the smoother the enemy models move. At a low frame rate, the game completely turns into a slideshow that is impossible to play.
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To increase FPS, as a rule, lower all graphics settings to the minimum. But YouTuber ALBU did a study and found out the optimal graphics settings for maximum FPS in CS:GO. A small spoiler — there are almost no low settings.
Texture streaming. If the game is installed on an SSD, then this parameter will not change anything. But if the game is on a hard drive, then there may be a slight loss of FPS with streaming enabled, since the textures will load slowly.
Therefore, it is recommended to turn it off.
Effect Detail and Shader Detail are two related parameters. You cannot save FPS on them, as they are responsible for drawing the effects of grenades. When setting high parameters, you will lose up to 10% FPS, but you will be able to see opponents well through the burning Molotov. The other side of the coin is that the effect of the smoke and explosion of the fragmentation grenade will take half a second longer. It’s a minor loss compared to the big advantage you gain by seeing opponents through hammers.
Increased Player Contrast is an option that allows you to see enemies better in dark areas of the map, while losing up to 3% FPS. At the same time, after adding this feature, many players complained about serious FPS drawdowns when aiming at an enemy model. Now this problem is partially fixed, so the choice is yours.
Multi-core processing is an extremely important parameter.
It must be enabled, it gives an increase of up to 50% FPS. The number of frames will depend on the number of processor cores — the more of them, the more FPS.
Some of the parameters do not affect the FPS in the game in any way — they can be set to maximum values:
- Overall shadow quality (Minimum loss at a high graphics level, for complete absence of frame loss, set the quality to medium)
- Detailing models and textures
- Multi-sampling anti-aliasing mode (does not affect the game on NVIDIA video cards)
- Texture filtering mode
- Anti-Aliasing with FXAA (Doesn’t work completely in-game)
- Motion Blur (Completely does not work in the game)
- Using Ubershaders
From my own experience, I can say that setting the settings from the video increased my FPS from 120-130 to 200 due to the inclusion of multi-core processing. What settings are you playing with?
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How to increase FPS in CS:GO. Game optimization guide
Do you want to increase FPS in CS:GO? This article contains working and proven tools for boosting computer performance in the game.
Why FPS drops
Every year CS:GO becomes more and more demanding on computer performance. Updating the game, expanding some maps often leads to a drop in FPS on computers of even medium configurations. In general, we can say that the game is becoming more demanding.
Also, the drop in FPS may be related to the characteristics and settings of the computer: programs, video cards, performance settings.
We got the opinion of advanced players, studied in detail the recommendations of some players on REDDIT and made working recommendations for increasing FPS for CS:GO. We deliberately did not add information about specialized software and other dubious, in our opinion, ways to increase FPS.
These recommendations will definitely not harm your computer and will help you optimize the performance of the game. Well, increase is the average FPS value.
Contents:
- Why does FPS
- Removing unnecessary programs
- Reinstalling Windows
- Installing video card drivers
- Configuring graphics card settings
- Nvidia graphics card setup
- For AMD
graphics cards
- Configuring game launch options
- CS:GO 9 Graphic Settings0044
- Windows performance tuning
- Unlocking processor cores
- Power setting
- Disabling autoload
- Disk defragmentation
- Cleaning the PC from dust and replacing the thermal paste of the processor
drop?
Removing unnecessary programs
It is immediately recommended not to install various boosters and other optimizing programs, all they do is set the priority of the game and disable unnecessary processes.
We will do all this manually, not to mention that the boosters themselves use a lot of memory.
Reinstalling Windows
The first thing to start optimizing your computer for CS:GO is reinstalling Windows. The main performance problem is the presence of unnecessary processes in the computer. The longer you work in the operating system, the more processes you generate. If you haven’t reinstalled Windows for a long time, do it to minimize the number of unnecessary processes.
After reinstallation, your hardware will work faster and more dynamically.
Installing video card drivers
After reinstalling Windows, install the drivers we need.
Download Drivers for Nvidia graphics cards: http://www.geforce.com/drivers
Download Drivers for AMD graphics cards: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
Adjust graphics card settings
Let’s consider the two most popular video cards for which game settings can be applied in CS:GO and for many other games.
Nvidia graphics card settings
Go to the graphics card control panel on the desktop by right-clicking on a free part of the screen.
Select Adjust Image Settings in tab 3d Options . Then select «Custom settings» and set the maximum performance.
Also in the tab «User settings » you should disable anti-aliasing, set the filtering to performance.
For AMD video cards
Right click on the desktop and open AMD Radeon Settings .
Go to tab «games» and select «Global settings» . Then set the settings as shown in the screenshot.
Setting game launch options
- Open the STEAM library, then select CS:GO «properties» «set launch options» and paste the command data into the line:
-novid — Removes in-game splash screen
-high — Sets game priority to high
-freq x (60, 75, 120, 144)hz — Monitor refresh rate.
- -high -Starts the game with high priority.
- -threads
-The number of cores or threads (if your processor supports Hyper-threading[ru.wikipedia.org] technology) of the processor that the game can use. - -processheap — Allows you to fix a bug with a sharp decrease in FPS that occurs if the game is running for a long time.
- -nod3d9ex — Reduces memory consumption and speeds up switching between windows (alt+tab)
- -noaafonts — Removes font smoothing.
- -nojoy — Removes gamepad/joystick support.
- -lv -Starts the game in reduced violence mode.
- +exec autoexec — Runs a .cfg file with commands to increase FPS
CS:GO graphic settings
To ensure maximum performance, it is recommended to set the following graphic settings: to the properties tab.
In the window that opens, click «Advanced system settings» and then «Settings». Uncheck all checkboxes in the list — this will remove the modern look of your operating system, but will greatly increase performance.
Unlocking the processor cores
In order to find out if all the processor cores are unlocked, press the key combination “Win + R” and enter “msconfig” in the line that appears. We go to the tab “Download” and click “Advanced parameters” , after which we set the maximum number of available processors.
Power setting
V “control panel” find “hardware and sound” and select “power”, in the window that opens, set the item “High performance” .
Disabling startup
Open the windows line using the key combination “Win + R” and enter in the line “msconfig” , in the window that opens, select the tab “Startup”
and uncheck all programs, uncheck all programs which you do not consider important.
