The appearance of a new game in the Counter Strike series, brought a lot of changes to the game. Graphics became much better, but also the system requirements became higher, compared to the same CS:GO. A lot of players with weak computers can no longer play as smoothly with a good picture, and therefore we have prepared for you some tips that will help to increase FPS, and prepare the game to run on a weak PC.

CS2 minimum system requirements

First of all, you need to find out if your computer is suitable for the system requirements of the game. You can find out the characteristics of your PC in the system settings.

• Processor: 4-core IntelCore i5-750 processor or older
• Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon HD 7850
• OS: Windows 10 and older
• RAM: 8gb, or more

If everything is in order and your computer is suitable, then move on.

In-game graphics settings

Already at this stage can help well, and fix the lag problem. Lower the texture settings, the quality of shadows, lighting, objects. Experiment with the resolution settings, as they also greatly affect the optimization. By setting everything to minimum, you will significantly degrade the quality of the picture, but you will be able to play at least somehow.

Driver update

Can greatly facilitate your game, and increase the quality of your picture. Especially relevant for weak PCs, because it often happens that the drivers are outdated. Updating them can give your computer a new life, and significantly increase its performance. For this purpose, there are many free programs that can be safely downloaded on the Internet.

High priority

The first way

Setting the game to high priority can be done in several ways. The first is to use the Task Manager. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL. You will be presented with a menu where you need to select Task Manager. After opening it, go to the details tab, find CS2 there, and right-click to set the desired priority.

The second way

Here you just need to use the commands to run the game. "-high -threads [number of cores]". By entering this command without quotes, your computer will set CS to high priority, and will utilize all cores when running.