CS GO Low-End PC Config: Best & Lowest Settings To Use

Released almost a decade ago, Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is still a popular game with a dedicated, often competitive player base. The popular FPS draws players in with its realism and competitive gunplay, and CS:GO currently holds the rank of the most played game on Steam. To stay competitive, CS:GO players may need to configure their in-game settings for optimal performance.

With CS:GO’s competitive Esports scene at an all-time high, players often compete with the aim of improving their skills and progressing through the game’s competitive ranking system. CS:GO’s Competitive game mode pits two teams of five players against each other, with the Terrorist team attempting to plant a bomb, and the Counter-Terrorist team attempting to prevent the bomb from being planted or diffusing it before it explodes. This becomes difficult, however, when players attempting to assist their teammates are met with a low frame rate.

Players looking to get started in competitive CS:GO will need to customize their settings for better framerate and performance. How the settings are configured can vary from player to player depending on the power of the computer they use to run the game. Through customizing their settings, players can achieve higher framerates that will allow them to be more effective in their gameplay. This becomes especially important for players running CS:GO on low-end PCs.

The Best Settings To Play CS:GO On Low-End PCs

To customize CS:GO settings, players must click the cog wheel on the main menu. Next, they should select the Video Settings tab and locate the aspect ratio and resolution settings. Most players will be satisfied with their in-game performance and frames with the 16:9 aspect ratio and the native 1920 x 1080 resolution; however, some will be better off choosing the 4:3 aspect ratio and the 1280 x 960 resolution. The 4:3 aspect ratio downscales the game, making it appear more stretched and pixelated, but, for those with lower-end PCs, the trade-off will be well worth it for the dramatic increase to frame rate.

Here are all the recommended video settings for running CS:GO effectively on a lower-end machine:

Video Settings

• Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 16:9
• Resolution: 1920 x 1080
• Display Mode: Full Screen
• Laptop Power Savings: Disabled

Advanced Video Settings

• Global Shadow Quality: Low
• Model/Texture Detail: Medium
• Texture Streaming: Disabled
• Effect Detail: Low
• Shader Detail: Low
• Boost Player Contrast: Enabled
• Multicore rendering: Enabled
• Multisampling Anti-Aliasing Mode: None
• FXAA Anti-Aliasing: Disabled
• Texture Filtering Mode: Bilinear
• Wait For Vertical Sync: Disabled
• Motion Blur: Disabled
• Triple-Monitor Mode: Disabled
• Use Uber Shaders: Disabled

By enabling these settings, players with lower-end PCs will be able to increase their framerate and performance to remain competitive in CS:GO. While this is just one of many solutions players can use to increase the game’s performance, players with low-end PCs who follow these recommended settings should experience better framerates when competing in CS:GO.

CS:GO is available to play on PC.

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