cs2-config

My hardware

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
• Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix X670E-I
• Memory: Corsair Vengeance 6000MHz CL30 DDR5 2x16GB
• GPU: ASUS TUF RTX 4080 SUPER OC Edition
• NVIDIA Driver: 560.81 DCH (installed using NVCleanstall)

Reset steam cloud configuration

Before completing your configuration, reset steam cloud to remove any residual configuration from CS:GO/CS2 being automatically applied and reset everything to complete default.

1. Disable steam cloud for CS2
   1. Right click CS2 in your library and click properties
   2. Under "Steam Cloud", deselect "Keep game saves in the Steam Cloud for Counter-Strike 2"
2. Go to your user data folder for CS2 at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\<account>\730 and delete the contents
3. Launch and then close CS2
4. Re-enable steam cloud for CS2
5. Go to CS2 in your steam library and click the "File conflict" button under "cloud status"
6. Select "Local Save" and then click "Continue"

Autoexec location

Download autoexec.cfg, modify values to your preference, then copy it to either of the following directories:

• <steamlibrary>\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\game\core\cfg
• <steamlibrary>\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\game\csgo\cfg

If you don't know the location of your steam library, it is installed to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam by default.

Launch options

-threads 8 -high

In-game video settings

Resolution: 1440x1080 (stretched)

Starting from the "low" preset:

Setting	Value
Boost Player Contrast	Disabled
V-Sync	Enabled
NVIDIA G-Sync	Enabled
NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency	Enabled
Multisampling Anti-Aliasing Mode	2X MSAA
Global Shadow Quality	Medium
Dynamic Shadows	Sun only
Model / Texture Detail	Medium
Texture Filtering Mode	Bilinear
Shader Detail	Low
Particle Detail	Low
Ambient Occlusion	Disabled
High Dynamic Range	Quality
FidelityFX Super Resolution	Disabled (Highest Quality)

Shadow distance

The method to change shadow rendering by modifying cs2_video.txt no longer works.

NVIDIA Image Sharpening

This registry change replaces the "Image Scaling" setting in NVIDIA Control Panel 3D settings with "Image Sharpening" which applies the legacy sharpening filter that was available in old drivers with little to no performace cost. This removes blurriness and makes textures look more crisp, click on the images in the table below for comparison screenshots.

Sharpening Off	Sharpening On

1. Download nvcpl_sharpening.reg and merge it
2. Enable it in NVIDIA Control Panel under "Image Sharpening" in "Manage 3D settings" or by applying the values through NVIDIA Profile Inspector in the next section of this page

Note

If you have CS2 open you will need to restart it for this change to apply.

NVIDIA Profile Inspector (website)

Profile Inspector is an alternative to the "Manage 3D Settings" page in NVIDIA Control Panel for changing game profile settings. Once set, you can export/import profiles to make configuration from a clean install quicker and easier.

Editing the "Counter-strike 2" profile, starting from default settings:

Setting	Value
2 - Sync and Refresh
Frame Rate Limiter V3	600 FPS
Maximum Pre-Rendered Frames	1
Ultra Low Latency - CPL State	Ultra
Ultra Low Latency - Enabled	On
4 - Texture Filtering
Anisotropic Filter - Sample Optimization	On
Texture Filtering - Quality	High performance
5 - Common
Ansel - Enabled	Off
CUDA - Force P2 State	Off
Power Management - Mode	Prefer maximum performance
rBAR - Feature	Enabled
rBAR - Options	0x00000001
rBAR - Size Limit	0x0000000040000000
Shadercache - Cachesize	Unlimited
Other
Memory Allocation Policy	0x00000001 (...MODERATE_PRE_ALLOCATION)
Unknown
0x002ED8CD (Image Sharpening - sharpen)	0x00000032
0x002ED8CE (Image Sharpening - ignore film grain)	0x00000011
0x00598928 (Image Sharpening - enabled)	0x00000001
0x00598949 (Image Sharpening - enabled)	0x0000000F

Don't forget to click "Apply changes".