- 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: 551.52 DCH (installed using NVCleanstall)
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.
- Disable steam cloud for CS2
- Right click CS2 in your library and click properties
- Under "Steam Cloud", deselect "Keep game saves in the Steam Cloud for Counter-Strike 2"
- Go to your user data folder for CS2 at
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\<account>\730and delete the contents - Launch and then close CS2
- Re-enable steam cloud for CS2
- Go to CS2 in your steam library and click the "File conflict" button under "cloud status"
- Select "Local Save" and then click "Continue"
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.
-threads 8 -high
Resolution: 1440x1080 (stretched)
Starting from the "low" preset:
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Boost Player Contrast | Disabled |
| Wait for Vertical Sync | Disabled |
| Multisampling Anti-Aliasing Mode | 4X MSAA |
| Global Shadow Quality | Low |
| Model / Texture Detail | Medium |
| Texture Filtering Mode | Bilinear |
| Shader Detail | Low |
| Particle Detail | Low |
| Ambient Occlusion | Medium |
| High Dynamic Range | Quality |
| FidelityFX Super Resolution | Disabled (Highest Quality) |
| NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency | Enabled |
To get shadows to render at distance when set to low, download update_cs2_video.ps1, right click it and run with PowerShell. This will automatically change the parameters in cs2_video.txt to make shadows render properly at low quality.
Note
You may have difficulty running this script due to execution policy. You can use a shortcut to bypass execution policy by placing update_cs2_video.ps1 in C drive and creating a shortcut with a location of powershell.exe -ep Bypass C:\update_cs2_video.ps1.
To set these parameters manually, open your cs2_video.txt file in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\<account>\730\local\cfg and find the following lines:
"setting.csm_viewmodel_shadows" "0"
"setting.csm_max_shadow_dist_override" "240"
"setting.lb_barnlight_shadowmap_scale" "0.250000"
"setting.lb_enable_shadow_casting" "0"
Change them to:
"setting.csm_viewmodel_shadows" "1"
"setting.csm_max_shadow_dist_override" "720"
"setting.lb_barnlight_shadowmap_scale" "0.400000"
"setting.lb_enable_shadow_casting" "1"
Warning
Changing any video settings in game will overwrite these parameters.
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 |
|---|---|
 |
 |
- Download nvcpl_sharpening.reg and merge it
- 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 |
| Vertical Sync | Force off |
4 - Texture Filtering |
|
| Anisotropic Filter - Sample Optimization | On |
| Texture Filtering - Quality | High performance |
| Texture Filtering - Trilinear Optimization | On |
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 |
| Threaded Optimization | Off |
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".