Although CS: GO had its heyday a couple of years ago, it is still a much appreciated game among many. One of the most important components of this game is to have the right settings. That is, settings that both reduce your FPS and allow you to control your old man correctly. In this article, we therefore thought we would tell you how to optimize your CS: GO settings.
CS: GO LAUNCH OPTIONS 2019
There are plenty of settings you can use in Counter Strike. Which settings you prefer is also highly personal. Depending on personal preferences and equipment, some settings may work better than others.
When it comes to Launch Options, which is usually described as an option for advanced players in CS: GO, there are endless setting options. After searching around the web and even asking people who play Counter Strike, we have found a specific Launch Option that is appreciated by many. This setting is found on Esportare and aims to reduce your FPS in the game.
To take advantage of this setting, navigate to Steam, then right-click the CS: GO icon. Then select “Properties” followed by “Set Launch Options”. Then you can paste the desired setting. The previously mentioned attitude that seems to be appreciated by many is:
-NOVID -TICKRATE 128 -HIGH -THREADS 4 + FPS_MAX 0 + CL_SHOWFPS 1 + CL_INTERP 0 + CL_INTERP_RATIO 1 + RATE 128000 + CL_UPDATERATE 128 + CL_CMDRATE 128
Other popular Launch Options that we have come across are:
-freq 240 -console -novid -high -tickrate 128
-console-freq 240-tickrate 128 + rate 786432 + cl_interp_ratio 1 + fps_max 0 + cl_updaterate 128 + cl_cmdrate 128 + cl_interp 0
-freq 240 -high -tickrate 128-console -novid
-w 1024 -h 768 -console -novid -high + tickrate 128 + clientport 27020
-novid -console -refresh 240 -tickrate 128 -threads 4 + cl_updaterate 128 + cl_cmdrate 128 + cl_interp_ratio 1 -language en
As previously mentioned, Launch Options is usually described as an option for advanced players. Therefore, be careful when using them.
CS: GO VIDEO SETTINGS
Now that we’ve reviewed the more advanced option for optimizing your settings, we thought we’ll tell you more about how you can improve your “regular” settings like video and game settings. We start with the former.
Since many players want to reduce their FPS, we thought we would share below tips on how to set up your “Advanced Video Settings” to succeed with just this:
Global Shadow Quality – Very Low
Model / Texture Detail – Low
Effect Detail – Low
Shader Detail – Low
Multicore Rendering – Enabled
Multisampling Anti-Aliasing Mode – None
FXAA Anti-Aliasing – Disabled
Texture Filtering Mode – Bilinear
Wait for Vertical Sync – Disabled
Motion Blur – Disabled
More tips on how to improve your FPS can be found in our previous article ” 5 ways to improve your FPS in Counter Strike “.
CS: GO GAME SETTINGS
When it comes to Game Settings, it is very difficult to share any general tips given that it is highly individual which settings you prefer. However, we thought we would share the most used settings among the pros, which will hopefully inspire you to try something new:
The most widely used DPI – 400 DPI
The most widely used Zoom Sensitivity – 1
The most used HZ setting – 1000 HZ
The most used Mouse Acceleration setting – Off
The most commonly used Raw Input setting – On
