Counter-Strike 2 is here and if you are wondering if your PC surpasses the minimum requirements to run the game then this article is for you.
Arguably the best competitive shooter in the world, Counter-Strike 2 is one of the most popular FPS games millions of concurrent players enjoy. If you believe that the jump from CS:GO to CS2 will require the latest and greatest PC parts, then you are in luck. Despite a decade’s worth of the gap between the two games, there is only a marginal increase in the minimum system requirements.
While it never hurts to have top-of-the-line hardware for gaming, especially competitive ones like CS2, the developers made sure to keep the specifications reasonable to retain a big part of the player base who can have a similar experience with improved visuals while taking subtle hits in performance.
CS2 minimum requirements
- Memory: 8 GB
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 610M
- CPU: Intel Core i5-750
- File Size: 85 GB
- OS: Windows 10
CS2 recommended specs
- Memory: 16 GB
- Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
- CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K
- File Size: 85 GB
- OS: up to Windows 11
While the minimum specifications required to run the game are affordable, we strongly advise you to get an upgrade if you have anything resembling the aforementioned specifications. The game being a competitive shooter, your PC not only needs to run it flawlessly but it needs to do so while pushing enough frames for you to keep up with the rest of the players.
Goes without saying that professional players use settings that trade visual experience for performance despite having the best of the best computers. It is completely up to you how you want to play it but a good computer is a fundamental requirement unless you want to lose your competitive edge in the game,
