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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (abbreviated as CS:GO) is an online first-person shooter developed by Valve Corporation and Hidden Path Entertainment, who also maintained Counter-Strike: Source after its release. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike franchise, excluding Counter-Strike Neo and Online.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive System Requirements

31 May 2014 - Specs reviewed

Official Minimum Requirements

OS: Windows® 7/Vista/XP
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 3.0
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 15 GB available space

Recommended Requirements

OS: Win 7 32
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core E5700 3GHz / AMD Phenom 8750 Triple-Core
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6670 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 630
VRAM: 512MB
System Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 7.6 GB Hard drive space
DirectX 9 Compatible Graphics Card

PC System Analysis For Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Requirements

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive requires at least a Radeon HD 6670 or GeForce GT 630 to meet recommended requirements running on high graphics setting, with 1080p resolution. This hardware should achieve 60FPS. System memory required for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 2 GB performance memory. Taking a look at the min reqs you will require a Radeon HD 6450 graphics card with a Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz or Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ processor to reach the minimum Counter-Strike: Global Offensive specs, run on low graphics setting and 720p. Another thing to consider is the DirectX capability of your GPU. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive needs a GPU capable of running DirectX 9. Recommended needs around a 9 year old PC to run.

FPS System Benchmark

200+ FPS

High

Graphics Card

GTX 1060

How well optimised is Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for PC? Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is excellently optimized

8.8

Where does Counter-Strike: Global Offensive rank in the list of the most demanding games?

100+

Genres: Shooter

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System Requirements Report for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Graphics Settings: High

GPU Performance: In summary, Ultra graphics setting is highly achievable with this GeForce RTX 2070... [ Login for our full report ]

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Processor

Core i7-10875H 8-Core 2.30GHz

Graphics [1920 x 1080]

GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q

RAM

16GB

This system has no obvious bottleneck for this game

Performance Report

Processor

Intel

Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz

AMD

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+

Graphics

Nvidia

GeForce GT 420

AMD

Radeon HD 6450

RAM

1GB

Processor

Intel

AMD

Graphics

Nvidia

AMD

RAM

0MB

Processor

Intel

Pentium Dual Core E5700 3GHz

AMD

Phenom 8750 Triple-Core

Graphics

Nvidia

GeForce GT 630

AMD

Radeon HD 6670

RAM

2GB

Max Playable Resolutions at 30 FPS
Graphics Setting	Low	Medium	High	Ultra
Resolution	3840 x 2160	3840 x 2160	3840 x 2160	3840 x 2160

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CPU

Core i7-10875H 8-Core 2.30GHz

Our recommended setting for playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: <strong>High</strong>

GFX

GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q [1920 x 1080]

RAM

16GB

Low Setting

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive System Requirements

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Minimum Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz

Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+

GeForce GT 420

Radeon HD 6450

512 MB

1 GB

Win Xp 32

DX 9

7.6 GB

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Recommended Requirements

Intel CPU

AMD CPU

Nvidia Graphics Card

AMD Graphics Card

VRAM

RAM

Direct X

HDD Space

GD Verdict

Pentium Dual Core E5700 3GHz

Phenom 8750 Triple-Core

GeForce GT 630

Radeon HD 6670

1 GB

2 GB

Win 7 32

DX 9

7.6 GB

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Ultra Setting

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive PC Release Date:

21 Aug 2012

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive vs Avg. AAA Game System Requirements

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CPU

Core I7-5775R 4-Core 3.3GHz

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Graphics Card

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RAM

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