{"id":7508,"date":"2023-10-19T00:41:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T00:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/news\/cs-2\/what-settings-do-pro-players-use"},"modified":"2023-10-19T00:41:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T00:41:43","slug":"what-settings-do-pro-players-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/what-settings-do-pro-players-use\/","title":{"rendered":"What settings do pro players use?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;\u0099s no secret CS2 was launched prematurely, resulting in many performance issues despite the significant improvements since the Limited Test Beta.<\/p>\n<p>Though we enjoy burning the midnight oil and grinding our way in Counter-Strike 2, missing a shot or getting punished by an enemy because of an FPS drop can be frustrating, that&#8217;\u0099s why having the best optimal settings is crucial.<\/p>\n<p>Considering professional players make their living playing the game, it&#8217;s reasonable to assume their settings would be reliable, especially with the esports scene also transitioning to CS2. So, which settings do the best players in the world use?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Most preferred CS2 Settings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While some players use the native 16:9 aspect ratio and 1920&#215;1080 resolution with the upgraded graphics in CS2, the majority still prefers playing in 4:3.<\/p>\n<p>Resolution is a personal preference, and with the current state of the game, it doesn&#8217;\u0099t affect performance on most PCs. What you should be paying attention to is the Advanced video settings tab.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Advanced video settings:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Boost player contrast: Enabled<\/li>\n<li>Wait for Vertical Sync: Disabled<\/li>\n<li>Current video values preset: Custom<\/li>\n<li>Multisampling Anti-Aliasing Mode: 4X MSAA<\/li>\n<li>Global Shadow Quality: High<\/li>\n<li>Model \/ Texture Detail: Low<\/li>\n<li>Texture Filtering Mode: Bilinear<\/li>\n<li>Shader Detail: Low<\/li>\n<li>Particle Detail: Low<\/li>\n<li>Ambient Occlusion: Disabled<\/li>\n<li>High Dynamic Range: Quality<\/li>\n<li>FidelityFX Super Resolution: Disabled (Highest Quality)<\/li>\n<li>NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency: Disabled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>ropz CS2 Settings:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Aspect ratio: 16:9<\/li>\n<li>Resolution: 1920&#215;1080<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"_1VPbNXp6UZ1K-ChQg-UhsA==\"><\/div>\n<h2><strong>s1mple CS2 Settings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Aspect ratio: 4:3<\/li>\n<li>Resolution: 1280&#215;960<\/li>\n<li>Boost player contrast: Disabled<\/li>\n<li>Wait for Vertical Sync: Disabled<\/li>\n<li>Current video values preset: Custom<\/li>\n<li>Multisampling Anti-Aliasing Mode: 8X MSAA<\/li>\n<li>Global Shadow Quality: High<\/li>\n<li>Model \/ Texture Detail: Low<\/li>\n<li>Texture Filtering Mode: Bilinear<\/li>\n<li>Shader Detail: Low<\/li>\n<li>Particle Detail: Low<\/li>\n<li>Ambient Occlusion: Medium<\/li>\n<li>High Dynamic Range: Quality<\/li>\n<li>FidelityFX Super Resolution: Disabled (Highest Quality)<\/li>\n<li>NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency: Disabled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ilya &#8220;m0NESY&#8221; Osipov and Oleksandr &#8220;s1mple&#8221; Kostyliev share the same video settings, except for Ambient Occlusion, in which the G2 player has it disabled.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>frozen CS2 settings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Boost player contrast: Enabled<\/li>\n<li>Wait for Vertical Sync: Disabled<\/li>\n<li>Current video values preset: Custom<\/li>\n<li>Multisampling Anti-Aliasing Mode: 4X MSAA<\/li>\n<li>Global Shadow Quality: High<\/li>\n<li>Model \/ Texture Detail: Medium<\/li>\n<li>Texture Filtering Mode: Anisotropic 4X<\/li>\n<li>Shader Detail: Low<\/li>\n<li>Particle Detail: Low<\/li>\n<li>Ambient Occlusion: Medium<\/li>\n<li>High Dynamic Range: Quality<\/li>\n<li>FidelityFX Super Resolution: Disabled (Highest Quality)<\/li>\n<li>NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency: Enabled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Twistzz CS2 settings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Aspect ratio: 16:9<\/li>\n<li>Resolution: 1920&#215;1080<\/li>\n<li>Boost player contrast: Enabled<\/li>\n<li>Wait for Vertical Sync: Disabled<\/li>\n<li>Current video values preset: Custom<\/li>\n<li>Multisampling Anti-Aliasing Mode: None<\/li>\n<li>Global Shadow Quality: High<\/li>\n<li>Model \/ Texture Detail: Low<\/li>\n<li>Shader Detail: High<\/li>\n<li>Particle Detail: Low<\/li>\n<li>Ambient Occlusion: Medium<\/li>\n<li>High Dynamic Range: Performance<\/li>\n<li>FidelityFX Super Resolution: Disabled (Highest Quality)<\/li>\n<li>NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency: Disabled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"_1VPbNXp6UZ1K-ChQg-UhsA==\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2><strong>headtr1ck CS2 Settings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Aspect ratio: 4:3<\/li>\n<li>Resolution: 1280&#215;960<\/li>\n<li>Boost player contrast: Enabled<\/li>\n<li>Wait for Vertical Sync: Disabled<\/li>\n<li>Current video values preset: Custom<\/li>\n<li>Multisampling Anti-Aliasing Mode: 8X MSAA<\/li>\n<li>Global Shadow Quality: High<\/li>\n<li>Model \/ Texture Detail: Low<\/li>\n<li>Texture Filtering Mode: Bilinear<\/li>\n<li>Shader Detail: Low<\/li>\n<li>Particle Detail: Low<\/li>\n<li>Ambient Occlusion: Disabled<\/li>\n<li>High Dynamic Range: Quality<\/li>\n<li>FidelityFX Super Resolution: Disabled (Highest Quality)<\/li>\n<li>NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency: Enabled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Spinx CS2 Settings<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Boost player contrast: Enabled<\/li>\n<li>Wait for Vertical Sync: Disabled<\/li>\n<li>Current video values preset: Custom<\/li>\n<li>Multisampling Anti-Aliasing Mode: 4X MSAA<\/li>\n<li>Global Shadow Quality: High<\/li>\n<li>Model \/ Texture Detail: Low<\/li>\n<li>Texture Filtering Mode: Anisotropic 4X<\/li>\n<li>Shader Detail: Low<\/li>\n<li>Particle Detail: Low<\/li>\n<li>Ambient Occlusion: Medium<\/li>\n<li>High Dynamic Range: Quality<\/li>\n<li>FidelityFX Super Resolution: Disabled (Highest Quality)<\/li>\n<li>NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency: Enabled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Special thanks to X user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThourCS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ThourCS<\/a> for providing some of the professional players&#8217;\u0099 settings. 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