Counter-Strike 2 system requirements and gaming PCs

Find the best range of Counter Strike 2 Gaming PCs, optimised to outperform the competition.

For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.

Whatever kind of gaming PC you have though, you should be able to enjoy Counter Strike 2 one way or another. Here are the kinds of gaming PC setups you’ll want for Counter Strike 2 at all settings.

System requirements

Component	Minimum requirements	Recommended requirements	Ideal requirements
CPU	4 hardware CPU threads - Intel® Core™ i5 750 or higher	Intel or AMD with four cores and eight threads.
Graphics	Video card must be 1 GB or more and should be a DirectX 11-compatible with support for Shader Model 5.0	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 570.
RAM	8 GB	8 GB
Storage	85 GB	85 GB
Operating System	Windows 10 64-bit	Windows 10 64-bit	Windows 10 64-bit

A free upgrade to CS:GO, Counter-Strike 2 marks the largest technical leap in Counter-Strike’s history. Built on the Source 2 engine, Counter-Strike 2 is modernized with realistic physically-based rendering, state of the art networking, and upgraded Community Workshop tools.

In addition to the classic objective-focused gameplay that Counter-Strike pioneered in 1999, Counter-Strike 2 features:

All-new CS Ratings with the updated Premier mode
Global and Regional leaderboards
Upgraded and overhauled maps
Game-changing dynamic smoke grenades
Tick-rate-independent gameplay
Redesigned visual effects and audio
All items from CS:GO moving forward to CS2

Counter-Strike 2 system requirements and gaming PCs

System requirements

Recommended gaming PCs for Counter Strike 2