In 2012, Valve introduced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to the world - the latest in the CS line. The game began its journey in dusty computer clubs in 2007. Back then, contra was just a modification of the famous Half-Life. It quickly supplanted its competitor Quake, becoming at that time the main esports discipline among shooters.
After the release of CS:GO, developers began to actively promote it in the world of eSports. The first major tournament was DreamHack Winter 2013, where $250,000 was up for grabs. A huge amount attracted 16 teams from all over the world to the championship. A year earlier, the prize pool was only $45,000. Prior to that, championships were held in Counter-Strike 1.6.
When switching to the modern version, nothing has changed in the gameplay. It remains as simple as the original. It can be compared to Counter-Strike: Source, but the graphics are better and the balance has been changed.
The so-called "entry threshold" remained low - the amount of skills and knowledge without which it is impossible to play. For example, to learn how to play Dota 2 at least at the initial level, you will have to spend a couple of years. On StarCraft 2 - a year, World of Tanks can be comprehended in a few months. To learn how to play at the initial level in CS, it is enough to understand how to aim the mouse at the enemy and shoot.
Many famous people are addicted to this game. For example, Neymar from PSG has a Gold Nova 3 rating. And Oleg Shatov from Zenit says that at least half of the Russian team is not opposed to fighting 5:5. Of course, this is not the level of professionals. Everything here is like in life - there are those who just run in the morning, and there is Wayne Bolt.
Valve games are always a very well optimized product. Esports should be accessible to everyone. Therefore, CS:GO can be run even on a calculator with a solid 30 FPS and HD resolution. But this is not enough for a comfortable game.
FPS shows how many times the picture on the screen is updated per second. The higher the number, the smoother the picture will be. For shooters, this is very important - you can quickly react to an enemy that suddenly appears.
In CS:GO, it is important to quickly react to what is happening around. In order for your computer to show you in time a flying grenade that appeared from around the corner of the enemy, you need at least 60 FPS.
Stability is also important. During active operations, many effects are played on the map. The video card is under heavy load. For example, the simultaneous explosion of two grenades and a firing machine gun can cause you to see a filmstrip.
Two major card manufacturers are fighting on the market: NVIDIA and ATI Radeon. The second ones are not the most stable, the spread between the minimum and maximum frame changes is slightly higher than that of competitors. Therefore, eSportsmen use NVIDIA for training and tournaments.
If you are serious about this game and expect to play in a professional scene, then you need to achieve 120 FPS or more. All major league teams play with this configuration. This requires a special monitor that will support a high frequency (Hz) and a powerful video card to be able to support it.
Comfortable FPS depends directly on the resolution of the monitor on which you want to play. For shooters it is better to use UltraHD(4K) or QuatroHD(2K) screens. They can see the enemy in a sniper scope at great distances.
The choice of screen depends on the video card. The table shows the average FPS on different video cards from NVIDIA.
The game requires very few resources. The maximum amount of memory on high graphics settings is as follows:
| Frames per second | 1920x1080 (Full HD) | 3840x2160 (UltraHD) |
|---|---|---|
| GTX 1080 Ti | 300+ | 280 |
| GTX 1080 | 300+ | 260 |
| GTX 1070 | 300+ | 220 |
| GTX 1060 | 200 | 160 |
| GTX 1050 Ti | 150 | 95 |
| GTX 1050 | 120 | 50 |
The game is very demanding on the processor. If you want to play at high graphics settings with FullHD+ resolution, then you need a powerful processor. The minimum choice is the Intel® Core™ i5-8400. Such a processor has enough power not to drop frames even when recording video (in some moments the game on the I7-7700k can give a load of 79% on all 8 cores).
If you want to play at 60 FPS and don't want to share your progress on the Internet, you can safely take a machine with an Intel® Core™ i3-8100 or better.
The old DDR3 has long lost its relevance. Why build a new computer on an obsolete platform? The choice of e-sportsmen is DDR4 with the maximum frequency.
Interesting: The frequency of RAM determines the speed of writing and reading. Good RAM does not increase FPS, but makes it more stable.
The game itself takes up to 6 GB at maximum graphics settings and UHD resolution. So the optimal amount of memory on the computer should be at least 8 GB. It is pointless to put less in a modern gaming computer.
The unequivocal answer is SSD. Such a disk writes and reads information faster. In a computer, it is desirable to have a capacious HDD for long-term data storage. But games, system and programs are best written on an SSD.
So you speed up your computer and do not lose the necessary disk space.
Dry numbers tell us that an SSD is an order of magnitude faster, but has less capacity and is more expensive. It is best to combine them.
If you are only a fan of CS:GO and are not going to play anything else, then a 120 GB SSD will suffice, a system with an average set of office programs and a couple of games will fit on it. For a small collection of games, 240 GB is enough. To download half of the Steam products, it is worth buying a 500 GB SSD or more.
A powerful computer requires good cooling. The more productive the processor and video card, the more power they need. All the load falls on the motherboard. It needs to be cooled like the rest of the parts.
To assemble a PC you need to be able to:
Usually computers built by amateurs are not very beautiful. But this is a matter of taste.
Updated 10/05/2017. The article is relevant for the entire year 2017.
Hi all! If you want to buy a computer for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, then you are at the right place. In this article, we will look at systems at different prices so that each of you can choose something.
In fact, I have collected everything for a long time and constantly update the articles. You only need to estimate your budget and follow the link you need:
Now I will additionally tell a little about each of these assemblies.
There is no video card here. If there are 2-3 thousand extra - buy the simplest card, this will give a noticeable performance boost. But even on the system from the cs go article it will go well. With a resolution of 1920 by 1080 and minimum settings, you will get about 50 FPS. If you lower the resolution, it will be noticeably better.
Build Benefits
Assembly cons
It will allow you to play at 1080p and medium settings with an FPS of about 90. If you lower the settings to a minimum and leave the resolution at that, the value will exceed 100, which is quite comfortable for the game. If you want 150 FPS and above, you will have to lower the resolution.
Easily suitable for playing CS:GO with FullHD (1920×1080) resolution at maximum settings. It will be around 120-150 FPS. Lower the settings to medium and get 200 FPS.
Pulls even better without any problems. 1080p resolution and maximum settings, including anti-aliasing and so on, will give an average of 180 FPS. If you set the average values or a little lower, you will get a stable 300 FPS.
All other builds starting from 55 000 rubles and more expensive, they allow you to play counter strike global offensive at maximum speeds with FPS above 200. But, usually professional players do not set such high settings so that unnecessary details do not distract from the game. Of course, shadows are needed to shoot the enemy on the way, smoothing to distinguish, for example, a head behind a box from a map detail, etc. And if you set up the game wisely and find a balance between high settings that you really need and low settings so that you don’t get distracted, then you are guaranteed a stable 300 FPS.
Now you know which computer for CS GO is better to buy, so I can only wish you good team players and good luck!
Planning to migrate from CS 1.6 or Source to a newer version, but not sure if your PC will handle it? Do you want to upgrade your computer and want to know what the future characteristics should be? In this case, this material is for you. Let's learn what a computer should be like to work with CS GO at 300 FPS!
To run such a beautiful, but at the same time quite hardware-demanding CS GO game, you need to own the appropriate device. Otherwise, it will simply refuse to function normally. There will be lags, friezes, dips and other delights. Not to mention the banal impossibility to play even with bots.
What should be the computer so that it just starts the game with minimal settings?
For laptops, the requirements are slightly higher. Simply because for them, iron is created weaker for the sake of compactness.
What to do if the computer does not even meet the minimum system requirements? The answer is obvious - buy a new one!
A computer is a thing that cannot be bought cheaply. CS GO has certain requirements for a gamer's hardware. Therefore, you will have to consider which components are capable of providing such performance.
It is worth remembering that CS GO is a rather old game. Although it requires a strong iron. And you can meet the 40-45 thousand rubles to squeeze more than 100 FPS out of the computer and get the most out of the game. For example, limit yourself to a device based on an Intel Core i5-7400 processor and supplement it with a GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card and 8 GB of RAM.
And if you want the maximum effect, you can build a PC for CS GO for 65 thousand or more. This will allow you to squeeze out even 300 FPS at maximum graphics settings. But not only. It will be possible to provide yourself with a really good gaming station that can pull modern games without any problems. As a rule, this is an assembly based on an Intel Core i5-7500 processor and a GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card, supplemented with 16 GB of RAM.
On one system unit, a computer for games does not end. Without a keyboard, monitor and mouse, it will be nothing but a box with expensive accessories. Therefore, it is immediately necessary to think about purchasing the appropriate additional devices.
First of all, you should take care of a quality keyboard. It should not stick and adequately recognize pressing. At the same time, it is desirable that there are additional keys for binds, if it is more convenient. A matter of taste.
The keyboard for CS GO must have a minimum response time. Even one step taken on time allows you to win. While a key that didn’t work in time will ruin the entire rink.
It is known that a low-quality monitor will never convey all the beauty of the graphics, even if the computer is able to run the game at maximum speed. It must have a good resolution and GHz so that our 300 FPS does not turn into 55-70 due to a bad monitor.
In addition, good color reproduction is desirable so that you can easily distinguish the enemy from, for example, a blood stain on the wall, by the slightest shades.
A quality mouse is no less important than a keyboard. The shorter the response time, the faster and more accurately you will shoot. The more keys on the mouse with the possibility of bindings, the more convenient it will be to assign and use certain actions.
CPU.
CPU- the brain of the computer with the choice of which it all begins. When choosing it, it should be borne in mind that if you already have a motherboard, then the socket of the board and the processor should be the same, if not, then the motherboard is selected for the processor. A connector or a scientific socket is written at the beginning of the characteristics of each mat. board and processor. At the moment, there are two main competing firms in the market: Intel and AMD.
Intel Based Processor:
Here it is worth taking a closer look at the intel core i5 - 4/6 *** processors with the hasswel or skylake architecture. In order not to go into details, I will simply say that this line has proven itself best in cs:go. More expensive i7s are more suitable for streamers and those who have their own YouTube channel, are constantly involved in video and image processing. i3 will have to be overclocked on its own to get the desired 300fps.
A common socket for the i5 is the LGA 1150.
AMD based processor:
Here we will choose from the AMD FX-8000 line, and if the Intel clock frequency was approximately equal, then for AMD it ranges from 3300 to 4000 (the more the better).
And again, based on the price-quality ratio, the AMD FX-8350 model catches the eye - an 8-core processor with a clock frequency of 4000 and the ability to overclock to 4500, since the FX models have an unlocked multiplier and are easy to overclock.
socket AM3+.
Price for i5 and FX-8350: 13,299 - 15,999 rubles.
Continuing the conversation about the processors, it is worth briefly talking about their configuration. If the specifications say BOX, it means that the kit comes with a cooler and a three-year warranty, if OEM, then just a "stone" and a one-year warranty. Whether it is worth overpaying 2000r for a fan that can be bought many times cheaper and a guarantee for a processor that never breaks is up to you, but we will consider the OEM option.
RAM.
Does RAM affect fps in games? No! Therefore, here it is only necessary to dwell on the connector and the most popular is DDR3.
When choosing RAM, there are two important rules:
Motherboard.
The platform of the motherboard will depend on which processor we choose, and we should also not forget about the RAM and its connector, in our case it is DDR3.
For an Intel core i5 with an LGA1150 socket and two RAM modules, you can look at ASRock H81M-DG4
And for AMD - FX8350 with socket AM3 + and two RAM modules, the GIGABYTE GA-78LMT-S2 model is a good choice
Price: 2899 - 3699 rubles.
Video card.
A video card is needed for image processing, it is like a "translator" between the processor and the monitor, and although now many processors come with a built-in video card for games, and even more so for CS: GO it will not be enough.
Omitting all unnecessary details, I will say that video cards below the 900 series will not give us the fps value that we want to achieve. And when choosing between an AMD or NVIDIA graphics processor, only the second with it deserves attention, and there are fewer problems and more opportunities.
The best option would be a video card: MSI GeForce GTX 950 GAMING
Price: 11000-12000 rubles.
Power unit.
The power supply is one of those computer parts that is chosen last. The store consultants will help you choose a suitable PSU based on the required power and connection connectors.
Price: 3000 - 5000 rubles.
The main cooler for the computer case, you can take the cheapest suitable size for the connector, but we need a good fan for the processor. If the processor temperature is high, performance will noticeably decrease. One of the options Deepcool Gammaxx 200T, which is suitable for both AMD and Intel. I note that the cooler for the processor is selected in the same way as the processor to the motherboard by socket.
Price: up to 1000 rubles.
It does not affect fps, so any of your choice up to the microwave box.
Price: 0 - 3000 rubles.
A CS GO streaming computer with ShadowPlay technology allows you to broadcast online on Twitch, Youtube and Facebook Live without losing gaming power. Recording in 4K resolution and streaming are performed at the hardware level with no duration limit. The built-in ShadowPlay Highlights feature automatically saves all the key moments, and GeForce Experience helps you quickly start broadcasting. Choose your weapon and start the game!
The series on the site provides configurations for beginner gamers, experienced players and enthusiastic enthusiasts. Each finished Counter Strike PC is designed, built and tested by an experienced engineer. Frame rate parameters and specifications are given in the descriptions of the models. It is possible to assemble a PC for CS:GO to order. The configurator and HYPERPC specialists will help you choose the components. Loyal fans of the legendary shooter can order a case with the symbols of the game - engraved or airbrushed.
