Are you playing CS: GO with your friends for improving your communication skill, gameplay and team performance? But, all your efforts are going in vain as your game is choking, freezing or lagging. It’s horrible, isn’t it?
You are in the proper place then. Your game is experiencing stuttering issues and this leads your game to lag. I have played CS: GO and was hit by the same problem. Then I researched this problem for hours and finally, I was able to solve this problem.
If your game’s fps (frames per second) drops or your graphics drivers aren’t allowing the required fps for playing the game smoothly, you will face the stuttering issue. This will ultimately result in your game lagging.
So, why does your game’s fps drop?
Don’t skip anything and read the article with patience to solve this problem.
What is Stuttering in CS: GO?
When you heard the word stuttering, don’t relate it with the human disease. Though, the effects are similar.
Stuttering in-game means there is any disorder in the settings for which you will face lagging or freezing while playing the game. This is a very frustrating situation for games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, especially when you play first-person shooting.
You may experience stuttering issues if your game’s frames per second are affected by your internal operating system or due to not calibrating your game settings according to your system ability. If the game engine loading assets are hampered and the fps and monitor refresh rate does not collaborate simultaneously, you will face this problem.
Now, you may ask what are changes you have to make or what you have to do for playing it without lagging or choking.
Follow the next part carefully and you will get your answers to fix stuttering lag while playing CS: GO.
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How to Fix CS: GO Stutter Lag
From the introductory part, you may have known that the stuttering lag problem occurs due to hardware, graphics drivers, internet speed, game settings related issues. We will be focusing on these issues in this section for fixing this problem.
Here are the ways of fixing CS: GO stutter lag:
Fix 1: Update Graphics Drivers
If you are facing any kinds of problems while playing games, if not that specific problem but most of the problems like lagging, freezing, game not responding are happening for your graphics drivers.
You must update your graphics driver regularly not only for playing games but your PC performance will enhance, run smoothly and your other problems will be solved automatically.
You can update your graphics drivers in two ways. Manually and automatically. The automatically updating driver is an essay and less time-consuming than manually updating the driver.
Here are the steps to update graphics drivers:
- Updating the graphics drivers manually: In this process, you have to search for the updated version of your graphics driver from the website. The manufacturer company will upgrade the required features, and you have to download them and install them. After downloading the required drivers, you have to double-click on the downloaded file and find all the instructions step by step on your screen. Follow the steps to update your driver manually.
- Updating the graphics drivers automatically: You can do it automatically if you don’t know how to update the driver manually. You have to download and install software that will work for you.
After downloading and installing such an application, you can search for the update. If there is any update available, this app will do all the processes for you. You can use Driver Easy for automatically updating your driver.
If you use AMD GPU, you have to open your AMD Radeon Software application by right-clicking on the application.
Once the software application is opened, it will notify you if you need to update anything or any updated version is available by the manufacturer company automatically. If you haven’t installed Radeon™ Software yet, you must download it.
If you are using Nvidia GPU, you can use the GeForce Experience application which will notify you if any major or minor update is required. It will also alert you if any updated version is available for your Nvidia GPU.
When you click on such a notification, it will update your graphics driver.
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Fix 2: Restart Your Computer
Sometimes, you can get rid of stuttering lag by restarting your pc. You have to close the application and restart your PC.
Here are the steps for restarting your computer:
- For restarting your device or operating system, you should click on the Windows icon.
- Once, the Windows icon is opened, click on the power option.
- You will see the Restart option and click on it to restart your device.
- Now, open your CS: GO and see if it’s still lagging or not.
- If the game is not closing or you see the app not responding, you can restart your PC forcefully by pressing the Ctrl key+Alt key+ Delete key.
- You will see the power option and click on it to restart your PC.
Fix 3: Check Internet Connection Speed
The problem of stuttering lag is directly related to the fps. If your internet speed goes down suddenly or your connection is not stable, it will lead your fps to a dropdown. Your game will face lagging then.
In another case, you are paying for 10 Mbps but you can’t even watch videos. You can download Ookla for testing your internet connection speed.
After testing connection speed, if the speed is not satisfactory compared to the speed you should have, contact the service provider or you can change your internet service provider.
Fix 4: Change Video Settings and Advanced Settings
As CS: GO offers high frames rate per second, you have to make some changes in the game’s video settings and advanced settings. It will help your device to match the fps and reduce the frequency of stuttering lag.
Here are the changes you need to make in Video Settings:
- After opening the CS: GO, navigate to the Game settings.
- Move to the Video option.
- You have to set the resolution to 1080p or lower.
- You must set the frame rate in accordance with your monitor refresh rate.
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Here are the changes you need to make in Advanced Video Settings:
Click on the Advanced Video tab and do the following changes.
- Global Shadow Quality: Low
- Model/Texture Detail: Low
- Effect Detail: Low
- Shader Detail: Low
- Multicore Rendering: Enabled
- Multisampling Anti-Aliasing Mode: None
- FXAA Anti-Aliasing: Disabled
- Texture Filtering Mode: Bilinear
- Wait for Vertical Sync: Disabled
- Motion Blur: Disabled
Open CS: GO and play random matches to see the result of making changes.
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Fix 5: Cool Down Your Setup
Overheating or thermal throating of your CPU components may lead to stuttering lag. For this, you must keep your desktop setup in such a place where it will not be hit by direct sunlight and get proper air circulation.
You have to remove dust particles from your CPU box for avoiding overheating. You can change the fans if they are too old and add more fans if any slot is empty.
Sometimes, if you run other applications in the background and play CS: GO, you can experience lag. You must close all the background applications and let your setup cool down.
Fix 6: Set Launch Options
If you want to make any changes and you want your game to run according to that, you must opt for the game’s launch option.
Here are the changes you need to make in Set Launch Options:
- At first, open Steam and click on the Library option.
- You will see all the applications that use Steam.
- From the Library, forward to CS: GO.
- Navigate to Properties by clicking on the game title.
- Now, right-click on the Properties option.
- You will see many options and look for the Set Launch option.
- You have to copy and paste the below commands and save them one by one.
Command 1: -tickrate 128 +fps_max 0 -novid -nojoy
Command 2: +fps_max 0 -nojoy -high -fullscreen +mat_disable_fancy_blending 1 +cl_forcepreload 1 -limitvsconst -forcenovsync +r_dynamic 0
What are the Minimum Requirements for Playing CS: GO?
You must fulfil the following requirements for playing CS: GO.
- Operating System: You can run this game in Windows XP but I recommend you to use Windows 10 at least.
- CPU: Any CPU as strong as Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6600 2.4 GHz or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 2.4 GHz processor or more than it.
- RAM: At least need 2GB. You should use 8GB or more than it.
- HDD: CS: GO is 15GB. You at least need 15GB of free space.
- DirectX: 0c or higher.
- Shader Model:0 or higher.
- GPU: You at least need 2GB or more than that.
Frequently Asked Questions
What combination of RAM and GPU is best for CS: GO?
CS: GO needs a high FPS rate for running smoothly and without any lagging. You can run this game if you have at least 2GB RAM and 256 MB GPU. But you will face problems while playing. You must look for a better combination of GPU and RAM for playing it. For this, you should use RAM of 8 GB or more and a GPU of 2-4 GB or more.
Can you play CS: GO offline?
You can play CS: GO in both online and offline. In the latest update, Valve added a feature of playing offline matches against bots only. If you want to play multiplayer mode, you must play CS: GO in online.
What FPS rate is best for playing CS: GO?
FPS rate is dependent on your PC. If you have a standard configuration PC, you can set the frame rate between 60-120. If you have an advanced and powerful configuration PC, you can set 100 fps.
Conclusion
People play online or offline games for enjoying the game, improve skills, improve gameplay and teamwork. For this, playing games without any interruptions like cooking, lagging is very important.
In this article, I’ve saved your time by showing you the reasons for which you may face stuttering lag. I’ve also shown you the way to fix the stuttering lag in CS: GO, so that you can enjoy your time and improve your skills.
Read all the fixes carefully before applying. If you have any questions regarding this problem, you can ask in the comment section. Our experts will try to solve your problem as soon as possible.
