I have the same problem, you'll just have to deal with it but on way to help a bit is right click your desktop, go to (Nvidia/AMD/etc..)control panel, adjust image settings with preview, use my preference emphasizing and put the bar all the way to Performance.. Hope that helps

The thing with CSGO, as well as any game using the Source engine, is they rely much more on your CPU, over your GPU, however, that doesn't mean you can have a high-end CPU and a low-end GPU and expect great performance. While CSGO isn't that intensive on a PC, if your PC is having a huge FPS drop like that, on the lowest settings when looking at smoke, it's something you're going to have to deal with until you can upgrade your PC. Your PC may reach the required minimum to run the game, but that doesn't mean it'll run smoothly. Best bet, is when playing, to make sure you have as many background process closed out that you won't be needing at the time, as well as try playing on a lower resolution other than your default monitor resolution. In example, if you're trying to play CSGO on 1920x1080, try it on something like 1024x576 or lower/higher, depending on how you notice a difference in your FPS and are comfortable with both the FPS and the resolution. There's not too much you can do about FPS drops if you're already on lowest settings, until you can upgrade your PC, it's annoying, but sadly, it's something that you'll have to live with for now.

I get a steady 50 FPS on max settings in 1360x768 even while looking at smoke... only drops when loading or if I got pandora playing

PC Specs....


AMD Athlon II X2 220 @ 2.8 GHz(Dual Core)
GT 730 1GB GDDR5
4GB GDDR3 @ 1605MHz(It's what came with the PC)
PNY 120GB SSD @ SATA 2

The base computer is a Emachine EL-1352-07(It's shit I know)

Try going into your launch options and putting

-high

this will set the game to high priority for your CPU... it really does help, another command you can do is

-threads 6

I am assuming since it's the x6 model you have that it's a hex core.... if it's not the just replace the 6 with how ever many cores your CPU is

TaigaAisaka wrote The thing with CSGO, as well as any game using the Source engine, is they rely much more on your CPU, over your GPU, however, that doesn't mean you can have a high-end CPU and a low-end GPU and expect great performance. While CSGO isn't that intensive on a PC, if your PC is having a huge FPS drop like that, on the lowest settings when looking at smoke, it's something you're going to have to deal with until you can upgrade your PC. Your PC may reach the required minimum to run the game, but that doesn't mean it'll run smoothly. Best bet, is when playing, to make sure you have as many background process closed out that you won't be needing at the time, as well as try playing on a lower resolution other than your default monitor resolution. In example, if you're trying to play CSGO on 1920x1080, try it on something like 1024x576 or lower/higher, depending on how you notice a difference in your FPS and are comfortable with both the FPS and the resolution. There's not too much you can do about FPS drops if you're already on lowest settings, until you can upgrade your PC, it's annoying, but sadly, it's something that you'll have to live with for now.

if I lower my monitor resolution do you think that will help my fps? I currently play on 1224x768 for my in game resolution and that gives me 50-80 fps but 30 in smoke, if I lower my resolution to 800x600 I'll get a 70-90 fps but I can't stand how 800x600 looks

BFvsCOD wrote I get a steady 50 FPS on max settings in 1360x768 even while looking at smoke... only drops when loading or if I got pandora playing

PC Specs....


AMD Athlon II X2 220 @ 2.8 GHz(Dual Core)
GT 730 1GB GDDR5
4GB GDDR3 @ 1605MHz(It's what came with the PC)
PNY 120GB SSD @ SATA 2

The base computer is a Emachine EL-1352-07(It's shit I know)

Try going into your launch options and putting


-high

this will set the game to high priority for your CPU... it really does help, another command you can do is

-threads 6

I am assuming since it's the x6 model you have that it's a hex core.... if it's not the just replace the 6 with how ever many cores your CPU is

i currently play with the commands "-lv -novid -threads 6 -nojoy" -high is a new one and I will be trying it out thanks.

Justcolor wrote

TaigaAisaka wrote The thing with CSGO, as well as any game using the Source engine, is they rely much more on your CPU, over your GPU, however, that doesn't mean you can have a high-end CPU and a low-end GPU and expect great performance. While CSGO isn't that intensive on a PC, if your PC is having a huge FPS drop like that, on the lowest settings when looking at smoke, it's something you're going to have to deal with until you can upgrade your PC. Your PC may reach the required minimum to run the game, but that doesn't mean it'll run smoothly. Best bet, is when playing, to make sure you have as many background process closed out that you won't be needing at the time, as well as try playing on a lower resolution other than your default monitor resolution. In example, if you're trying to play CSGO on 1920x1080, try it on something like 1024x576 or lower/higher, depending on how you notice a difference in your FPS and are comfortable with both the FPS and the resolution. There's not too much you can do about FPS drops if you're already on lowest settings, until you can upgrade your PC, it's annoying, but sadly, it's something that you'll have to live with for now.

if I lower my monitor resolution do you think that will help my fps? I currently play on 1224x768 for my in game resolution and that gives me 50-80 fps but 30 in smoke, if I lower my resolution to 800x600 I'll get a 70-90 fps but I can't stand how 800x600 looks

Your monitor resolution can be as high as it can go for your desktop, internet browsing, ect as that won't have an impact on CSGO, however, in CSGO, in the video options tab, the lower your resolution in game, the better your FPS will be. While it's an eyesore, it will help for the time being. It may not be a huge increase, but if it's something that is much easier to be played at, I would give it a shot and try to get used to it for now.

Also for the -high command, that will increase your FPS, very slightly, not a whole lot, but a small increase. On top of that, I don't know if it accounts for CSGO, but people on TF2 used to complain that when using -high as launch options, their in-game Steam Overlay was really laggy, as well as internet browsing when the game was running in the background. That can be due to their CPU not being able to handle it or was just something with TF2, but give it a shot on CSGO and see how your FPS increase is.

TaigaAisaka wrote

Justcolor wrote

TaigaAisaka wrote The thing with CSGO, as well as any game using the Source engine, is they rely much more on your CPU, over your GPU, however, that doesn't mean you can have a high-end CPU and a low-end GPU and expect great performance. While CSGO isn't that intensive on a PC, if your PC is having a huge FPS drop like that, on the lowest settings when looking at smoke, it's something you're going to have to deal with until you can upgrade your PC. Your PC may reach the required minimum to run the game, but that doesn't mean it'll run smoothly. Best bet, is when playing, to make sure you have as many background process closed out that you won't be needing at the time, as well as try playing on a lower resolution other than your default monitor resolution. In example, if you're trying to play CSGO on 1920x1080, try it on something like 1024x576 or lower/higher, depending on how you notice a difference in your FPS and are comfortable with both the FPS and the resolution. There's not too much you can do about FPS drops if you're already on lowest settings, until you can upgrade your PC, it's annoying, but sadly, it's something that you'll have to live with for now.

if I lower my monitor resolution do you think that will help my fps? I currently play on 1224x768 for my in game resolution and that gives me 50-80 fps but 30 in smoke, if I lower my resolution to 800x600 I'll get a 70-90 fps but I can't stand how 800x600 looks

Your monitor resolution can be as high as it can go for your desktop, internet browsing, ect as that won't have an impact on CSGO, however, in CSGO, in the video options tab, the lower your resolution in game, the better your FPS will be. While it's an eyesore, it will help for the time being. It may not be a huge increase, but if it's something that is much easier to be played at, I would give it a shot and try to get used to it for now.

Also for the -high command, that will increase your FPS, very slightly, not a whole lot, but a small increase. On top of that, I don't know if it accounts for CSGO, but people on TF2 used to complain that when using -high as launch options, their in-game Steam Overlay was really laggy, as well as internet browsing when the game was running in the background. That can be due to their CPU not being able to handle it or was just something with TF2, but give it a shot on CSGO and see how your FPS increase is.

I don't think anyone really uses the in-game overlay, I don't so I disabled it... gave me like a 4-5 fps increase

TaigaAisaka wrote

Justcolor wrote

TaigaAisaka wrote The thing with CSGO, as well as any game using the Source engine, is they rely much more on your CPU, over your GPU, however, that doesn't mean you can have a high-end CPU and a low-end GPU and expect great performance. While CSGO isn't that intensive on a PC, if your PC is having a huge FPS drop like that, on the lowest settings when looking at smoke, it's something you're going to have to deal with until you can upgrade your PC. Your PC may reach the required minimum to run the game, but that doesn't mean it'll run smoothly. Best bet, is when playing, to make sure you have as many background process closed out that you won't be needing at the time, as well as try playing on a lower resolution other than your default monitor resolution. In example, if you're trying to play CSGO on 1920x1080, try it on something like 1024x576 or lower/higher, depending on how you notice a difference in your FPS and are comfortable with both the FPS and the resolution. There's not too much you can do about FPS drops if you're already on lowest settings, until you can upgrade your PC, it's annoying, but sadly, it's something that you'll have to live with for now.

if I lower my monitor resolution do you think that will help my fps? I currently play on 1224x768 for my in game resolution and that gives me 50-80 fps but 30 in smoke, if I lower my resolution to 800x600 I'll get a 70-90 fps but I can't stand how 800x600 looks

Your monitor resolution can be as high as it can go for your desktop, internet browsing, ect as that won't have an impact on CSGO, however, in CSGO, in the video options tab, the lower your resolution in game, the better your FPS will be. While it's an eyesore, it will help for the time being. It may not be a huge increase, but if it's something that is much easier to be played at, I would give it a shot and try to get used to it for now.

Also for the -high command, that will increase your FPS, very slightly, not a whole lot, but a small increase. On top of that, I don't know if it accounts for CSGO, but people on TF2 used to complain that when using -high as launch options, their in-game Steam Overlay was really laggy, as well as internet browsing when the game was running in the background. That can be due to their CPU not being able to handle it or was just something with TF2, but give it a shot on CSGO and see how your FPS increase is.

I have tried using game boosters but I haven't really seen a difference in my FPS when using one. My computer also says I'm missing a "VGA" I have no idea what that is or what it does but would buying one help at all with gaming?

VGA is the analog output used before DVI and HDMI

looks like this

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