CS2 .exe location (Useful for some GPU settings)

[Rusty]

I wanted to change some settings in AMD Adrenaline Software graphics panel to see if i can get it to stop stuttering, but it doesn't detect CS2 automatically, only regular CSGO. To change these settings you need to locate the exe for CS2:
- Go into games library -> Rightclick CSGO -> Properties -> Installed Files -> Browse
- Then it's under this path:
"<steamLibrary>\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\game\bin\win64\cs2.exe"

[hannoy.]

Thank you

[tropic]

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[unkn0wn]

Thank you!!!!

[๖NEMO]

what setting did you change to stop the stutters? im struggling with the stutters as well but i have a RTX 3070

[kadhor]

Originally posted by ๖NEMO:

what setting did you change to stop the stutters? im struggling with the stutters as well but i have a RTX 3070

check my steam post

[Rusty]

Originally posted by ๖NEMO:

what setting did you change to stop the stutters? im struggling with the stutters as well but i have a RTX 3070

The setting that made the biggest difference for me was the "Display Mode". Under in-game settings -> Video -> Display Mode, the game was set to "Fullscreen Windowed" by default. Changing this to "Fullscreen" improved performance drastically for me, making the game smoother than regular csgo.

I also chose 2x MSAA and turned down the in-game settings that were on "very high" to "high".

Since I was still getting some noticeable screen tearing, I also enabled "AMD enhanced sync" in the AMD Software (there should probably be something equivalent on Nvidia). AMD chill (fps limit) set to min/max 144 fps is also enabled.

There was one more issue, when I alt+tabbed, the game would freeze.
I fixed this by editing "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\<yourUserID>\730\local\cfg\cs2_video.txt" and changing the following line from "0" to "1":

"setting.fullscreen_min_on_focus_loss"		"1"

[76561199526592777]

what about macOS

[76561199526592777]

help

[HEHE™]

i don't have cs2.exe

[HEHE™]

on my mac

[Rusty]

I think on Mac you can try rightclicking the game in your library -> Properties -> Installed Files -> Browse
I think that should open the install location of CS2 on your Mac in Finder.
Then try looking around in the folders there if you can find the executable (not sure if it is named CS2.exe, it might be different).
If you figure it out on Mac, please share your finding here too to help out others!

[FOSTS]

thanks, i couldn't find this

[Haza_471]

it doesnt say csgo.exe

[Rusty]

Yea, I think it was changed recently.

[Lil_Oats_]

Thanks bro this really helped