CS2 sudden Flickering graphics/frame rates

[Mimicry Kit]

I've started to have this weird issue which started after opening to buy menu in-game (could be coincidence), it makes the visuals flickery almost like frame rates are dropping unconsistently. I haven't played much cs2 but I remember having experienced a similar issue in CS:GO randomly and 1 person had fixed it for me. He had given me a console command to run and it like refreshed my game and made it work again... I don't remember this command so I cannot try it.

Anyone can help?

[Rebeldaughter]

no

[bruce ⇆ Trading]

i have the same problem

[Repekdusje]

Same here

[German Helldiver]

same even if vsync is on to match my refresh rate

Rtx 4090
7800x3D

240hz gaming monitor

[BOLINATOR]

Same here.

[ГойдаМарин]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3049257442

[KABAL]

Originally posted by Kitty Mimicry:

I've started to have this weird issue which started after opening to buy menu in-game (could be coincidence), it makes the visuals flickery almost like frame rates are dropping unconsistently. I haven't played much cs2 but I remember having experienced a similar issue in CS:GO randomly and 1 person had fixed it for me. He had given me a console command to run and it like refreshed my game and made it work again... I don't remember this command so I cannot try it.

Anyone can help?

same.

[Uzgah]

Had this then turned off freesync in my monitor and it stopped

[Antiz]

CS2 also started flickering very recently on my side, including dropping rates during those numerous and constant flickering, to the point where it became basically unplayable.
This is specific to CS2 though, every other games are working fine.

Luckily, I was able to find a (rather strange but functioning) workaround:
Going into the "ADVANCED VIDEO" tab in the "VIDEO" settings and changing any parameter from there seems to fix the issue for my current session, as if the video settings need a change to "re-caliber" or something... As I said, it only fixes the issue for the current session though, meaning that I have to re-do this each time I launch the game.

This is rather weird, specifically knowing that I did not change anything that could have triggered those sudden flickering on my side (as far as I know, at least). Since this issue appeared very recently (basically a few days ago), I'm suspecting that it started since the 5/29/2024 update/patch on my side (but I can't confirm it for sure).

But hey... For the moment, I'm just changing the "Anti-Aliasing mode" from "8X MSAA" to "4X MSAA" back to "8X MSAA" again (for instance, it works with any other settings) from the video settings each time I launching my game and that temporarily solves the issue for some reason. I hope it helps! :)

PS: I'm using Linux, in case it matters.

[󠁳⁧⁧󠁳⁧⁧ Kaoskorv]

Originally posted by Uzgah:

Had this then turned off freesync in my monitor and it stopped

worked for me