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Potaxio Gaming Oct 30, 2024 @ 3:51pm
Issue with CPU since some patch this week
When I first bought my PC (july of this year), CS2 would consume 100% GPU and like 3% CPU. But since this last weekend it consumes around 30%-40% of CPU. My concern is that this is the only game where I have this issue and it's a huge difference, specially the sound it makes now is one that didn't make before. What happened? How did VALVe f*** it up now?
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♛⁧Schultheiß Oct 30, 2024 @ 3:53pm 
Cap the fps
Potaxio Gaming Oct 30, 2024 @ 3:57pm 
Originally posted by Schultheiß:
Cap the fps
If by that you mean to set a limit, then I always set it to 120. Since day 1 my PC has been able to run it at 150+ with everything on max, but I decided to limit the game to 120 because such numbers weren't necessary for me and I didn't want the computer to be working at 100%
LaGgIs Oct 30, 2024 @ 5:14pm 
Sounds like pretty normal, sounds like the cpu is getting bottleneck by the gpu but we dont know your specs so i have no clue
Potaxio Gaming Oct 30, 2024 @ 5:34pm 
Originally posted by LaGgIs:
Sounds like pretty normal, sounds like the cpu is getting bottleneck by the gpu but we dont know your specs so i have no clue
Right! My bad. Here you go:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
LaGgIs Oct 30, 2024 @ 5:40pm 
Originally posted by Potaxio Gaming:
Originally posted by LaGgIs:
Sounds like pretty normal, sounds like the cpu is getting bottleneck by the gpu but we dont know your specs so i have no clue
Right! My bad. Here you go:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

Do you have any problem with the fps? I know that this work for my friend that have a amd gpu, There was a problem that the adrenalin software recording thing was the problem so i told him to go to amd site and download the gpu driver for hes gpu and not the auto detction thing and chose minimal install he hade a huge fps boost just for that.
Potaxio Gaming Oct 30, 2024 @ 6:16pm 
Originally posted by LaGgIs:
Originally posted by Potaxio Gaming:
Right! My bad. Here you go:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

Do you have any problem with the fps? I know that this work for my friend that have a amd gpu, There was a problem that the adrenalin software recording thing was the problem so i told him to go to amd site and download the gpu driver for hes gpu and not the auto detction thing and chose minimal install he hade a huge fps boost just for that.
Kind of...
Before, I would startup the game and it would always go at 120 FPS. Now, when it first opens it goes at less than 10 and it takes around 30 seconds to get to 120 (fortunately, it doesn't happen during gameplay, but it didn't happen before)
LaGgIs Oct 30, 2024 @ 6:20pm 
Originally posted by Potaxio Gaming:
Originally posted by LaGgIs:

Do you have any problem with the fps? I know that this work for my friend that have a amd gpu, There was a problem that the adrenalin software recording thing was the problem so i told him to go to amd site and download the gpu driver for hes gpu and not the auto detction thing and chose minimal install he hade a huge fps boost just for that.
Kind of...
Before, I would startup the game and it would always go at 120 FPS. Now, when it first opens it goes at less than 10 and it takes around 30 seconds to get to 120 (fortunately, it doesn't happen during gameplay, but it didn't happen before)


Follow this guide make sure you change the install type to minimal and factory reset and then tell me if that help you. It have works for many people. Dont know why the recording on there software its buggy right now, even if you turn it off its still on for some odd reason.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2KPPiyRO54
Last edited by LaGgIs; Oct 30, 2024 @ 6:21pm
potatojiggle Oct 30, 2024 @ 6:21pm 
I experienced the same then I saw somehow the latest update set all Video settings as High as possible. I switched it back to my normal settings and FPS was fine again.

Yesterday was a bad day. It said EU servers are offline because of maintenance. A lot of network issues in server connections and server upload for me. Today it was ok again.

Im on Linux right now.
Originally posted by Potaxio Gaming:
When I first bought my PC (july of this year), CS2 would consume 100% GPU and like 3% CPU.


Originally posted by Potaxio Gaming:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

3% huh?
Wow!
Did you perfect and interface quantum computing technology with your CPU, And are just doing some testing before you announce this ground breaking discovery to the world?

Or maybe your patent hasn't been finalized yet, so you're on the hush hush until you can ensure future monetary gain from such a significant discovery?


The hell are you thinking that CS2 would have ever used only around 3% of your processor speeds?

Regardless of what program you used to gather that metric, Either you're misremembering, or you were looking at the wrong column of data.

Unless you're running a Rehash of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 series from the year 2125 With backwards compatibility for the last 100 years, then decided to come back 100 years in time, with a future processor that shreds anything we have now, than I'll eat my words.


Here's the answer to your question;
Valve didn't !@#$ anything up, your memory is just a bit fuzzy.
The reality is your processor was always utilizing relatively the same amount of processing power. from when you first installed CS2 to now, Obviously within a small percentage of marginal error, considering The uncountable number of variables that play into changes that have on such a variable.

Regardless, your processor certainly never used only 3% of its maximum processing power While running CS2.

Question solved. 🫡
skOsH♥ Oct 30, 2024 @ 10:21pm 
Pretty sure Krypt is correct here, there's no way it was using 3% cpu.

I force mine to use about 47% of the cpu. There's no real way to get more then that for me, due to cs2 not utilizing multiple cores in a cpu that much. Technically if it was using dx12 I would see cpu usage at least 51% maybe 60% like I do in games that utilize dx12

gpu load hits 100% for me but only for a split second when loading a map. Then I think it runs at around 60%.

It doesn't sound like a bottleneck, just sounds like misremembering something, which we all do. I'm sure your pc is fine. I've been monitoring my %'s when it comes to cpu and gpu use, as well as memory/ram, and they've stayed the same. maybe an error report by one of the monitoring programs for your components?
Potaxio Gaming Oct 31, 2024 @ 2:36pm 
Originally posted by Potaxio Gaming:
When I first bought my PC (july of this year), CS2 would consume 100% GPU and like 3% CPU.


Originally posted by Potaxio Gaming:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

3% huh?
Wow!
Did you perfect and interface quantum computing technology with your CPU, And are just doing some testing before you announce this ground breaking discovery to the world?

Or maybe your patent hasn't been finalized yet, so you're on the hush hush until you can ensure future monetary gain from such a significant discovery?


The hell are you thinking that CS2 would have ever used only around 3% of your processor speeds?

Regardless of what program you used to gather that metric, Either you're misremembering, or you were looking at the wrong column of data.

Unless you're running a Rehash of the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 series from the year 2125 With backwards compatibility for the last 100 years, then decided to come back 100 years in time, with a future processor that shreds anything we have now, than I'll eat my words.


Here's the answer to your question;
Valve didn't !@#$ anything up, your memory is just a bit fuzzy.
The reality is your processor was always utilizing relatively the same amount of processing power. from when you first installed CS2 to now, Obviously within a small percentage of marginal error, considering The uncountable number of variables that play into changes that have on such a variable.

Regardless, your processor certainly never used only 3% of its maximum processing power While running CS2.

Question solved. 🫡
Y'know. now that you mention it. The game goes to 30FPS automatically whenever I open something else, so the stats obviosuly changed and maybe I never checked how much it was before. Dayum
I'll let the disrespect slide because you're right
Originally posted by Potaxio Gaming:

The game goes to 30FPS automatically whenever I open something else



That would make sense, there should be a way to adjust that if you desire.
but for the most part , it's personal preference on what you want such a Maximum value to be.



<Pre-send note:> Sorry in-advanced, I get a little "over explainy" below

but read on as you might be interested in some thing after learning more.



Although restricting any & all background applications, maximum FPS output, regardless of whether or not it's being rendered actively, (on another monitor, for example) is still beneficial in terms of ensuring you're minimizing the amount of processing required by your GPU in scenarios where you want to focus all of your GPUs processing as efficiently as possible of more immediately important things to what ever App your primary focus is on <in this case CS2>
The particular setting I'm referring to regarding restricting the maximum FPS output of background applications, is most helpful in minimizing two key factors in a "smooth & responsive" game play experience.

— those are both:
1.) device input delay & its relation to;
2.) render output delay. [/i]



Now... I've never had an AMD card and I'll be honest I'm not familiar with its most recent software for managing various aspects of your cards configuration and rules of operation.

I'm talk-in' bout what ever program is used for changing settings relating to things like driver installs & updates, video output settings(like for ex: what resolution do you want your card to report & output to your display), or where you find settings such as options for do you want to enforce global anti-aliasing techniques, regardless if the 3D App Natively implements it etc.



Point is that, On the Nvidia side of things. there is an app that has a setting which allows you to restrict background applications, maximum fps.

And I am absolutely positive there must be a setting of such on the AMD side of things that. is enforcing such policy that is only allowing background applications to render at a maximum of 30 FPS.
In my educated opinion, & despite never owning AMD GPU I'll bet money on the accuracy that:

If your goal is to maximize performance, and have the game feel as absolutely smooth as you possibly can, It's imperative to restrict background applications maximum rendered FPS.

Even if you only have one monitor and even if any other application that you have in the background isn't actually being drawn visibly on the screen.

Some apps, although being out-of-view by overlay of another 3D application like a video game for example <Even when in full screen exclusive mode> may still be Unnecessarily processing useless data along the 3D graphical rendering pipeline and as such end up causing an increase various system latencies,

Latencies not just restricted to the output render latency of your GPU, but even your CPU, RAM, storage devices latency in read/write speeds to a disk and more
<Even if such applications are not causing any of those prior mentioned subsystems to be "maxing out" its "utilization" in any way>




Lastly,
sorry for coming across as condescending earlier.. I realize I was absolutely & unnecessarily being a prick, TBH that's not normally me as a person. and so I'm extending a apology.

Edit: Edit a lot of additional contexts that I may be meaningfully educational.

Mr. Nice Guy Oct 31, 2024 @ 4:37pm 
Originally posted by Potaxio Gaming:
When I first bought my PC (july of this year), CS2 would consume 100% GPU and like 3% CPU. But since this last weekend it consumes around 30%-40% of CPU. My concern is that this is the only game where I have this issue and it's a huge difference, specially the sound it makes now is one that didn't make before. What happened? How did VALVe f*** it up now?
I’ve never had amd, but that 40% seems pretty typical cpu usage. The 3% must have been an erroneous display. Gpu should run around 100%. Maybe it’s the cooling fans are running hard making that sound so watch your temps. Also clean out all the cooling holes around the pc and any dust on the fan blades, it messes up the airflow. Tbh I just pop off the side and use a vacuum attachment but some people like to be more careful. You can always run a stress test on your pc to check any components, userbenchmark has an ok free one, there are also some available in the steam store that are more in depth.
Originally posted by Mr. Nice Guy:
I’ve never had amd, but that 40% seems pretty typical cpu usage. The 3% must have been an erroneous display. Gpu should run around 100%. Maybe it’s the cooling fans are running hard making that sound so watch your temps. Also clean out all the cooling holes around the pc and any dust on the fan blades, it messes up the airflow. Tbh I just pop off the side and use a vacuum attachment but some people like to be more careful. You can always run a stress test on your pc to check any components, userbenchmark has an ok free one, there are also some available in the steam store that are more in depth.



Probably seconds before you submitted your above response, I updated a new & recent reply in which I discussed in-detail about. why such occurred with OP, after They elaborated on a key detail that confirmed what I expected to be happening in the first place.

It's lengthy, Both My original reply, and my reply afterwards (that I only made even lengthier by editing in additional context) but might be worth a read if you're interested in learning why & The impacts of what happened to OP.

Also,
Seeing as the fact that regardless of your hardware, not only does it explain the fundamentals that would be applicable to you as well, you might be interested in learning about, As it could be impactful to you and positive manner in the if any of it details things that you might desire to adjust the related settings to. :steamhappy:

Edit:
Added a little more context and cleaned up some grammar and formatting errors.
Mr. Nice Guy Oct 31, 2024 @ 4:53pm 
Great, I hope that helps the OP get his pc running as efficiently as possible. Thanks for all the helpful information.
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