How to setup a new PC for CS:GO

I am creating this guide for members of the cs:go community to be able to easily setup there computers. I end up spending a lot of time on this subject with my clan members and thought this might be useful.

Launch Options

• open your steam library
  
• right click on csgo in the left games pane.
  
• click properties
  
• click launch options
  
• copy and paste the following into your launch options... changing a few values as needed depending on your pc.
  
  If you have a 120/144 hertz monitor then change -refresh and -freq from 60 to 120 or 144
  -threads should be changed to the amount of threads your computer has. all Intel i7 cpu's have 8 threads and that is what is presented below.
  
  -novid -console -tickrate 128 -refresh 60 -high -threads 8 -noforcemaccel -noforcemparms -noforcemspd -processheap -freq 60 +exec autoexec.cfg -maxdownloadfilesizemb 500 +cpu_frequency_monitoring 2

Autoexec.cfg

1. Go to the start menu and search for notepad.
2. Adjust the settings to your preference inside the file if needed.
3. Copy and paste the info from below into the file and save it as Autoexec.cfg on your desktop.
4. Go to your start menu, type "Folder Options," go to the "View" Tab, Uncheck "Hide Extensions for Known File Types," Rename your autoexec ensuring it is called "Autoexec.cfg"
5. Adjust the settings to your preference inside the file if needed.
6. Open Steam's Library and select counterstrike global offensive from the left pane.
7. Right click counterstrike global offensive and choose properties.
8. Select the local files tab and then click browse local files...
9. in this folder go to the csgo subfolder and then the cfg subfolder within that.
10. Cut and Paste your autoexec.cfg file from your desktop to the cfg folder.
12. Launch the game, open the console, and type "exec autoexec" to ensure its loaded. It does it automatically but that's how you do it!

** Warning - If you need help with any of these cvars below then please let me know. ***


echo "Start config."
// Start

// FPS Commands for CS:GO
// ====FPS Commands====
fps_max "999"
cl_forcepreload "1"
func_break_max_pieces 15

gameinstructor_enable 0
cl_autohelp "0"
cl_autowepswitch "0"
cl_download_ingame "1"
cl_allowdownload "1"
cl_allowupload "1"
cl_autowepswitch "0"
cl_autohelp "0"
cl_showhelp "0"
cc_subtitles "0"
cl_disablehtmlmotd "0"
cl_downloadfilter all
closecaption "0"
closeonbuy "1"
con_enable "1"
hud_scaling ".95"
hud_showtargetid "1"
sv_forcepreload "1"
voice_loopback "0"
voice_modenable "1"
voice_scale "0.4"
echo "End cvars."

echo "Setup viewmodel positions."


// Viewmodel
viewmodel_fov "68"
viewmodel_offset_x "2.500000"
viewmodel_offset_y "0"
viewmodel_offset_z "-1.500000"
viewmodel_presetpos "3"

// Bobbing and movement shifting
cl_viewmodel_shift_left_amt "0"
cl_viewmodel_shift_right_amt "0"
cl_bob_lower_amt "0"
cl_bobamt_lat "0"
cl_bobamt_vert "0"
cl_bobcycle "2"
echo "End viewmodel positions."

echo "Setup netcode."

rate 100000
cl_cmdrate "128"
cl_interp_ratio "1"
cl_interp "0"
cl_lagcompensation "1"
cl_predict "1"
cl_predictweapons "1"
cl_updaterate "128"
cl_resend "6"
cl_timeout "999"

echo "End network setup."

echo "Setup netgraph."
net_allow_multicast "1"
net_graph "1"
net_graphheight "64"
net_graphmsecs "400"
net_graphpos "1"
net_graphshowinterp "1"
net_graphshowlatency "1"
net_graphsolid "1"
net_graphtext "1"
net_graphproportionalfont 0
net_maxroutable "1200"
net_scale "3"
net_steamcnx_allowrelay "1"
cl_showfps "0"
echo "End netgraph setup."

echo "Setup Mouse."

// Mouse commands
m_rawinput "1"
m_mouseaccel1 "0"
m_mouseaccel2 "0"
m_mousespeed "0"
m_customaccel "0"
m_customaccel_exponent "0"
m_customaccel_max "0"
m_customaccel_scale "0.00
zoom_sensitivity_ratio_mouse "1.0"

// Audio Stuff
snd_mixahead "0.1"
snd_headphone_pan_exponent "2"
snd_headphone_pan_radial_weight "2
dsp_enhance_stereo "1"
dsp_slow_cpu "0"
dsp_reload

// Rates and Interpolation
cl_cmdrate "128"
cl_updaterate "128"
cl_interp "0"
cl_interp_ratio "1"
rate "128000"

// Miscellaneous
cl_autowepswitch "0"
cl_autohelp "0"
cl_showhelp "0"
cl_righthand "1"
cl_forcepreload "1"
hud_showtargetid "1"
net_graph "1"
mm_dedicated_search_maxping "100"

cl_dm_buyrandomweapons "0"
cl_hud_background_alpha "1.000000"
cl_hud_color 0
cl_hud_healthammo_style "1"
cl_hud_radar_scale "1"

safezonex 1.00
safezoney 1.00
hud_scaling 0.91;
cl_hud_background_alpha 0.85;
cl_hud_bomb_under_radar 1;
cl_hud_healthammo_style 1;
cl_hud_playercount_pos 1;
cl_hud_playercount_showcount 1;
cl_hud_radar_scale 1.2;
net_graphshowsvframerate 1
net_graphheight 125
cl_radar_icon_scale_min 0.2

cl_inv_showdividerline "1"
cl_inventory_saved_filter "all,not_defaultequipped"
cl_radar_always_centered "0"
cl_radar_scale "0.437500"
snd_musicvolume_multiplier_inoverlay "0.000000"
snd_mute_losefocus "0"

engine_no_focus_sleep 0
cl_loadout_colorweaponnames 1
cl_hud_playercount_showcount "1"

windows_speaker_config 1
// def. -1=Automatic 1=Headset 4=StereoSpeakers 3=4Speakers 6=5.1 Surround

host_writeconfig
echo "CONFIG complete"

// end

Coreparking - Intel CPU's Only

Download the utility on this page and follow the guide he has on the page.
http://www.coderbag.com/programming-c/disable-cpu-core-parking-utility

Audio Setup

Most people do not realise how bad the microsoft default drivers for realtek audio onboard audio is.

1. Follow these instructions on reddit..

2. Copy and Paste this into a file called network_fix.reg and save it on your desktop and then run it.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile]
"NetworkThrottlingIndex"=dword:ffffffff
"SystemResponsiveness"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile\Tasks\Games]
"Scheduling Category"="High"
"SFIO Priority"="High"
"Background Only"="False"
"Priority"=dword:00000001
"Clock Rate"=dword:00002710
"GPU Priority"=dword:00000001
"Affinity"=dword:00000000

If you are the proud owner of a Creative soundcard then you need to setup Creative Alchemy
1. Click the start menu and search for alchemy.
2. Click Add
3. type in the following information
Game Title = csgo
Use Game Path = C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive
Buffers = 5
Duration = 10
Max Voice Count = 128

4. Click ok
5. Select csgo from the left pane
6. click the >> right arrows >> to make csgo listed in the alchemy-enabled games pane.
7. close alchemy
8. open csgo
9. open the console by pressing ~ and enter
snd_legacy_surround 1

10. close and restart csgo.

Mouse Setup - Mouse Fix

• Download Mark C Mousefix...
  Mark C Homepage[donewmouseaccel.blogspot.com]
  
• extract the zip file
  
• install the reg file in the Windows 7 Fixes folder titled "Windows_7_MouseFix_TextSize(DPI)=100%_Scale=[e-mail]"
  
• click start
  
• type mouse in the seach field
  
• open the mouse control panel that should come up in the results.
  
• Click the Pointer Options Tab
  
• unselect "Enhance pointer precision"
  
• Reboot.

Mouse Setup DPI

• download the mouse software for your mouse from the vendors website.
  
• change the dpi of your mouse to 800 dpi
  
• change the polling rate to the highest it supports. normally 1000
  
• change your ingame sensitivity to 1.125
  
• turn off raw input in game.
  
• watch these youtube video from adren.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwT5fXEloxg
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-KeXyqZU7Y

Mouse yaw - 4:3 vs 16:9

If you are using a 4:3 ratio then you need to change the mouse yaw so that the mouse will move up and down at the same speed.

If you are using a 4:3 aspect ratio screen resolution or a 4:3 stretched setup then you need to add the following to your autoexec.cfg

// 4:3 yaw
m_yaw 0.0165

If you are using a 16:9 aspect ratio screen resolution then you need to add the following to your autoexec.cfg to set it back to the default.
// 16:9 yaw
m_yaw 0.022

Video Options - Nvidia Performance Settings.

Open the nvidia control panel
go to manage 3d settings and change the values to be like this
Ambient Occlusion = Off
Anisotropic filtering = Off
Antialiasing - FXAA = Off
Antialiasing - Gamma correction = Off
Antialiasing - Mode = Off
Antialiasing - Setting = None
Antialiasing - transparency = Off
Cuda - GPUs = ALL
DSR - Factors = Off
DSR - Smoothness = Off
Maximum pre-rendered frames = 1
Multi-Display/Mixed-GPU acceleration = Single display performance mode
Power management mode = Prefer maximum performance
Prefered refresh rate = Highest available
SLI rendering mode = Nvidia recommended
Shader Cache = Off
Texture filtering - Anisotropic sample optimization = On
Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias = Allow
Texture filtering - Quality = High performance
Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization = On
Threaded optimization = High Performance
Triple buffering = Off
Vertical Sync = Off
Virtual Reality pre-rendered frames = 1

NVIDIA Geforce Experiance
Open the NVIDIA Geforce Experiance
open settings
click on general settings
toggle off the share option
click games
uncheck automatically optimize newly added games.

Video Options - Nvidia Personal Preference.

It is my personal preference and a lot of players do this also...

Open the Nvidia Control Panel
select Adjust desktop color settings from the left pane.
adjust Digital vibrance to 70%-100% I personally use 70%


I play with my ingame screen resolution at 1280x1024 4:3 stretched.
here is how you enable stretching.

open the nvidia control panel.
select Adjust desktop size and position in the left pane.
change the scaling mode to Full Screen.

Crosshair - Personal Preference

This is my Crosshair.
If you do not like it then go make your own.
Here is a link to the crosshair generator map. Subscribe to it and follow the directions.


cl_crosshairusealpha 1
cl_crosshairalpha 255
cl_crosshaircolor 5
cl_crosshaircolor_r 255
cl_crosshaircolor_g 0
cl_crosshaircolor_b 255
cl_crosshairdot 0
cl_crosshairsize 2
cl_crosshairstyle 5
cl_fixedcrosshairgap 2
cl_crosshair_drawoutline "1"
cl_crosshair_outlinethickness 0
cl_crosshairthickness 0.5
cl_crosshairgap 0

Power management

open the control panel
open power options. select the High Performance profile.

Windows 10

I will be adding items to this over time...

Xbox DVR impacts all video game fps and should be shutoff

• Click Start
  
• type in Xbox
  
• open the Xbox app
  
• click settings in the Xbox app in the very bottom left corner
  
• go to the Game DVR tab
  
• toggle off Record game clips and screenshots using Game DVR

[ENFORCER]

my crosshair changes every once in a while and I normally do not update it here very often.
but I did recently add mouse yaw for 4:3 and 16:9 resolutions

[=_=]

Great Guide,Would be nice if you could add a screenshot of your crosshair :D

[JMolina]

<3

[Pl@Th(K)]

Gj bro :3

[ENFORCER]

Please let me know if there is anything I can add or change to make it easier to follow.

[seattlejedi]

Awesome guide, helped me setup my game settings!!!

[WhatsHonour]

Nice!! This is what everyone needs! Thanks!