Low FPS in CSGO | Athlon X4 860K w/ ASUS GTX 770

[Skryll]

I tend to play CSGO a fair bit and decided a 144hz monitor would be good. However, i realized my framerates aren't ideal. I used to get around 60-70 at worst and 150 at best in CSGO. Other games run buttery smooth at high framerates. I decided to try Overclocking my CPU. Since I dont have the best of the best coolers, I overclocked it to 4.0 Ghz and stability tested it. However, I saw little to no improvement in the game. I can only assume my 770 isnt the issue. If an upgraded CPU is absolutely needed, what would be the best path to go down? Thanks in advance

[Epiceleon]

i think csgo is more cpu based than gpu

[niofalpha]

Try -4 threads as a launch option. Then try and lower your shader settings. If neither work then upgrade CPU. Source engine is CPU intensive.

@Skryll

I'd get a 4460/ 4590 and a cheap MoBo if you do upgrade.

[don_svetlio]

-threads 4

disable AA
lower shaders
disable V-sync

[Drunkaroos]

I tend to play CSGO a fair bit and decided a 144hz monitor would be good. However, i realized my framerates aren't ideal. I used to get around 60-70 at worst and 150 at best in CSGO. Other games run buttery smooth at high framerates. I decided to try Overclocking my CPU. Since I dont have the best of the best coolers, I overclocked it to 4.0 Ghz and stability tested it. However, I saw little to no improvement in the game. I can only assume my 770 isnt the issue. If an upgraded CPU is absolutely needed, what would be the best path to go down? Thanks in advance

Yeah it is definitely more cpu based than gpu. When I used to play CS:GO a lot, I had an amd fx-4300 and an MSI r9 270x. Average framerate was around 270.

[Skryll]

Probably should have mentioned this but I get about the same results with everything turned down as I do with everything except AA on max

[Nena Trinity]

I tend to play CSGO a fair bit and decided a 144hz monitor would be good. However, i realized my framerates aren't ideal. I used to get around 60-70 at worst and 150 at best in CSGO. Other games run buttery smooth at high framerates. I decided to try Overclocking my CPU. Since I dont have the best of the best coolers, I overclocked it to 4.0 Ghz and stability tested it. However, I saw little to no improvement in the game. I can only assume my 770 isnt the issue. If an upgraded CPU is absolutely needed, what would be the best path to go down? Thanks in advance

The 860K should not drop below 80 against a full lobby with bots which means online should have higher!

 

What version of Windows by the way? 

 

-threads 4

disable AA

lower shaders

disable V-sync

The first one of these is smart also set CPU multi-core rendering to on!

 

You can also try the rest of these...

 

Right click the game and paste "- threads 4" into the set launch options!

[Skryll]

 

The 860K should not drop below 80 against a full lobby with bots which means online should have higher!

 

What version of Windows by the way? 

 

The firs one of these is smart also set CPU multi-core rendering to on!

 

You can also try the rest of these...

 

Right click the game and paste "- threads 4" into the set launch options!

 

I'm currently on Windows 10

The -threads 4 didnt do anything noticeable, however the multicore rendering boosted me up about 20 frames. Not the optimal framerate but it will have to do till I get enough money to buy a much better CPU.

Thanks everyone!

[Nena Trinity]

I'm currently on Windows 10

The -threads 4 didnt do anything noticeable, however the multicore rendering boosted me up about 20 frames. Not the optimal framerate but it will have to do till I get enough money to buy a much better CPU.

Thanks everyone!

Yeah the 860K is not really a 144Hz CPU its meant for 60Hz monitors!