CS:GO official discussion thread

Aider said:
You can use the matchmaking service in CS:GO to play in a competitive environment, but you'll play on international servers with a high ping, which gives you a major disadvantage. You can however play in a competitive environment with the South African community using IRC...
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Oh OK. That doesn't really affect me :p
 
Wow, was just thinking of getting into this. What PC specs are needed? How much is it on steam? (yes I'm new here, in that dept anyway)
 
Cicero said:
Wow, was just thinking of getting into this. What PC specs are needed? How much is it on steam? (yes I'm new here, in that dept anyway)
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It is $14.99 at the moment, you could wait for a sale to get it at 75% off.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/730/?snr=1_7_15__13

PC System Requirements
OS: Windows® 7/Vista/XP
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better
Memory: 1GB XP / 2GB Vista
Hard Disk Space: At least 7.6GB of Space
Video Card: Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 3.0

Mac System Requirements
OS: MacOS X 10.6.6 or higher
Processor: Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better)
Memory: 2GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: At least 7.6GB of Space
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 2400 or better / NVidia 8600M or better
 
czc said:
It is $14.99 at the moment, you could wait for a sale to get it at 75% off.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/730/?snr=1_7_15__13

PC System Requirements
OS: Windows® 7/Vista/XP
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better
Memory: 1GB XP / 2GB Vista
Hard Disk Space: At least 7.6GB of Space
Video Card: Video card must be 256 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 3.0

Mac System Requirements
OS: MacOS X 10.6.6 or higher
Processor: Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better)
Memory: 2GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: At least 7.6GB of Space
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 2400 or better / NVidia 8600M or better
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Shot! I have an i7 with 8gig RAM laptop. Graphics is a Geforce GT 555M. Struggled to run Bf3 so I gave up on games after that, think I'll get this and see how it runs.
 
Cicero said:
Shot! I have an i7 with 8gig RAM laptop. Graphics is a Geforce GT 555M. Struggled to run Bf3 so I gave up on games after that, think I'll get this and see how it runs.
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Should run fine... You can always put it on low anyway "whistling:
 
Cicero said:
Shot! I have an i7 with 8gig RAM laptop. Graphics is a Geforce GT 555M. Struggled to run Bf3 so I gave up on games after that, think I'll get this and see how it runs.
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It will easily hit 60fps, I just lock mine to 65/70 otherwise my GPU heats up and my fan starts to speed up causing it to be noisy.
 
Applause said:
Should run fine... You can always put it on low anyway "whistling:
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Haha, you kid but I had to run Bf3 at something ridiculous like 800x600 (can't exactly remember but it was way below FHD) with everything turned off just to get above 40fps.

Glordit said:
It will easily hit 60fps, I just lock mine to 65/70 otherwise my GPU heats up and my fan starts to speed up causing it to be noisy.
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Sweet, amped.
 
Anyone tried played at 1024x768 with screen resizing from nVidia control panel? Apparently the pro's play like that, but all I can think of it's going to be compressed then stretched out again so it will smooth everything out and give you 200+ fps which IMO is pointless if you have a 60hz monitor. While the game will feel smoother I will just cause unnecessary heat on your GPU.
 
Glordit said:
Anyone tried played at 1024x768 with screen resizing from nVidia control panel? Apparently the pro's play like that, but all I can think of it's going to be compressed then stretched out again so it will smooth everything out and give you 200+ fps which IMO is pointless if you have a 60hz monitor. While the game will feel smoother I will just cause unnecessary heat on your GPU.
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do they really play on 1024x768? thats a weird res to play on wtf
 
Applause said:
do they really play on 1024x768? thats a weird res to play on wtf
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I was reading about it on TeamLiquid Forums and have seen a few Redditors using it as well. I can assume it's easier to see larger player models than smaller ones? There is also a console command that makes all the textures all one colour, but it's considered as cheating in competitive.
 
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