CS:GO System Requirements 2021: Minimum, Recommended and Size in GB
As of January 2021, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) required a minimum of 15 GB of free space; minimum specs were 4 GB RAM and an NVidia GeForce GT 420 or AMD Radeon HD 6450, with DirectX 9.
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AI summaryAs of January 2021, CS:GO's minimum requirements listed Windows 7, Vista or XP, an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom X3 8750, 4 GB RAM and a GeForce GT 420 or Radeon HD 6450.
CS:GO's recommended specs listed Windows 7, 8 or 10, an Intel Pentium Dual Core E5700 3.00 GHz, a Radeon HD 6670 or GeForce GT 630, 512 MB VRAM and DirectX 9.0c.
CS:GO needs at least 15 GB of free space, with macOS requiring OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) and Linux requiring Ubuntu 12.04.
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As of January 2021, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) needs a minimum of 15 GB of free space and, on Windows, at least a 2 GB RAM system with a DirectX 9-compatible graphics card. Counter Strike: Global Offensive, or CS:GO for short, has stood out as the most interacted-with and most played title of the Counter-Strike series. In every article we touch on a different aspect of CS:GO, and this time we covered the system requirements needed in 2021 for Windows, Mac OS and Linux.
What Are the CS:GO 2021 System Requirements?
Minimum System Requirements:
- OS : Windows 7, Vista, XP
- Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom X3 8750 processor or better
- Memory (RAM) : 4 GB
- Graphics : NVidia GeForce GT 420 or AMD Radeon HD 6450
- DirectX Version : 9
Recommended System Requirements:
- OS : Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
- Processor : Intel Pentium Dual Core E5700 3.00 GHz, AMD Phenom 8750 or a higher-model processor
- Memory (RAM) : 2 GB System Memory
- Graphics : AMD Radeon HD 6670, Nvidia GeForce GT 630
- VRAM : 512 MB
- DirectX Version : DirectX 9.0c
Minimum System Requirements for Windows PCs:
- OS: Windows 7, Vista, XP
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom X3 8750 processor or better
- Memory (RAM): 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: The graphics card must have 256 MB or more and be DirectX 9 compatible with Pixel Shader 3.0 support.
- DirectX: Version 9
Minimum System Requirements for macOS (Apple - Macintosh) Computers:
- OS: macOS X 10.11 (El Capitan) or later
- Processor: Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better)
- Memory (RAM): 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2400 or better / NVidia 8600M or better
Minimum System Requirements for Linux - SteamOS Computers:
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04
- Processor: 64-bit Dual core Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz
- Bellek (RAM): 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 (Graphics Driver: NVidia 310, AMD 12.11)
- Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible
How Many GB Is Counter-Strike: Global Offensive?
To play CS:GO, you need a minimum of 15 GB of space on your computer.
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What Are the CS:GO 2021 System Requirements?
OS : Windows 7, Vista, XP • Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom X3 8750 processor or better • Memory (RAM) : 4 GB • Graphics : NVidia GeForce GT 420 or AMD Radeon HD 6450 • DirectX Version : 9 OS : Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 • Processor : Intel Pentium Dual Core E5700 3.00 GHz, AMD Phenom 8750 or a higher-model processor • Memory (RAM) : 2 GB System Memory • Graphics : AMD Radeon HD 6670, Nvidia GeForce GT 630 • VRAM : 512 MB • DirectX Version : DirectX 9.0c
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