M0NESY shows how disabling fullscreen optimizations makes CS2 run smoother

Performance issues can still crop up in Counter-Strike 2, and many players have complained about fps drops and poor optimization. That said, some players have found ways to run the game smoother—including m0NESY

Disabling fullscreen optimizations to make CS2 run smoother

In an Oct. 10 stream, Russian pro m0NESY revealed one simple trick you can use to make CS2 run “much smoother.” The trick involves heading into the task manager and doing the following:

1. When you’re in Counter-Strike 2, open your computer’s task manager.
2. Right-click on CS2 in the task manager.
3. Select ‘properties’.
4. Within ‘properties’, find ‘Compatibility’ and uncheck the ‘Disable fullscreen optimizations’ option.

With this disabled, CS2 should play much better — at least according to m0NESY.

This is one of many customized adjustments players can make to improve their CS2 performance. Since the game’s release, it feels like every day someone posts another cheeky tweak that fixes the game in one way or another.

Despite the ever-growing list of issues in the game, it Valve seems to be hard at work to fix them. Immediately following the game’s release, the developers released a new patch almost daily, and we’re hopeful the game will eventually be fully playable. CS:GO faced the same issues at launch and it took months if not years to polish it to perfection.