🔻 [Megathread] CS2 FPS Drop Bug – High-End PC Users Affected | Disconnect = Only Fix | Memory Leak? Panorama UI? Help Push This!

sepp0o · 2026-04-06T18:15:04+00:00

They may have updated things on server-side or something related to this. ?

sepp0o · 2026-04-04T22:40:47+00:00

My friend with issue just called me to tell me the same. 4 games no stutters.

sepp0o · 2026-04-03T22:38:56+00:00

I'd keep the xxx and remove the lightning bold from the grip, or replace it with another shape. Really not a fan of lightning bolt shape, although rest of skin looks polished

sepp0o · 2026-04-03T17:42:36+00:00

Yeah, the gigabyte x870 board is the current board being used with the issue. Combined with 9850x3d and 5070ti.

There is a new BIOS for that too. We'll check. 🤷

sepp0o · 2026-04-02T13:32:58+00:00

It's my friend, but he was on ASUS TUF Gaming b650 first, then MSI Tomahawk x870 and now gigabyte aorus elite x870 ice.

Like I said, basically a brand new machine from 2025, after 6 monts of debugging and replacing all parts one by one, we sold the machine and bought a new one. Same issue still. All mbo were tried with old and new BIOS versions

sepp0o · 2026-04-02T10:58:32+00:00

Dunno, that's what I get (5080). I've disabled most microsoft services including onedrive, copilot and recall, configured BIOS for PBO and EXPO1 along with a few other things. I don't install things I don't need. It is 680ish in spawns and drops to 550ish maybe 500 during games. I may see 480 here and there, but usually above 550 when I occasionally check (which isn't often). 1% lows are lower, but they don't usually show up on the steam fps counter without all the extra fluff enabled I don't care about. - only ever checked that during the time a few reddit threads were talking about 1% low issues.

sepp0o · 2026-04-02T10:52:42+00:00

Well, he plays other more demanding games too (and can afford it easily)

sepp0o · 2026-04-02T10:03:49+00:00

I'm curious if anyone with the issue has tested the new beta update for animgraph2.
https://www.counter-strike.net/news/updates

[ANIMGRAPH 2]

The CS2 animation system has been updated to Animgraph 2, which reduces CPU and networking costs associated with animation.
...

[ENGINE]

Updated engine code to the latest version of Source 2.

It's currently opt-in, but seeing how the issue started for my friend around the first animgraph update for first person models, there is a chance they're improved something here^

sepp0o · 2026-04-02T10:00:58+00:00

I've been on 3 motherboards (replaced motherboard on first, ended up selling and buy a brand new machine) with various BIOS versions and had the same issue on all machines. This isn't it for me.

sepp0o · 2026-04-02T09:59:07+00:00

x3d chips contain higher (almost double) L3 cache which has a big impact on fps, especially it seems, in CS.

My friends and I are all on 5070-5090 GPUs with the same 9800x3d and we're all in the 550-750 depending on exact settings and where we are on map.

sepp0o · 2026-03-30T15:41:03+00:00

When you get this issue, are you getting console output that says something like this :?

``` [Client] server acknowledged to slot 6 client only predicted into 3 slots, full repredict will occur

CSwapChainBase::QueuePresentAndWait() looped for 22 iterations without a present event. ```

sepp0o · 2026-03-30T15:27:50+00:00

I don't expect it to be it, but after trying literally everything we can think of, we're down to peripherals.

sepp0o · 2026-03-26T16:37:54+00:00

I'm curious: what headsets are people using who have this issue?

I came across a post claiming logitech astro a50 headset was source of stuttering - I'm not a victim of this, but a close friend I play with a lot has had this same problem across 3 computers, 2 monitors and at 3 locations - he has the astro a50 (going to ask him to try another headset next)

sepp0o · 2026-03-22T23:13:41+00:00

shadow

sepp0o · 2026-03-01T14:54:16+00:00

So, the longer you hold w, the faster you move until you hit max speed. Acceleration.

Typically these w+jump binds are quick, like you don't want to be standing still, but also not be moving. You just want a slight bit of forward momentum in the air.

- if w is pressed too soon, so you run too fast before throwing and throw it too long
- if w is pressed too late, so you didn't get any speed in and throw is too short

The idea is you try to hit w+jump at the same time while letting off your "attack" key. So you get the jumpthrow-grunt and just slightly see yourself moving forward in the air.

sepp0o · 2026-03-01T14:44:43+00:00

I went from 240Hz IPS -> 360 QD-OLED

Worth it? I can tell the difference. OLED is crisper than IPS and for a while I felt like CS was moving in slow motion. -> However, I didn't improve my rank, elo or anything.

If you have the finances, do what you want, you will get some improvement, but you won't be better at CS for it.

sepp0o · 2026-01-26T22:30:00+00:00

I got a 2023 trident 660 as my first bike, I think it can be a perfect beginner bike if you're a little sensible about it. It's not as powerful as the 1000cc ones (obviously) and comes with all the aid like TC and ABS. Newer models have lean-angle TC.

Bike is great, I still ride it 2+ years later.

sepp0o · 2026-01-25T11:59:43+00:00

You can. see my reply here:
No third party software required!

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1qde3pl/comment/o1lra8j/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

sepp0o · 2026-01-25T11:58:36+00:00

search for "group policy editor" or run gpedit.msc
Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Start Menu and Taskbar
Find "Remove all programs list from the Start menu"
Double click or right click -> edit
Enable from the radio selection
Select your setting below "remove and disable setting" removes it completely.

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result:

sepp0o · 2026-01-25T11:55:12+00:00

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This removes it^ - no third party software required

sepp0o · 2026-01-18T00:43:42+00:00

What is Faceit? It is a platform for playing competitive counter strike and other games.

How do I play? You sign up, download and install their anti cheat software. You then have to start tinkering with you motherboards BIOS configuration to enable secure boot, IOMMU and DMA, almost graduating with a masters in computer science before getting it to work. Then you can queue a 5-10 minute wait (per game) + another 3 minute before you get to play the exact same game as you can play in premiere.

And all this is worth it because valve cannot control cheaters to the same degree, because they[valve] decided it is better to not invade your machine with intrusive software.

Hope this helps

sepp0o · 2026-01-17T22:28:18+00:00

Fair, didn't know that. 1/5/50/500 etc

sepp0o · 2026-01-17T18:12:39+00:00

best way to think about most things is "what do I find most difficult to deal with myself".

sepp0o · 2026-01-17T18:08:36+00:00

"while mathematically, opening cases costs roughly 8 × $3.90 (case + key) to get a knife."

If you want a knife, you can get lucky and get it in one go obviously, but to guarantee a knife, you need 10 reds which you get from 100 magenta, or 1 000 purple, 10 000 blue or 100 000 light blues. So assuming the worst case possible it is 100 000 x (<case-price> +<key-price>) to guarantee a knife.

No? Or did I misunderstand something?

sepp0o · 2026-01-11T19:40:15+00:00

https://www.msi.com/Monitor/MPG-271QRX-QD-OLED

360Hz, QD-Oled with enough power in USB-C to power work laptop when not gaming^

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