What steps can I take to boost my frame rate in CS2?
Drop your render resolution, dial back shader complexity, turn off MSAA and FXAA, switch shadows to Low, ensure your GPU drivers are current, shut down background programs, add the -high flag to your launch options, and set fps_max 0 in your autoexec. Because CS2 leans heavily on single-threaded CPU performance, upgrading that component often yields the biggest gains.