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Can I run Counter-Strike 2 with a GeForce GTX 1080?

In Counter-Strike 2 the GeForce GTX 1080 sits between two reference points: past the GeForce GTX 1660 Super that defines recommended, and 39% short of the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti that defines high.

The GeForce GTX 1080 shipped in 2016, 7 years before Counter-Strike 2, and 13 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Counter-Strike 2. It sits 38 of 47 on our index.

estimated index 11 · 8 GB · 2016
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs well

Clears the recommended tier, which is the target the publisher designs against.

Headroom
22% clear on GPU
Bottleneck
GPU
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

  1. minimum cleared
  2. recommended cleared
  3. high blocked by GPU
  4. ultra blocked by GPU + VRAM

The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 11 against the 18 that Counter-Strike 2 asks for at the high tier. Everything else in the rig is already past that line.

That readout is the best this card can do in Counter-Strike 2: it assumes nothing else in the machine holds it back. Your own processor and memory can only lower it, never raise it.

The same card with three different processors

In Counter-Strike 2 the processor beside a GeForce GTX 1080 changes the answer, which is why a card-only verdict is not worth much here. Each row assumes 16 GB of system memory.

Processor Index Verdict Bottleneck
Ryzen 5 1600 30 Will not run processor
Ryzen 9 5900X 70 Runs well graphics card
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Runs well graphics card

Cheapest way up one tier

graphics card: Arc A750

The GeForce GTX 1080 sits at index 11 and the high tier starts at 18.

That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the high tier - not the fastest one, and not a price claim: we hold no price data, so "cheapest" here means "least upgrade that does the job".

Where to look: Arc A750 (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the GeForce GTX 1080 clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.

System requirement thresholds for Counter-Strike 2, by tier
Requirement minimum recommended high ultra your rig
GPU index 2 9 18 32 11
CPU index 42 50 65 86 0
Video memory 4 GB 6 GB 8 GB 12 GB 8 GB
System memory 8 GB 16 GB 16 GB 32 GB 0 GB
Storage 85 GB 85 GB 85 GB 85 GB -

The CPU and system memory rows show zero because this page knows the card and nothing else.

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Questions

Will a GeForce GTX 1080 run Counter-Strike 2?
In Counter-Strike 2 the GeForce GTX 1080 sits between two reference points: past the GeForce GTX 1660 Super that defines recommended, and 39% short of the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti that defines high. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
Is 8 GB of video memory enough for Counter-Strike 2?
Yes for the tiers this card can reach anyway - its core speed runs out before its 8 GB of video memory does in Counter-Strike 2.

More on this card: what the GeForce GTX 1080 runs across every game we track.