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Can I run Counter-Strike 2 with a GeForce RTX 3070?

The GeForce RTX 3070 carries exactly the 8 GB that Counter-Strike 2 wants at high - not a gigabyte spare - and the ultra tier asks for 12 GB, which is where this card stops.

Ranked 23 of the 47 cards we track, with 27 of them carrying more video memory - and 16 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Counter-Strike 2.

estimated index 22 · 8 GB · 2020
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs at high

Comfortably above the recommended tier, with room for higher settings.

Headroom
exactly on the line on VRAM
Bottleneck
VRAM
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

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

The weakest link is video memory: this rig brings 8 against the 12 that Counter-Strike 2 asks for at the ultra 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 RTX 3070 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 at high system memory
Ryzen 7 9800X3D 95 Runs at high system memory

Cheapest way up one tier

video memory: GeForce RTX 4070 Super

The GeForce RTX 3070 carries 8 GB of video memory and the ultra tier needs 12 GB. Video memory is a hard limit: no amount of core speed substitutes for it.

That is the smallest part in our catalogue that clears the ultra 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".

This part alone will not get you there. graphics card also falls short of that tier.

Where to look: GeForce RTX 4070 Super (no store links yet)

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the GeForce RTX 3070 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 22
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 RTX 3070 run Counter-Strike 2?
The GeForce RTX 3070 carries exactly the 8 GB that Counter-Strike 2 wants at high - not a gigabyte spare - and the ultra tier asks for 12 GB, which is where this card stops. Above that the video memory is what stops it.
Is 8 GB of video memory enough for Counter-Strike 2?
Not for every tier. Counter-Strike 2 asks for more video memory than the 8 GB on this card at the tier above high, and video memory is a hard limit rather than something extra core speed can cover.

More on this card: what the GeForce RTX 3070 runs across every game we track.