Can I run Counter-Strike 2 with a GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?
In Counter-Strike 2 the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti that defines high, and 22% short of the GeForce RTX 4070 Super that defines ultra.
The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB arrived 2 years after Counter-Strike 2 shipped, so the game was never designed with it in mind: 16 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Counter-Strike 2. It sits 19 of 47 on our index.
Runs at high
Comfortably above the recommended tier, with room for higher settings.
- Headroom
- 39% clear
- Bottleneck
- GPU
- Confidence
- estimated
Tier ladder
The weakest link is graphics card: this rig brings 25 against the 32 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 5060 Ti 16GB 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
graphics card: GeForce RTX 3090
The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB sits at index 25 and the ultra tier starts at 32.
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".
Thresholds, against this card
Green means the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB clears that number, red means it does not. The processor and memory columns are yours to fill in with the checker below.
| Requirement | minimum | recommended | high | ultra | your rig |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU index | 2 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 25 |
| CPU index | 42 | 50 | 65 | 86 | 0 |
| Video memory | 4 GB | 6 GB | 8 GB | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| System memory | 8 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 32 GB | 0 GB |
| Storage | 85 GB | 85 GB | 85 GB | 85 GB | - |
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Standing by
Pick a graphics card and a processor. The verdict appears here, with the exact part that limits it.
Questions
- Will a GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB run Counter-Strike 2?
- In Counter-Strike 2 the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB sits between two reference points: past the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti that defines high, and 22% short of the GeForce RTX 4070 Super that defines ultra. Above that the graphics card is what stops it.
- Is 16 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 16 GB of video memory does in Counter-Strike 2.
More on this card: what the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB runs across every game we track.