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Can I run Counter-Strike 2 with a Radeon RX 7900 XTX?

With 24 GB against the 12 GB Counter-Strike 2 asks for at ultra, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX carries more than twice the video memory this game will ever want, and clears every tier it defines.

Ranked 6 of the 47 cards we track, with 1 of them carrying more video memory - and 13 of the 47 cards we track stop at the same point in Counter-Strike 2.

estimated index 47 · 24 GB · 2022
Ceiling with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and 32 GB

Runs at ultra

Clears every tier this game defines.

Headroom
exactly on the line on RAM
Bottleneck
none
Confidence
estimated

Tier ladder

  1. minimum cleared
  2. recommended cleared
  3. high cleared
  4. ultra cleared

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 Radeon RX 7900 XTX 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

Thresholds, against this card

Green means the Radeon RX 7900 XTX 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 47
CPU index 42 50 65 86 0
Video memory 4 GB 6 GB 8 GB 12 GB 24 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 Radeon RX 7900 XTX run Counter-Strike 2?
With 24 GB against the 12 GB Counter-Strike 2 asks for at ultra, the Radeon RX 7900 XTX carries more than twice the video memory this game will ever want, and clears every tier it defines.
Is 24 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 24 GB of video memory does in Counter-Strike 2.

More on this card: what the Radeon RX 7900 XTX runs across every game we track.