Starting in 2017
Going back in time to 2017, the hardware requirements of games were much lower than today, and the hardware was much weaker. Back then, high-end cards and processors were gtx 1080ti and i7-7700k. Such parts provided gamers with adequate performance for casual gaming. Virtually everyone played in FullHD resolution, and the games themselves were better optimized than today. Due to the fact that CS:GO was not and still is not a very demanding game, tournament organizers could afford to cut the cost of computers.
In CS:GO both then and now, the game is played at even smaller resolutions, thus increasing the number of FPS. This is especially true for pro players. Every frame plays a key role in such dynamic games, providing us with a greater advantage, and less input lag. In 2017, the specifications of the computers at the majors were as follows:
Processor: i7-7700K
Graphics card: GTX 1070
These two parts are the main elements when it comes to the number of frames generated. This provided optimal costs for tournament organizers and completely sufficient fluidity. At that moment, such a set generated about 290 FPS, as shown in the photo above in the upper left corner. Take into account that this is the result on high settings at a resolution of 1920x1080p.
Let’s move to 2021
The year 2021 has brought pro CS:GO players a lot of changes when it comes to the hardware provided to them. Technology had moved forward incredibly. The components offered were already much more powerful, but players’ expectations and gaming hardware requirements were also higher. The monitors themselves had even faster matrices which allowed them to achieve an even greater advantage over their opponents. However, in order to achieve the right number of FPS, you also had to have more powerful computers. The organizers decided to take care of the long-awaited changes by the tournament participants. Their hardware was then upgraded to much more powerful ones. The specifications were as follows:
Processor: Ryzen 9 5950X
Graphics card: AMD RADEON RX 6900 XT
Specifications of computers used at major tournaments – 2024
The recent debut of the gaming performance conqueror, the ryzen 7 7800x3d. It is considered by many as the best processor in terms of gaming. Initially, rumors said that the organizers of the major would decide to use its older brother, the ryzen 7 5800x3d. However, this would not change much in terms of FPS difference comparing to the previously used 5950x, as it simply performed worse in CS:GO. Fortunately, the final decision was to replace the processor with the aforementioned 7800x3d. This gave about 25% better performance over the previously used processor as can be seen in the table below. Also, the graphics card was replaced with an RTX 4080. The combination of this processor and card was easily able to achieve a score of over 500fps in CS 2 at Full HD resolution on high settings.
Also an important reason for the organizers to choose this processor is its low price in relation to the performance offered. Due to the fact that players from the pro scene, as I mentioned, play at lower resolutions, they further reduce the quality of graphics settings. The result of such operations is an even higher number of generated frames per second than what you can see on the table.
It is also worth mentioning their current monitor, which has also undergone a concrete change. It is the Zowie XL2566K with a 360hz TN matrix. Nowadays, the most commonly used monitors by home gamers are those with a refresh rate of about 144Hz. So you can see how big a difference there is in those numbers. Those taking part in the tournament got some of the fastest monitors on the market. In theory, thanks to the TN matrix, the monitor’s response time is also lower than in other matrices, but the differences in sum are negligible. As we will see for ourselves on the specifications of computers in the 2017 major, it could not even generate enough frames for the current monitor. So you can see how much technology has moved forward and how the specifications of computers used at major tournaments have changed over the years.
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