Nvidia RTX 4090 might not satiate 500Hz monitors in Counter Strike 2

Planning on selecting up a 500Hz monitor forward of the upcoming Counter Strike 2 release date? Properly, there’s an opportunity Valve’s multiplayer recreation received’t make full use of the brand new normal, as churning out an identical body price seems to be a chore. That’s to not say you’ll ever must exit of your approach to boost fps to triple digits in Counter Strike 2, however even the mighty Nvidia RTX 4090 received’t essentially satiate speedy screens just like the Alienware AW2524H.

Counter Strike 2 may turn out to be the following finest FPS game inside the esports scene, so it’s solely pure to imagine gamers will purpose for greater body charges than ever. Naturally, producers are already gearing as much as assist the business attain new efficiency heights, with 500Hz screens making their debut alongside GPUs just like the one featured in our Nvidia RTX 4090 review.

Nonetheless, if early gameplay glimpses by Twitch streamer Michael ‘Shroud’ Grzesiek are something to go by, sustaining over 500fps in Counter Strike 2 could possibly be a problem. Throughout a latest stream, the Canadian content material creator switched on a body price counter utilizing a immediate, and fps primarily appeared to hover between 200-400fps.

For context, Shroud makes use of a Maingear MG-1 gaming PC, armed with an RTX 4090 and Intel Core i9-13900K. In different phrases, he’s geared up with the best graphics card and CPU combo in the marketplace, so that you’d assume that’d be sufficient to match a 500Hz refresh price. But, that doesn’t seem like the case, and which will imply new speedy esports screens are just a little too superior for present setups.

In fact, that is all mere hypothesis, and the body price scenario would possibly change as soon as Counter Strike 2 formally arrives. There’s additionally an opportunity that Shroud’s settings aren’t utterly dialled in to succeed in 500fps, because the streamer makes use of an Asus ROG Swift 1440P 360Hz monitor.

We’re itching to get our arms on each an Alienware AW2524H monitor and Counter Strike 2, and solely time will inform whether or not 500Hz refresh price panels are price investing in. Till then, take a look at our best gaming monitor picks for choices that’ll pair completely together with your gaming PC specs.