CS2 guide

4:3 stretched.
What about your sens?

Many pros play CS2 stretched to 4:3. It changes the picture, not how far you move the mouse for a turn.

Try it

16:9 normal4:3 stretched

Horizontal field of view: 106.26° ·Enemy width: +0%

Simplified scene made of shapes, not game graphics. Field of view and widths are calculated from the real CS2 values.

What changes

The horizontal field of view drops from 106.26° (16:9) to 90° (4:3). The vertical one stays at 73.74°.
The 4:3 image is pulled across your 16:9 monitor. Enemies look about a third wider.
Movement from left to right looks faster. Nothing changes up and down.

What about your sensitivity?

Leave it alone. How far you move the mouse for a full turn (cm per 360°) depends only on DPI, sensitivity and the game, not on the aspect ratio. Your muscle memory stays the same.

On screen it feels faster because the picture is stretched wider. Your mouse movement stays the same.

How to set it up

1. In CS2 under Video pick the 4:3 aspect ratio and a matching resolution, for example 1280×960.

2. In your graphics driver set scaling to full screen, done by the GPU. NVIDIA: Control Panel, "Adjust desktop size and position", Full-screen, "Perform scaling on" GPU. AMD: Adrenalin, Settings, Display, turn on GPU scaling, scaling mode Full panel.

3. Start CS2 in fullscreen mode, not in a window.

Menu names can differ between driver versions.

Which resolution?

1280×960 is the most common choice: wide enemies, still a sharp crosshair.
1024×768 is softer and needs less graphics power.
1440×1080 is sharper and fits a 1080p monitor.

How do pros play?

Rough estimate from ProSettings.net (2026, a few hundred pros, not verified by us): about two thirds play 4:3 stretched, mostly at 1280×960. Almost all use 400 or 800 DPI.

The median eDPI is around 800, which is about 52 cm per 360°. Most sit between 600 and 1000 eDPI (about 42 to 69 cm). You do not have to copy that: use what makes you hit the most.

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