Valve and AMD begin fixing Counter-Strike 2 driving force bans

What simply passed off? If you acquired a VAC ban in Counter-Strike 2 after using latest AMD photos drivers, Valve will rectify the problem quickly, and you must download AMD's modern replace. In related news, Raptor Lake Refresh overclockers used the game to break another overall performance world file.

The contemporary AMD GPU drivers (version 23.10.2) removed aid for the company's new Anti Lag plus characteristic, which precipitated numerous automated bans in numerous online games. Additionally, Valve updated Counter-Strike 2 – the most amazing title affected – to address the difficulty and has started out reversing VAC bans.

Team Red carried out Anti Lag as an answer to Nvidia's Reflex. Both technology are searching for to decrease input lag and provide a competitive area in multiplayer titles. However, in preference to in my view incorporating the feature into the games, Anti Lag works at the motive force stage, manipulating every game's files to improve input response. Unfortunately, this method brought on anti-cheat systems in video games like Counter-Strike 2, Warzone, and Apex Legends, main to automatic bans.

In response to the hassle, Counter-Strike 2's October 19 replace adds an initial check for elaborate AMD drivers. Players who've experienced trouble with Windows eleven's Auto HDR may also find a repair on this update. An EA community manager showed its builders are within the system of reversing Apex Legends bans.

Valved released Counter-Strike 2 overdue closing month, replacing the growing older however extraordinarily popular Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The sequel considerably upgrades the pictures, gets rid of tick-charge regulations, and introduces new gameplay elements like bodily-interactive smoke.

In a related tale, Intel currently used Counter-Strike to demonstrate the overclocking abilities of its these days launched 14th-technology Raptor Lake Refresh processors. Team Australia Extreme Overclocking (Team.AU) driven a Core i9-14900K to 8 GHz at SXSW Sydney this week. Team.AU completed the blistering pace whilst Intel exec Roger Chandler poured liquid nitrogen on it for cooling. A professional Counter-Strike 2 participant then established the game running at a report 1,310fps. The group bolstered the success's validation via deliberately showcasing graphically intensive gameplay.

The SXSW demonstration is the second exquisite overclocking fulfillment for the processor inside the week following the 14th-gen lineup's launch. Using liquid helium for cooling, ElmorLabs stretched the 14900K to a blazing nine.04 GHz – the quickest confirmed CPU clock velocity ever. A push to put up a brand new file of 9.1 GHz will probably come soon.

Outside of intense overclocking, TechSpot's assessment shows that the Raptor Lake Refresh offers an incredibly minor performance uplift over the thirteenth-gen Raptor Lake series. Nonetheless, the brand new lineup presents sturdy and steady overall performance across numerous applications.