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77% of 871 active pros play CS2 in 4:3, and 87.9% of those not on 16:9 stretch it. The most used resolution is 1280x960 (59.5%).

Pro data of 9 November 2026871 active prosUpdated

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Aspect ratio

AspectPlayersShare of 871
4:367177%
16:911313%
5:4455.2%
16:10414.7%
5:310.1%

4:3 and 5:4: stretched or black bars

Players on 4:3, 5:4 or 16:10 only.

ScalingPlayersShare of 758
Stretched66687.9%
Black Bars8711.5%
Native50.7%

Resolution

ResolutionPlayersShare of 871
1280x96051859.5%
1920x108010411.9%
1024x768869.9%
1280x1024455.2%
1440x1080394.5%
1680x1050283.2%
1152x864263%
1280x80060.7%
1600x90040.5%
1600x102430.3%
1920x144020.2%
1728x108020.2%

Monitor refresh rate

HzPlayersShare of 846
24038145%
36027031.9%
6008610.2%
400627.3%
540323.8%
14460.7%
48030.4%
50030.4%

What the most searched pros use

PlayerResolutionHz
donk Team Spirit1280x960 stretched600
ZywOo Team Vitality1024x768 stretched600
xantares Aurora1024x768 stretched540
NiKo Falcons Esports1280x960 stretched600
ropz Team Vitality1920x1080 native600
s1mple BC.Game1280x960 stretched600
m0NESY Falcons Esports1280x960 stretched600
ScreaM Clutchain1024x768 black bars600
molodoy FURIA1280x960 stretched600
jL Team Vitality1280x960 stretched540

How to play 4:3 stretched

  1. In CS2, set Settings, Video, Aspect Ratio to Normal 4:3 and pick 1280x960.
  2. Set Scaling Mode to Stretched.
  3. If the image still has black bars, turn on scaling in your graphics driver: NVIDIA Control Panel, Adjust desktop size and position, Full-screen, perform scaling on GPU; or AMD Software, Display, GPU Scaling on and Scaling Mode Full panel.

Tools for this

Source: CSGOLuck Pro Settings database (prosettings.csgoluck.com), imported from csdb.gg, data of 9 November 2026. Each table counts only the active players with that setting recorded, shown as "Share of" its own total.

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