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XANTARES CS2 Settings: Full Config, Crosshair & Peripherals

İsmailcan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş is a professional Counter-Strike 2 player from Turkey, currently under Eternal Fire.

He is widely known as one of the best aimers in the game, and the inventor of the “XANTARES PEEK” that is feared by professionals around the world. If you want to perform in FACEIT pugs like XANTARES does, try copying his settings and peripherals!

XANTARES CSGO Settings

First, let’s go over a complete overview of XANTARES’ CS2 settings. 

Mouse Settings

XANTARES is all about his aim, so let’s figure out what mouse settings he uses to be able to shoot like that:

  • DPI: 400
  • Mouse Sensitivity: 2.3
  • Effective DPI (eDPI): 920
  • Zoom Sensitivity: 1.1
  • Hz: 1000
  • Windows Sensitivity: 6

XANTARES uses the standard 400 DPI, but has chosen a mouse sensitivity of 2.3, adding up his eDPI to 920. For riflers in the professional scene, this eDPI is pretty high. However, XANTARES still makes it work somehow, so let’s not question it. 

Crosshair Settings

Another important component of XANTARES’ gameplay is his crosshair that allows him to shoot heads and delete opponents in a second:

  • Style: Classic Static
  • Follow Recoil: No
  • Dot: No
  • Length: 3
  • Thickness: 0.5
  • Gap: 0
  • Outline: No
  • Color: Green
  • Red: 50
  • Green: 250
  • Blue: 50
  • Alpha: Yes
  • Alpha Value: 200
  • T Style: No
  • Deployed Weapon Gap: No
  • Sniper Width: 0

Overall, it’s safe to say that XANTARES is one of the older players in the game, which is why he is using an outdated crosshair from the early years of Counter-Strike. It is a large, green crosshair with a significant gap in the middle. 

You can copy XANTARES’ crosshair immediately using the crosshair code below:

Crosshair Code (Copy and Paste)
CSGO-xbpe2-E24RJ-YXNuO-pQvt8-ppNAK

Viewmodel Settings

Next, we’re going to check out XANTARES’ viewmodel, as it also helps him see the game properly:

  • Field of View (FOV): 60
  • Offset X: 1
  • Offset Y: 1
  • Offset Z: -1
  • Presetpos: 1

XANTARES has some really weird settings, as this FOV is not commonly used at all. He is using a low FOV value at 60, and his offset settings are unheard of. Try his viewmodel at your own risk!

You can copy XANTARES’ viewmodel using the viewmodel commands below:

Viewmodel Config (Copy and Paste)
viewmodel_fov 60; viewmodel_offset_x 1; viewmodel_offset_y 1; viewmodel_offset_z -1; viewmodel_presetpos 1;

Video Settings

Now that we’ve gotten XANTARES’ game settings out of the way, let’s have a quick look at his video settings. 

Video

The first set of video settings we’ll cover includes his resolution and aspect ratio, which are probably the two most important settings here. 

  • Resolution: 1024×769
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Scaling Mode: Stretched
  • Brightness: 100%
  • Display Mode: Fullscreen

Like most of his peers, XANTARES is using the 4:3 aspect ratio. However, he isn’t using the regular 1280×960 resolution, but is instead using 1024×768 meaning he has chosen to minimize the number of pixels on his screen. 

Advanced Video

As for advanced video settings, you don’t necessarily have to copy these but you can always do so if you’re such a big fan of XANTARES:

  • Enable Player Contrast: Enabled
  • V-Sync: Disabled
  • NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency: Enabled + Boost
  • Maximum FPS In Game: 0
  • Multisampling Anti-Aliasing Mode: 4x MSAA
  • Global Shadow Quality: Low
  • Model / Texture Detail: Low
  • Texture Filtering Mode: Anisotropic 4x
  • Shader Detail: Low
  • Particle Detail: Low
  • Ambient Occlusion: Disabled
  • High Dynamic Range: Quality
  • FidelityFX Super Resolution: Disabled (Highest Quality)

Generally, most of XANTARES’ video settings are set on the lowest option, as he prefers to choose in-game performance over visuals. 

Other Settings

If you want to dig even deeper into XANTARES’ settings, we have some additional settings for you. 

Launch Options

XANTARES is a user of launch options, which isn’t too crazy as most professionals make use of them:

Launch Options (Copy and Paste)
-noforcemaccel -noforcemspd -noforcemparms -freq 360 -novid -console -tickrate 128 -d3d9ex

HUD Settings

The HUD is an important tool to have on your screen, however, it seems like XANTARES didn’t make too many changes to it. 

  • HUD Scale: 1
  • HUD Color: White

Radar Settings

Up next, we have his radar settings. If you’ve wondered how XANTARES has such good game sense to go for peeks, it’s probably because he’s reading his radar minimap very well:

  • Radar Centers The Player: Yes
  • Radar Is Rotating: Yes
  • Toggle Shape With Scoreboard: Yes
  • Radar HUD Size: 1
  • Radar Map Zoom: 0.7

XANTARES CSGO Peripherals

The final section of this article will go through XANTARES’ peripherals and gaming gear. 

Gaming Gear

It seems like XANTARES is a fan of ZOWIE and Corsair products, as the majority of his equipment comes from these two manufacturers: 

  • Monitor: ZOWIE XL2546
  • Mouse: ZOWIE FK1-C
  • Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB TKL
  • Headset: Corsair Void RGB ELITE
  • In-Ears: Razer Hammerhead Pro V2
  • Mousepad: Logitech G640 

PC Specs

As for PC specs, despite playing with the lowest settings, XANTARES is geared up with some of the best hardware on the market. 

  • Processor: Intel Core i9-13900K
  • Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti