INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
It's no secret that Red Dead Redemption 2 has had a bit of a rocky launch on PC
When the game first hit the streets, it couldn't even run on our test systems, and we weren't the only ones facing this issue
Now, Rockstar has patched the game to make it playable, which means we can finally ask "how does it run?". Well, the answer is a bit
In general, the game is very demanding, and even the most powerful hardware on the market is going to have trouble running the game at a
However, we did see playable performance out of every card in our testing lineup, but anyone looking to rock this game on a high refresh
rate gaming monitor might end up disappointed. Red Dead Redemption 2 does look incredible on PC, so we weren't expecting 120 fps at 4K
But just to be thorough we collected seven of the best graphics cards on the market, from the AMD Radeon RX 5700 to the Nvidia GeForce RTX
2080 Ti, so you can get an idea of how Red Dead Redemption 2 performance will look like on your gaming PC. Image 1 of 3(Image credit:
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performanceRed Dead Redemption 2 is a heavy PC game to run, which shouldn't be too terribly surprising
After all, the game made all kinds of headlines upon its console release in 2018 for being one of the most beautiful games ever made, so of
course the PC version, with its enhanced visuals, is going to make PC hardware cry out in pain. You simply will not be able to run the game
at 4K 60 fps on the highest graphics preset with current hardware, unless of course, you have some exotic setup with 2 RTX 2080 Tis in SLI
Even in 1440p, if you want all the eye candy turned on, you're going to need an RTX 2080 to take advantage of it. In our testing, the RTX
2080 Ti averaged just 43 fps at 4K, and only barely managed to break that 60 fps barrier at 1440p with 66 fps
And, if you have budget hardware, you're going to have trouble even at 1080p
The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super, which generally is a 1080p champion, struggled at this resolution, getting an average of just 42 fps.One
other thing to be aware of is that the game isn't the smoothest experience on Nvidia hardware
We noticed that even in the canned benchmark, the game would hiccup occasionally, with benchmark scores featuring minimum framerates around
Our first time running the benchmark, the RTX 2080 Ti had a minimum framerate of 0.72 fps
However, later tests saw the minimum framerate get to a more respectable level. This isn't an issue that's isolated to the benchmark
either: we noticed that when playing through the intro the game would just randomly pause – sort of like watching a scratched DVD back in
We're not sure what's causing this issue, but we expect it will be getting patched out. At the time of this writing, the PC port of Red
Dead Redemption is a little bit rough, so it may be prudent to wait on buying it for a little while, at least until Rockstar fixes these
performance issues. (Image credit: Future)What kind of PC do you need to play Red Dead Redemption 2?Red Dead Redemption 2 is a hard game to
run, but the system requirements look pretty reasonable
In fact, we think Rockstar was a little too optimistic when listing these out, as this low-end hardware might have trouble producing a
playable experience. We went ahead and listed the system requirements for Red Dead Redemption 2 down below. Minimum:OS: Windows
7Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300Memory: 8GBGraphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GBHDD Space:
150GBRecommended: OS: Windows 10 - April 2018 Update (v1803)Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500XMemory: 12GBGraphics
Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 4GBHDD Space: 150GBIt should be noted, however, that Nvidia itself came out and
said that these system requirements are a little too tame
Team green suggests an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 for 1080p at High settings, and in our testing, that pretty much checks out
So, we went ahead and crafted our own recommended gaming PC specs for Red Dead Redemption, and listed them down below.TheIndianSubcontinent
recommended:OS: Windows 10Processor: Intel Core i5-9600KMemory: 16GBGraphics Card: AMD Radeon RX 5700HDD: 150GBWe went with the Intel Core
i5-9600K because, while the game will pin several cores, we didn't see more than one or two cores hit high usage
That means higher clock speeds will likely benefit performance more
As far as RAM goes, the game peaks at around 9GB of usage, so you don't need to worry about forking over the cash for a 32GB kit. And,
because, generally AMD cards fared better than Nvidia in this title, the AMD Radeon RX 5700 is pretty much the perfect card for this game at
1080p, and should provide a good 1440p experience too - just don't expect to be able to max the game out. We went ahead and included our
exclusive price comparison tool down below, so that you can get a good deal on the hardware you'll need for Red Dead Redemption
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