Red Dead Redemption 2 Optimization [Part 2] Advanced Settings Tested for Even More Gains

[@Hardwareunboxed]

This video was a nightmare to make. RDR2 constantly crashing, my capture card randomly stopped working half way through then decided to work again, Premiere being its usual broken mess... hope it was worth it! If you missed part 1, it's here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWmYlnpnfqqNg7c

[@samleuning]

Thanks for all the hard work. Definitely appreciate this.

[@peterpanisz8604]

I'm having the exact same problem when running the in game benchark test.

[@Hardwareunboxed]

The Premiere project file for this video is now so broken it won't even play at all in the timeline. Luckily it rendered out fine...

[@baddog9188]

Thank you so much.

[@Ostfriese93]

Thank you so much for all the effort you put in those 2 videos especially! I have played through RDR2 on Xbox One X though but I enjoy all the PC content for this game of you guys!

[@andreyl3953]

Settings (inc. part 1) Texture Quality: Ultra Isotrophic Filtering: 16x Lighting Quality: Medium Global Illumination: High Shadow Quality: High Far Shadow Quality: High SSAO: Ultra Reflection Quality: Medium Mirror Quality: Ultra Water Quality: Medium Volumetrics: Medium Particle Quality: Ultra Tesselation: Ultra TAA: Medium FXAA: OFF MSAA: OFF Advanced: Near volumetric quality: low Far volumetric quality: medium Volumetric lightning quality: high Unlocked volumetric raymarch resolution: on Partical lighting quality: medium Soft shadows: high Grass shadows: medium Long shadows: on Full res ssao: off Water refraction: medium Water reflection: high Water physics: half TAA sharpening: any/full MB: off Reflection MSAA: x2 Geometry lelvel of detail: 3/5 Grass level of detail: 4/10 Tree quality: high Parallax occulusion mapping: ultra Decal quality: ultra Fuuurrrr quality: high

[@77111]

µThanks boy

[@RyanxDunn]

Thanks I was gonna have to watch it again with the game on!

[@andreyl3953]

@@RyanxDunn 😉

[@anfraxriddimz]

OMG i was typing it out on part 1 part you did it all haha i love you

[@andreyl3953]

@@anfraxriddimz Happy new year!)

[@navarredr]

Settings Summary (which really should be in the video description) (Recommended settings for performance/resolution balance) Texture Quality: Ultra Isotrophic Filtering: 16x Lighting Quality: Medium Global Illumination: High Shadow Quality: High Far Shadow Quality: High SSAO: Ultra Reflection Quality: Medium Mirror Quality: Ultra Water Quality: Medium Volumetrics: Medium Particle Quality: Ultra Tesselation: Ultra TAA: Medium FXAA: OFF MSAA: OFF Near Volumetric Quality: Low Far Volumetric Quality: Medium Volumetric Lighting Quality: High Unlocked Volumetric Raymarch Resolution: On Particle Lighting Quality: Medium Soft Shadows: High Grass Shadows: Medium Long Shadows: On Full Resolution SSAO: Off Water Refraction Quality: Medium Water Reflection Quality: High Water Physics Quality: High TAA Sharpening: Any Motion Blur: Off Reflection MSAA: X2 Geometry Level of Detail: 3 of 5 Grass Level Detail: 4 of 10 Tree Quality: High Parallax Occlusion Mapping Quality: Ultra Decal Quality: Ultra Fur Quality: High (from comments) system.xml > deepsurfacequality > back up file > change to ultra TY for your videos and hard work testing this for all of us. Cheers.

[@darhan.m]

Thanks a lot man

[@amosreginaldjr.4200]

You dropped this mister!: 👑

[@556WalkemdownTorrents]

can someone explain why im getting 7 fps in the menu using these setting using a new GTX 1660 S

[@crimson5063]

Thank you partner

[@556WalkemdownTorrents]

@@crimson5063 trash settings layout. but its not ur fault the game is horribly optimized

[@DUNK007]

13:59 for table of Part 1 & 2 Optimized Settings

[@yadunknow3436]

Thanks for saving 13 mins of my life.

[@hamesto6992]

Finna Deadass Bruh it’s closer to 14

[@manateeksa4715]

Thank you you absolute legend

[@Staki6908]

Thanks helped me skip boring 14 minutes of my life.

[@schapman1886]

Thank you!!! My settings keep getting changed soit was a pain to keep going back and watching the video to get these settings

[@StickyBM]

Here are the timestamps for each quality setting, visual difference, and how much they affect performance [I recommend listening to his explanation for each setting, it can help you further optimize it to your liking] 4:26 - 4:45 (Near Volumetric Resolution) 4:59 - 5:18 (Far Volumetric Resolution) 5:24 - 5:46 (Volumetric Lighting Quality) 6:00 - 6:13 (Unlocked Volumetric Raymarch Resolution) 6:19 - 6:30 (Particle Lighting Quality) 6:39 - 7:04 (Soft Shadows) 7:17 - 7:40 (Grass Shadows) 7:53 - 8:04 (Long Shadows) 8:18 - 8:36 (Full Resolution Screen Space Ambient Occlusion/Full resolution SSAO) 8:59 - 9:17 (Water Refraction Quality) 9:30 - 9:49 (Water Reflection Quality) 10:05 - 10:24 (Water Physics Quality) 10:31 (TAA Sharpening) 10:39 (Motion Blur) 10:51 - 11:04 (Reflection MSAA) [Ultra] [Medium 11:20] 11:29 - 11:39 (Geometry Level of Detail) 11:44 - 11:55 (Grass Level of Detail) 12:01 - 12:19 (Tree Quality) 12:27 - 12:47 (Parallax Occlusion Mapping Quality) 12:52 (Decal Quality) 13:02 - 13:21 (Fur Quality)

[@TimeToGG]

love you.

[@Sirajkhan789]

Thank you so much

[@dookcurruff9047]

no thanks

[@CesarPlayOfficial]

Ty, bro.

[@MaxAltair]

3:24 Initial Test Settings 4:25 Near Volumetric Resolution 4:58 Far Volumetric Resolution 5:24 Volumetric Lighting 6:00 Unlocked Volumetric Raymarch Resolution 6:19 Particle Lighting Quality 6:38 Soft Shadows 7:17 Grass shadows 7:52 Long Shadows 8:14 Full Resolution Ambient Oclussion 8:59 Water Refraction Quality 9:30 Water Reflection Quality 10:05 Water physics 10:31 TAA Sharpening 10:39 Motion blur 10:50 Reflection MSAA 11:29 Geometry Level of detail 11:45 Grass level of detail 12:00 Tree Quality 12:27 Parallax Occlusion Mapping Quality 12:52 Decal Quality 13:01 Fur Quality

[@MarybethGaskill]

Thank you so much!

[@Santos3170]

14:00 Optimization settings

[@cinas522]

These optimization guides are pure quality. Keep up the hard work.

[@nonaurbizniz7440]

Still relevant too. I gained 20 fps overall using this guide even after all the optimization patches. I did bump lighting up to high because I like it better at night and it only goes under 60 in the really busy parts of st denis.

[@gram.]

pure heavy quality mate know wit am sayn 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@krzysztofm484]

Red Dead Redemption 3 prediction: Rockstar gives players parts of code and ask them to compile it themselves.

[@PainterVierax]

nah, it's a long time since a studio freed its source code.

[@abdulmuhaimin5274]

Dude, spoilers!

[@iopqu]

Actually, that would be a really good idea. First of all, compiling things is not rocket science, you just need to get the correct dependencies and hit compile. Second of all, it would help people do mods on the game so it would be very useful

[@parkerxgps]

@@PainterVierax It will be a microtransaction.

[@KingHalbatorix]

Krzysztof M maybe it would actually be playable on linux then

[@Inflatableorc]

Thank you for making this video. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who found the graphics options a total headache to navigate.

[@SillyTubereal]

Far volumetric resolution have a big impact when at the right place on the map. For example, when you're high up in the snowy mountains in chapter 1, your fps can drop by 15 at ultra in some instances! In the second mission when you get off the horse with your shotgun is a good example of that. So turn that setting to high instead.

[@L0rd_0f_War]

This Optimization series is one of my favourites and I really appreciate the granularity of visual and performance comparisons for all graphical settings in a game. Thanks you Tim and HUB for all your work. While I don't have this game yet, I do plan on getting it after a few patches have fixed it somewhat (like all other open world games).

[@Zerdical]

they released a big update today regarding pc issues

[@CoCo.-_-]

probs just best to wait for the steam version most stuff should be ironed out by then, hopefully the steam version comes with achievements I love getting them I see them as a checklist to get the most out of a game for the money I paid for it

[@L0rd_0f_War]

@@CoCo.-_- - Yes, waiting a couple of months before picking up a big open world game can save you a lot of headache and perhaps some money. I almost never play a large open world game in its first few months of release.

[@andrzhu]

I cant imagine the amount of work that has been put into this. I really do appreciate it! 👍🏼

[@rhombus636]

Thank you so much for doing this even with all the issues and crashing! It's great that this channel is dedicated to helping PC fans 👍

[@kumagaming2705]

This man is a legend. Even my gtx 660 also give me 30 plus fps with custom settings at 720p.

[@kumagaming2705]

@Aidan McSweeney yeah bro i am upgrading my pc nowadays.❤️

[@typhoeus7774]

@American278 you appear to be a melon. I'm sorry for saying that,but it's true.

[@zidane6165]

As an IT guy, I've been working on optimising the game on my pc by my self took me couple of hours and i can assure you how pain in the arse that was. Bro you did unbelievably incredible work here, and your video is so underrated. Everyone must watch this. Thank you

[@kapitanuran]

Quickly! Someone! Just give those man a beer for this awesome work.

[@wilcocharlie7233]

Why don't you too :)

[@hiiamragu6238]

🍺

[@Xx_HD_xX]

This man clearly had......a PLAN!

[@sergvol3388]

he deserves better than just a beer

[@northernyetigaming8566]

@@hadoukenocx4746 overocked gtx 1070 and I'm getting 70 fps

[@aliancemd]

2:50 those trees are having a seizure...

[@HillBillyDill]

Yeah i have found this was an issue when i was running on DX12 and it doesnt happen on vulkan.

[@GAMEVIDSnorwegian422]

@@HillBillyDill It does happen in vulkan to buddy, on both my RX 580 and 2070 super system... Such a damn strange issue, how can some have it in DX12 and others in vulkan...

[@Jefafa73]

HELLO MY BABY, HELLO MY HONEY, HELLO MY RAG TIME GALLLLL....

[@Melinon]

It seems to happen after you change graphics settings. It should settle down after a while.

[@nadirjofas3140]

seizure procedure

[@peterpanisz8604]

To RX 480 / 580 owners: - Drop the Screen Space Ambient Occlusion to Medium - Parallax Occlusion Mapping Quality to High This improved my experience by 5-8 FPS without losing any quality. Please upvote so other people can see this!

[@dazheon]

Thanks a lot. One question tho, do you play on vulcan or dx12?

[@peterpanisz8604]

@@dazheon I play in Vulkan since it gives you better frame pacing on my GPU.

[@peterpanisz8604]

@samir meowline You can run it but not at max. I advise you to use the Hardware Unboxed optimization settings plus mine for the best performance.

[@peterpanisz8604]

@samir meowline I bought the standard one because the special is useless. You only get a few skins and a horse but you can find a better one.

[@BeRium2111]

Omg ty so much

[@theodoricteh8207]

Video's recommendation: Near volumetric: low Far volumetric: medium Volumetric lighting: high Unlocked volumetric: on Particle lighting: medium Soft shadows: high Grass shadows: medium Long shadows: on Full resolution SSAO: off Water refraction: medium Water reflection: high Water physics: half TAA sharpening: full Motion blur: off Reflection MSAA: x2 Geometry level of detail: 3/5 Grass level of detail: 4/10 Tree quality: high Parallax occlusion mapping: Ultra Decal: Ultra Fur quality: High

[@lovelynico1107]

ty smmmm

[@kirogt]

These videos you guys do going through each setting like this seeing the visual and performance difference is incredibly helpful for people like myself on aging hardware trying to figure out how to adjust the settings and experience the game as it was intended to. I am on an overclocked 980ti still playing on 1080p and managed to get a playable 60fps and the game looks absolutely amazing with the settings you suggested. I just want to thank you and your team for taking the time to do these kinds of tests, they really allow those of us on older hardware to experience demanding games with ease. You're helping people like myself breathe new life into older hardware. If it wasn't for these videos I would have just assumed my hardware was in need of an upgrade and would have spent thousands on an upgrade to just set and forget. Totally worth the time sitting through each setting to get the desired result.

[@iMagic16]

Great video! a few notes, optimized settings at 13:59 for the onlookers 1. raymarch res is a fps tanker if you keep your volumetric lower than ultra! keep OFF for huge fps improvements. Went from 85fps to 45 at 1440p 2. far volumetric affects clouds massively, and on low the clouds are super pixelated and shimmery 3. reflection MSAA is for Mirrors, not the cubemap style reflections 4. Trees flicker and bug out on anything but Ultra for me 5. Reflection MSAA off, not worth it imo

[@Begohan1234]

4. Ultra what?

[@JohnyAngelo]

@@Begohan1234 I assume Tree quality

[@MarkLee1]

@Austin McCanless your

[@riyonlive]

@Austin McCanless uhhmm what is raymarch res i ask?

[@papagoja]

@@riyonlive "Unlocked Volumetric Raymarch Resolution" I presume.

[@Hamuelin]

Last time I was this early, a GTX 1080 was a high end card.

[@devilji4]

She is standing right next to me, all glowing red, but i still don't have the courage to tell her that :(

[@paladin1147]

What about my GTX 1070 that bought late into her life? Can't even say mid end card.

[@jonpaul4935]

As a GTX 1080 owner this makes me sad :(

[@TheShowZone809]

My Gtx 980ti says HOLD MY BEER 😰

[@suspectedcrab]

Um, it is a high end card. It struggles with this game simply because it is a technical masterpiece that is likely another 1-2 years ahead of its time. Any time Rockstar releases a game, it technically destroys most games. I'm able to play this game at a locked 4K30 at medium settings with some high and ultra. That isn't bad for this kind of game.

[@trinchezito1383]

This reminds me when I used to ask for copy of the Homework at school when I didn't do mine. Thanks!

[@istra2496]

i hope these guys do a similar thing like this with Cyberpunk

[@ウルフワイト]

Oh it's guna need it lol

[@kado7327]

@@ウルフワイト 1 day after the release of it, it really needs it

[@marvinracer88]

This guys at Hardware Unboxed deserve at the very least 1m subs. So much work put into these videos. Dayum.

[@adampribyl615]

Someone give this man an award , I went from 40 to 80 fps on rtx2060

[@christopherbecker8887]

I have the 2060 Super and I've been trying to find out how it would run. Glad to hear it!

[@MoxJet629]

@@christopherbecker8887 I have a 2060 super with a fx8350 and have 60fps with these settings plus render distances maxed.

[@WhayYay]

Grant holy bottleneck man you gotta get off the am3 MOBO

[@sambert96]

Dont understand it. I'm on a 2070 super 3700x 32gb 3200ddr4 and cant get an average of 60 @1440p

[@angelobronte1452]

@@sambert96 He is at 1080p

[@diysai]

I applied all these settings exactly and my framerate with ultra textures at 1080p is about 45 FPS (On Vulkan, running an R5 3600 and GTX970). Way better looking and runs smoother than when I had high textures with other settings on high, thank you so much for this guide!

[@dezzed648]

Play it in dx12 for more fps

[@roshan9684]

@@dezzed648 isn't vulcan better?

[@dezzed648]

@@roshan9684 nop vulcan make my game run at 30-40fps and dx12 around 70 fps

[@diysai]

@@dezzed648 I tried and it didn't do much for FPS.

[@jon-umber]

This video is so helpful, just like the first. I went from mid-40 fps to right around 70 on my 2080 Super at 1440p.

[@collinmc90]

Thanks for taking the time to make this, that is some dedication! Tuning in my new rig. I'm so damn happy I can finally run RDR2 at higher settings.

[@Eacrataes]

The recommended settings at 13:59 are perfect for 60fps/1080 on my ryzen7 gtx1070 rig. Thanks!

[@myfavoritemusic2428]

Holy shit thank you for this! I just started playing and was looking for a detailed guide like this!

[@wesmednardhyppolite1680]

Digital foundry video is helpful too

[@pranayrv12]

Was literally checking my notifications for this video, and as soon as I stopped, you guys uploaded it.

[@itsapikus]

If i could like part 1 and part 2 a 100 times i would, thank you for the extremely good explanations of each settting with nothing being skipped

[@m0p3peanuts70]

2:51 you know it’s a good game when even the trees dance and have a little fun

[@VickiVampiressYT]

A small correction about the fur quality at 13:18: You mention "sample count" and "strands". All the hair and fur in the game is shell based, meaning it consists of many little individual planes or "shells" distributed across creature models. This includes fur hats, coats and birds (but with feathers). There are no spline based strands or clumps being simulated, unlike with middleware solutions like TressFX or Hairworks, so there is no sample count to speak of. This is also why it does not affect performance. Geometry is cheap to render these days and all the fur setting does is reduce the number of shells distributed on creatures, meaning fewer individual polygons to be drawn. Performance gain of this is marginal but does make fur a lot less dense. Turning it down will also reduce overdraw (a performance issue caused by too many transparent surfaces drawn on top of each other), but this is all accounted for by 3D and shader artists who optimize their models and shaders for exactly this issue. Not something most people will care about - but being a 3D artist, I do. There are enough misconceptions about game development as is, especially when it comes to scalable settings and "optimization".

[@VickiVampiressYT]

Also, in case you are asking yourself "But how does the fur blow in the wind?": Vertex color and vertex deformation. Super cheap to calculate and render. Rockstar also uses SpeedTree for all their foliage, which features its own wind solution that's also applied to fur and cloth shaders. It's also why wind looks so realistic. The Witcher 3 uses SpeedTree as well. Funnily enough, Parallax Occlusion and Tessellation are techniques where vertex color and deformation are applied as well, after subdividing the geometry. Same concept, different application. Don't be fooled though! These are all techniques that we (3D artists) have been using in games for like 10 or 15 years. We're not quite at the point where these things can be efficiently simulated in games. Almost, but not quite! Chances are whenever you see nice fluffy fur, dense stacks of hay, detailed leaves, or any other such effect in a game, 99.9% of the time it's one of many tricks in the book of magic that is game art. Most of it is smoke and mirrors really. It still is 15 years later!

[@WayStedYou]

They should rename medium to high, high to ultra and ultra to extreme/nightmare and a toggle warning before everyone went mental, because they are to accustom to putting everything on ultra because ultra doesn't mean what it use to in most games.

[@darkwowpg]

High textures look like poop so it already doesn't work.

[@mohsenessa1195]

original idea

[@BloodDjimon614]

Medium is essentially Low in most places. If you set it to all medium it will look like a ps3 game.

[@ionseven]

Nah, everyone going "mental" was perfectly normal. R* isn't utilizing full capability of superior hardware, relative to the X, such as available CPU cores (watch Gamers Nexus tests). Intentional, poor optimization for what ever reason: partnerships with Nvidia and Google to sell more 2080tis and Stadias, respectively, are my guesses.

[@BloodDjimon614]

@Salt Maker no, it looks like a cell phone mmo

[@El3mental1]

RDR2 is the only game that needs a science class to figure out how to play with decent frames.

[@Silentfeety]

You did amazing job. I followed your instructions used higher where was no impact, and man... Game is 5x better with almost same fps. Love you

[@virgeguevarra]

Big thanks to this channel for showing optimized settings! RDR2 is still a real pain to tweak today but thanks to them, I got an increase from 59-60fps to 70-80fps on my 3060 laptop.

[@Personal_Comp]

They just added a new option...Tree tessellation. It dropped from 45 to 41fps just standing and looking at the tree at 4k resolution on 6700k and RTX 2080 super, both overclocked. Yea, it added some texture depth, but it is not worth it at all. Here are the screenshots with fps comparison in the left corner: ibb.co/BP0DQSZ ibb.co/Q6cKF03 And a little bigger visual difference, but for a 10-15% loss in performance: ibb.co/ZSNMk31 ibb.co/3WdHyQD ibb.co/PT9Lybw ibb.co/0jMY1BF

[@RembertoBeltran]

The settings from Part 1 made my 1070 playable at 1440p at around 60 to 70 fps. I was starting to worry I'd have to play in 1080p! Can't wait to try these new adjustments to the advanced settings!

[@MLWJ1993]

Even at night (seems to be having the largest impact on performance so far, in a big town as well)?

[@21jakeable]

Really? I'm getting 40-50 FPS. Barely hitting 60 FPS.

[@RembertoBeltran]

After applying the part two settings my FPS dropped to 45-50 at 1440p. Using a mix of low and off in advanced settings got me to 60 at 1440p. Ultimately I used the settings from part 1 & 2 but at 1080p to get the 60-70 fps

[@tylerthere5832]

My 1080 is having trouble with 1080p 🙁 what cpu do you have?

[@JohnyAngelo]

Thank you so much. I've tried like 3 different guides with my 1070 and it was always a blunder. I've set my game exactly as you at 1080p and I'm averaging 58 fps while the game looks really well. Thank you dude.

[@jonboy2950]

Your guides are terrific, i have used some of your settings to boost my frame rates to a level that im happy with whilst enjoying the splendour of the game world.

[@heime1990]

this is one of the greatest optimization videos on youtube. u should make more of this kind if triple A games come out. greatly appreciated.

[@RedrumZombies]

Can you do a part 3?? There are more settings and DLSS.

[@MrDeepSound]

Thanks For taking the time and effort to make this really helpfull video!! Game runs Amazingly smooth @90-100fps with these settings at: Res: 1440p i7 7700k @5ghz 32gb ddr4 3200mhz RTX Gigabyte 2080 S

[@dimyttt1780]

nice rig -

[@MrDeepSound]

@@dimyttt1780 Thanks!

[@releasethekraken5039]

@@MrDeepSound you running with a regular 2080 or a super or TI?

[@MrDeepSound]

@@releasethekraken5039 Super!!

[@releasethekraken5039]

@@MrDeepSound cool me too! Though i'm running it with a ryzen 5 2600 so i'm bottlenecked slightly. Shouldn't matter much. Especially if gamedevs care to optimize their goddamn pc ports for a change. I'm already praying for cyberpunk 2077's Performance when it comes out in september. They can't do much worse than rockstar lmao.

[@WhoWouldWantThisName]

Thank you so much Tim. This is exactly what so many of us have wanted for all the highly demanding games over the years. You have saved us all so much work experimenting ourselves.

[@avatarmanz]

Here are his recommendations: Textures - Ultra Anisotropic Filtering - X16 Lighting - Medium Global Illumination - High Shadows - High Far Shadows - High SSAO - High Reflections - Medium Mirrors - Ultra Water - High Volumetrics - Medium Particles - Ultra Tessellation - Ultra TAA - High FXAA - Off MSAA - Off Near Volumetric Resolution - Low Far Volumetric Resolution - Low Volumetric Lighting - High Unlocked Volumetric Raymarch Resolution - On Particle Lighting Quality - Medium Soft Shadows - High Grass Shadows - Medium Long Shadows - On Full Resolution SSAO - Off Water Refraction - Medium Water Reflection - High Water Physics - 3/4 TAA Sharpening - None Motion Blur - Off Reflection MSAA - Off Geometry Detail - 3/5 Grass Detail - 4/10 Tree Quality - Ultra Parallax Occlusion Mapping Quality - Ultra Decal Quality - Ultra Fur Quality - High Tree Tessellation - On

[@spunky6692]

tree tessellation "on"? fuck that.

[@ERICKENAN1]

Thanks

[@komaraccentar2]

Dx12 or vulkan?

[@ittbelitt8409]

@@spunky6692 y

[@jempenaflor8952]

Can this setting work on gtx 1050 2gb?

[@ericd41209]

Really nice job and thank for your time doing this it really made a huge difference. I was always going below 60 fps in water and heavy grass areas and 70+ outside of those areas. Now I'm getting easily 100-115 in the same areas and the game looks amazing with copying your exact recommendations. FTW 3 1080ti, 8700k @ 5.1, Ram 32G@3400. Thank you so much! Superb fix!

[@Kontakt13]

I can't thank you enough. I've bought the game on the Rockstar Launcher and I'm playing at a locked 60 at 1440p prior to watching this, the thing that was pissing me off was the muddy, low res textures on clothes/weapons and world. You're videos have solved the problem without the use of 3rd party software or mods. Thank you!

[@RamRodTheAvenger]

It's 2021 and I still need this guide with an RTX 3070.... Rockstar, seriously.

[@drgitgud]

im doing this with rtx 3070 ti , i still have 60 fps in the forest

[@RamRodTheAvenger]

@@drgitgud I haven't played it in a while, but I've been seriously missing it lately and hoping that the DLSS update makes an improvement, which I'm sure it will.

[@JohnsDough1918]

@@RamRodTheAvenger DLSS improves performance, but the shimmering and pop in issues brought by turning TAA off come back with a vengeance.

[@inspiration7]

its 2022 and still I have to put the resolution scale to 1.5x to avoid blurry textures on my 1440p resolution with a 3070... rockstar seriously needs to implement TAA for 1440p and 1080p...

[@wale9d]

02:50 Glad I wasn't the only one seeing trees randomly twitch like a nightmare!

[@dogakurtsj9863]

Wtf is that

[@wale9d]

@@dogakurtsj9863 Ask Rockstar!

[@Marcy2200]

RDR2 Overall Recommended Graphical Settings Texture: Ultra; No significant gain Anisotropic Filter: Ultra; No significant gain Lighting Quality: Medium; 40% FPS increase!! Global Illumination: Ultra; No significant FPS gain Shadow Quality: High; 5% FPS increase, negligible visual difference Far Shadow Quality: High; 0,5% FPS increase, negligible visual difference SSAO: Ultra | Off; 6% FPS increase, Not recommended, very noticeable visual difference Reflection Quality: High; 16% FPS increase | Medium; 20% FPS increase, slight noticeable visual difference Mirror Quality: Ultra Water Quality: Medium; 15% FPS increase, slight noticeable visual difference Volumetrics Quality: High; 5% FPS increase | Medium; 7% FPS increase, slight noticeable visual difference Particle Quality: Ultra; No significant FPS gain Tesselation: Ultra; No significant FPS gain TAA: High | Medium; 1,8% FPS increase FXAA: Off; noticeable visual difference MSAA: X2 = -16,5% FPS | X4 = -31% FPS | X8 = -50% FPS | Use this if you have FPS to spare Advanced Settings: Near Volumetric Resolution: Medium; 6,5% FPS increase Far Volumetric Resolution: Ultra | Medium; 1% FPS increase Volumetric Lighting: High; 3% FPS increase Unlocked Volumetric Raymarch Resolution: On; No significant gain Particle Lighting Quality: Ultra; No significant gain Soft Shadows: High; 1,5% FPS increase Grass shadows: Medium; 1,5% FPS increase Long Shadows: On; No significant gain Full Resolution Ambient Oclussion: Off; 3,7% FPS increase, negligible visual difference Water Refraction Quality: Medium; 7% FPS increase | Low, 8% FPS increase, negligible visual difference Water Reflection Quality: High; 1,5 FPS decrease, noticeable visual difference Water physics: Half; 31% FPS increase compaired to Full, 3,5% FPS increase compaired to 3/4 TAA Sharpening: Full; No gain Motion blur: No significant difference. Use what you prefer. Reflection MSAA: Medium with X4 Geometry Level of detail: 3 is recommended Grass level of detail: 4 or 10. 4 = +1% FPS increase, negligible visual difference Tree Quality: Ultra; No significant gain Parallax Occlusion Mapping Quality: Ultra; No significant gain Decal Quality: Ultra; No significant gain Fur Quality: Ultra; No significant gain

[@Antidepressiva1980]

@Eternity DX12

[@mike216ism]

This is my go to when setting it up. New to PC gaming so it's nice to have such amazing help. Best channel out there for setting up our graphic options

[@bigjoeangel]

Glad I waited for the patches, now it's running fine and these optimised settings are great. Thanks for making these videos, I went from 35 fps to 48fps with my 1060, and that makes all the difference.

[@AFKlayy]

I've never clicked on a video faster.

[@talexvi]

Serious respect for these videos given the amount of time that goes into making these. Thank you for the very detailed and helpful videos!

[@jasonbulac5918]

Me : Sees the optimization guide My pc: So you're telling me..... there's a chance?

[@statix]

she strapped me with a bullet proof vest and gave me a gun!

[@ZeeYoutube98]

This is amazing! Thank you so much. Just applied these settings and they are perfect. Thanks for all the hard work.

[@workhorsetraildesign]

spent hours trying to tweak it myself with mixed results. took 30 mins to watch this video and try the settings: looks better, runs better. thank you kindly sir! i really appreciate your work.

[@omarezzat8936]

Gta 6 released Optimization: IGHT IMMA HEAD OUT

[@famaffe]

I dont think the issue is that the game is unoptimized. I think it’s just that medium settings doesn’t mean what it usually means in other games. Medium settings here could easily be called high . People just feel like it ha poor optimization because they can’t run it at the setting they are used to :)

[@MarkLee1]

@@famaffe Yeah, and still this game looks and runs much better than AC Odyssey.

[@smileybear420]

@@famaffe rdr2 runs better than fallout 4 on my 1050ti Fallout 4 stutters like a bitch no matter what i do

[@famaffe]

Smiley Bear not sure why that is without further information but it shouldn’t lag more than RDR2 since it’s easily the more taxing game of the two

[@smileybear420]

I run rdr 2 at ultra textures and everything else at low or medium @ 900p resolution I get around high 30s to low 40s fps I havent had it drop below 30 even at populated areas I can run fallout 4 at close to max settings at 60fps But as soon a i get to a populated area it stutters a lot, its really unplayable Ive tried lowering resolution and settings to minimum but it still happens Ive even installed texture optimization mods, and other performance mods 2gb 1050ti laptop version i5 7300hq 8gb ddr4 ram

[@anansi4605]

Activate long shadows for me is like 10%fps drop,i think you dont benchmark this setting when there is the sunset in game,there is a massive difference both fidelity and perfomance.

[@davidhiggins2804]

What graphics card do you have?

[@1991Unt1tled]

Well well... I'd be damned, those settings indeed boost some FPS, at least my settings were way lower, SSAO off, shadows on low or medium - now with these settings game has the same FPS and much much more beautiful.. in towns solid 50-55 with 6600k an gtx 1070

[@sparklingjuice02]

what FPS do you get in areas outside of town especially snow?

[@maxim196]

Also does the new nvidia driver improve the frame rate in any way for you?

[@Advicesquad]

How much ram do you have?

[@squid11160]

Which resolution

[@jafyl2705]

@@maxim196 Not for me.

[@francijose1]

I went from 48 FPS to 61 FPS on a 1070 at 1440p. It looks just as great (and in some places even better!) then it did before. Excellent guide - one of the best I've ever seen. Thanks for the time and effort.

[@Luffy5445]

what settings do you have?

[@shankly1985]

DX12 will be the reason you crashing, I was crashing when using DX12 when I switched back to Vulkan not crashed since.

[@dinosoarskill17]

Same here!

[@ringod123]

Ditto.

[@jp9552]

Same

[@TacticalWolfxQC]

For me both crash

[@paulerxx]

DX12 runs better for me on my 5700xt.

[@loci5327]

Thank you Hardware Unboxed, this settings making a rock solid 60fps in 1440p with my 1080Ti. 😊😊😊

[@sleek462]

I was stressin. I thought it was time to pitch my 1080ti lol

[@fuahrahn]

@@sleek462 1080ti still a beast, have 60fps with vsync in any situation. In benchmark w/o vsync min 61, max 156, avg 89.

[@sleek462]

@@fuahrahn yes. since following the graphics settings presented here. I then downloaded msi afterburner and used there oc scanner and applied their recommended oc settings which i gained an additional 10-15 fps and that led me to crank up red deads graphics even further! Highly recommend doing it yourself.

[@fuahrahn]

@@sleek462 i did, but now game is just crashing every time... Whats ur spec in afterburner now?

[@hunter4229]

I chose to take the performance hit with lighting set to Ultra. The game just looks so good with ultra lighting especially at night time. It only really takes a huge hit in Saint Denis in particular but everywhere else can still get around 55-60fps which is good enough for a slow paced game like this. I also went with ultra settings on particle lighting quality as there is some pretty nice effects when near campfires or lamps. He did mention almost no performance hit with it too so I just decided to keep it on ultra. I also turned off relection MSAA as there were certain scenarios where framerate would suffer and I didn't really care for MSAA on reflections. The rest I copied from the guide. I average around 60-70fps with a minimum of about 45fps in Saint Denis at night when facing a busy street with all the lights from lamps and buildings on. I play on ultrawide 3440x1440 which is actually a pretty significant performance difference from standard 2560x1440, it's pretty close to 4K in terms of pixel density. G-SYNC also helps a lot in keeping the game smooth even in the 50-60fps range. Thankfully I did not encounter any stuttering issues but I did turn Async on from the get go so that might be the reason. I am also playing in Vulcan but didn't try DX12. AMD R9 3900X GTX 1080Ti @ 2012Mhz, 11Ghz Memory 32GB DDR4 3600Mhz Acer Predator X34 (3440x1440, 100Hz, GSYNC)

[@dmhunter777]

Thank you so much for this video! Been suffering with that game on a GTX 1050 and following the instructions on what settings to push down or up I'm getting stable fps now, even with some non heavy filter set to ultra! I desperatly need an upgrade, though! Keep up the great work! :D

[@jempenaflor8952]

Bro are u on gtx 1050 2gb or 4?

[@dmhunter777]

@@jempenaflor8952 I was using the 2gb version

[@matteagle1535]

Thx a lot for the vid, boosted my FPS in the Bayou Area from 40 to 70 while increasing visual performance!

[@BladeDoomer86]

Give this man the Nobel prize. Don't ask why, just do it.

[@jacobg7971]

Thanks guys with these tweaks i got my 1080 to average 60 fps! at 1440p

[@FunkyChiken894]

Hi, I know this is quite an old video but I was wondering if you'd be keen on the idea of revisiting the HUB optimization. The port seems to be much more optimized, on a 5700xt using the ultra preset I was achieving decent FPS/no perceptible issues about 50% of the time, granted I was not monitoring in most instances. I did notice large drops at night and in certain areas with lighting and daytime instances such as entering towns but generally, the FPS seemed to regulate once in town. With AMD's driver optimization greatly improved from last year (Nvidia's as well I'd assume), the PC port optimizations, and the recent release of RDR2 Online for an extended sales period at 5$ I've noticed a large influx of players that will continue to grow. I think the community would greatly benefit from revisiting the max performance and minor cost to fidelity goal you so often achieve. I know this testing takes a lot of time but would love to see similar videos for games with bad PC ports on launch and cards with poorly optimized drivers on launch (5700xt) revisited more often. Watch Dogs: Legion is another that comes to mind. Maybe consider hiring someone specifically for this purpose who could also help with creating/formatting all those time consuming blue bar graphs (a reference to recent Q&A). Thanks for all your hard work and keep up the top tier content that you create. Shout out from the States to one of my favorite and most trusted reviewers and content creators.

[@bitekr2045]

Awesome ! Thank you again for hard work. Testing my AMD 5500xt 8Gb with new settings ! 2560x1080p. AVG 42FPS to 55FPS after applying your suggested settings !

[@SRDIEGOAD]

CPU? Im thinking to buy s 5600 with ryzen 2600. Thanks for all!

[@SubjectE57]

The latest patch seemed to add even more options like "tree tessellation", I was also wondering if anyone keeps the "triple buffering" enabled?

[@Xiaoxooooo]

I keep my triple buffering enabled because I notice of more smooth mouse look control.

[@edzymods]

@@Xiaoxooooo Turn raw mouse input off as well. helped a lot for me.

[@strtch6147]

OFF tree tessellation because strong consommation :O

[@Xiaoxooooo]

​ StRətChケンソ In mine, It took 8 fps whenever it is on

[@strtch6147]

@@Xiaoxooooo wow monster

[@shadow59555]

They added a new setting today with an update which is tree Tessellation. Need part 3 XD

[@joechapman1320]

What's going on with the trees in some of these clips!? Rather than gently swaying, they look like their branches and leaves instantly switch from one position to another. Dunno if this is a common glitch to add to the list?

[@TheDepressedTurtle]

This has been happening to me since release. Nice to see I'm not alone. Its extremely annoying

[@DaveG123]

I've been getting that tree shaking glitch quite a bit as well. I've seen some other people reporting the same issue, so I think it is pretty common.

[@palleppalsson]

Trees in skyrim freak out at high fps. Perhaps it's same, Tree physics calibrated at 30 fps then we run 60 and above.

[@kidi84]

@@palleppalsson thank god no one can push the game to 120fps then... That would cause some serious seizures to epileptic gamers...

[@ardavila_]

@@kidi84 actually i play it at 120fps and trees were on drugs. Setting the tree quality to low solved the issue for me.

[@MilesKilometer]

Just want to give you guys at Hardware Unboxed a huge thanks for making these two videos. You've helped me jump from around 80fps average to nearly 110fps average with next to no visual downgrade in quality on my 4070ti at 1440p. Edit: Closer to 120 once I sucked it up and used TAA over MSAA. Ghosting be damned.

[@jefepollo5108]

I don’t comment on videos often but thank you for this guide because I was having difficulties making my red dead look as good on my pc as it does on my PS4 pro and this helped a lot

[@TheMongolianMage]

14:00 for the settings

[@numafc]

What? Already? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 i love you guys ❤️

[@victordemonchy3992]

Thank you for the whole optimization guide! I'm now using the exact same settings as in your video, and adding 0.75x scaling over 4k resolution + nvidia freestyle image sharpening to compensate for induced blurriness. On my 1080Ti, it's now butter smooth and hitting almost constant 60fps both in the benchmark and in-game. Definitely much more enjoyable like that!

[@teamfishbowl1076]

Im here in 2023 playing RDR2 for the first time. happy to say havent had a single crash and so far upto chapter 4. Using your settings with my 1070 and ryzen 2600 @ 1080p doesnt quite give me 60fps but closer to 45-55fps range. But the game looks so good i cant bring my self to lower the settings :D

[@ian221]

Thank you so much, part 1 and part 2 videos were extremely helpful and got my rig running really well in all conditions

[@jeffbeasley8235]

I'm curious if any of the settings are affected by the speed of the cpu. It could explain why turning down some of them didn't have an effect (it may only be helpful for a slower cpu).

[@haukikannel]

Jeff Beasley yeah... really interesting to see all this redone with poor cpu... no rest to the wicked! ;)

[@Kira-qc4qi]

Obligatory "Guess I'll stick with my 1080 ti for a while."

[@TooBokoo]

I sure am! I don't care about 4k, but I've got 1080p running balls to the wall at 90fps and it's stunning on my 1080ti.

[@tipturkey1283]

Mine still kicking a lot of ass in high refresh 1440p, won't be getting rid of it til the 3080ti if the 7nm rumours are true

[@MrJohnnyb74]

In 1440p ultrawide, I can only manage 35-40 FPS. I wish I had kept my 16:9 1440p monitor right about now.

[@extremec9597]

Guess ill stick with my rx 570 and i5 3330 til i get money

[@MrClauried]

@@tipturkey1283 so are you getting 3090 now? :)

[@maxpanicked1451]

"There aren't enough adjustable graphics settings!! There are too many adjustable graphics settings!! I'm never satisfied!!" - gamer

[@iLakser]

I have a 1060 and now i play with ultra graphics with 55+ frames. u really deserve like and support

[@Kissa1992]

Greetings from Finland and thank you, mister. I already thought my new gaming rig to be a bad performer after buying this game and having a 37 average fps in benchmark test with every possible setting maxed out, but with these settings my average fps in benchmark test rose to 75 (my screen refresh rate is 75).

[@TerraWare]

Just grabbed the game of Steam earlier today and set all settings per your recommendations. I'm still in the very beginning snow area and getting 104 - 123 fps on an RX 5700 XT / R5 2600 4.1 ghz. I'm blown away by just how beautiful and atmospheric this game really is and am loving my new GPU upgrade just as much.

[@Vsevolod3788]

17:28 Lol, it's 2022 and it's still the best looking game on PC.

[@sharki9876]

with cyberpunk out this is debatable

[@Vsevolod3788]

@@sharki9876 Nope. Cyberpunk looks like 💩.

[@sharki9876]

@@Vsevolod3788 maybe on your settings it does On my PC it looks gorgeous

[@Vsevolod3788]

@@sharki9876 Graphics in CP are inconsistent. The city may look good but character models, crowd, animations, physics, the world has zero interactivity. A lot of elements in the game are outdated. RDR2 on the other hand is perfect in every regard and still does not cease to amaze me. It's like you watch a freaking movie.

[@hartsickdisciple]

It's not even close to the best looking game on PC. Don't get me wrong... it looks good, but nowhere near the best.

[@traykey]

Now if we could remove some of the excessive bloom, I would be really happy.

[@TheLuke2070]

I used the default settings and thought it looked really good then I used your suggested settings and it looks and runs so much better Thanks

[@tylerking139]

Thanks for your hard work and dedication, this would’ve have taken me forever to do

[@kokos189]

50 GPU benchmark on HUB optimisation?

[@miguelnoname5975]

lol

[@LozzaTurbo]

Boost FPS by 65%. Increase the need for Arthur to eat by 4 times what he should need to.

[@connermiles7425]

Can we have an update version of this ? This is one of my favorite optimization videos.

[@exileD33.3]

I agree! The video would be easier to make now, because the constant crashes are gone for the most part. There is also windows 11, new gpus and dlss settings in the game

[@rjjeffreys]

Part 2 was well worth waiting for, and thank you, mate!

[@Doomtrain609]

I can't believe this is actually works, my game runs smoother based on what I gather from your 2 videos, we need to spread this video around

[@e2rqey]

Thank you Tim!! With your optimized settings I was able to get an average framerate of 83FPS at 4K with an RTX 3080 and Ryzen 9 5900x. With everything maxxed I could only get 40.

[@Mandrake42]

Ahh, I see you are getting that tree flickering too then.