Red Dead Redemption 2 | Increase FPS by 145% - Performance Optimization Guide + Optimized Settings

[@muhammadakramabdullah7189]

such an effort to test every layer at every setting, great job

[@mr_mewww_mewww]

Most detailed comparison i have seen

[@ZykopathOfficial]

😎

[@ClavinZKL]

I can show you a better one.

[@peterleventebence6856]

Prolly irrelevant at this point but try digital foundry

[@AnuragCrafts]

​@peterleventebence6856 why?

[@WikiZeruel]

@@ClavinZKL show

[@mess00747]

I have always needed a channel like this with deep dive into impacts on visuals and performance. Instant sub ❤

[@ZykopathOfficial]

It's my specialty!

[@goddamnawful]

@@ZykopathOfficial Thanks for all your "troubles"

[@LightAndy]

Damn, this music is insane. I love it so much. The settings are great, thanks bro!

[@BlackSmith6969]

yeah, Im crying while listening to this song

[@JoesGuy]

Thanks for including the FPS counter. Very informative.

[@simonyang6380]

Best channel, no bullshit no ad, straight to the point.

[@cruzofficial1]

Im actually impressed that i found a video that really helps getting more frames while maintaining good visuals and all. Plus the reshade tip, its perfect

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad I could help!

[@Gat1Preto]

Top notch work bro, keep it up. You are saving thounsands of hours of people tweaking settings. Thousands.

[@Elsinnombre-ez5dn]

Really appreciate the video. Everything is laid out In such a professional format and easy to access.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

It's what I try to do, glad you benefited!

[@21backwards78]

​@@ZykopathOfficial what resolution are you running the game in

[@XMoldyMe]

This game, every time I see it, I would play it again

[@xander.9393]

Thanks for these settings. Went up from 60-70 fps to 120-140fps on 1440P. Hope you make more of these for other games in the future!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

That's a huge increase! glad I could help, and I will definitely continue making more optimization guides.

[@xander.9393]

@@ZykopathOfficial Hey man, may I ask if you are using custom Nvidia Control Panel settings or just the default ones?

[@ZykopathOfficial]

@@xander.9393 Just the basic settings.

[@KingCuffey]

What resolution is recommended ? I tried using 1440 but it goes to around 80 fps in certain area.

[@ravindranathsingh3412]

Should I disable taa with dlss on ?? ​@@ZykopathOfficial

[@czarnobyl1986]

Oh shit man, Im actually surprised as this worked! DLSS on quality + reshade really did the job. Now I've got atleast 15-20 fps more while visuals are still beautiful. Thank you🤠👍

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad I could help!

[@LizardExterminator]

Keep up the good work, man! You're really saving a lot of time for us. Your effort is appreciated. :)

[@ZykopathOfficial]

😁

[@KollywoodReview]

Maintain the consistency 🎉 This channel will gonna boom 💥

[@SunyiMad]

Changed from GeForce Experience "optimized" settings to yours and FPS went from 75 to 220. Game looks just as good. Thanks!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

That's Incredible! 👍

[@MW31932]

really good!!!! One of the only games that has in some settings really noticeable difference between high and ultra

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Rockstar sure knows how to scale a game's graphics and performance!

[@Remington510]

Awesome content. Your CP2077 and RDR2 videos saved me a lot of time tinkering with options. I love the fact that you also show all tier settings visuals and performance hit, so everyone can make an educated decision and deviate from your recommendation. Although, I have one setting more not mentioned here, sticker textures or whatever (like bullet holes and textures slapped on top of another, like damage). Just in case if you want to make some sub-over. I had no idea you can change DLSS DLL's :D

[@burezinho6261]

dont abreviate cyberpunk

[@Remington510]

@@burezinho6261 I say "thanks for abreviating Cyberpunk 2077 to CP2077, always making sure 2077 is right there" ;) Some folk know SEO more than they know Dark Net. Cheers.

[@burezinho6261]

@@Remington510

[@_kiaz_]

went from 45fps 4k to 80fps 4k. almost double the fps. thank you so much. you are helping even after 10 months later.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Great to hear!

[@DGCastell]

Thanks! not only the video is amazingly done but the results after using your settings are great! dropped GPU temps by about 10°C.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad to hear about the improvements on your end, DGCastell, Enjoy the game!

[@DGCastell]

@@ZykopathOfficial It's great, also forgot to mention that the game now looks better or at worst, the same as before 🤠

[@cakitpewut]

damn bro, this video has a lot of effort put into it. really underrated!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

That's my aim for all my optimization videos.

[@enzone.g8673]

please create more. thanks! i hope you will live for another 150 years!

[@enzone.g8673]

Can you create for the hunter call of the wild. Thanks!

[@abdulrahmanal-ashmori3928]

God bless this man

[@jorgexqefo4874]

Dude. With your settings, I went from 40-50 frames to 160 fps. Thanks bro ❤

[@ZykopathOfficial]

That's a huge increase! 😊

[@shashwatmali3640]

wtfff

[@darren8243]

on god

[@shashwatmali3640]

Whats your specs vro

[@ZykopathOfficial]

@@shashwatmali3640 Specs are in the description.

[@copymalty]

Bro woke up and delivered a masterpiece, really needed it 🤗Thanks a lot

[@stanslam7570]

The best video guide and settings documented. Thanks

[@exgamer5073]

dude you are the most useful person on entire KZbin never stop making these optimized in depth tutorials

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Thanks 😊 Will keep doing my best!

[@_Sameer_ansari_]

I have never seen such a every tiny details and amazing videos thanks for that ❤

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Just doing what I can to help!

[@SpainSpace]

Thanks dude. I appreciate the effort that goes into such a guide.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@Leon.S-RE4]

Big thank you for this detailed video, i'll try these settings on my second playthrough 🤗

[@Borgolii]

You're a legend thanks friend

[@xAbadi07]

this didn't just boost my fps but also my mood with that beautiful song thank you bro !

[@HunterrBirdGaming]

That's alot of Hard Work, keep growing 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@samg877]

Dangg.. thanks so much brother.. with ur setting, got another 20+ fps in my 4k setting using rtx300 with my samsung 43inch 4k tv averaging around 60-70 fps atm.. appreciate it alot man. thanks again from malaysia.. cheers.. 🥰💪💪

[@MannyScoot]

Man thank you for this clear explanation and description of every setting....I have the settings according to what you showed me and running the settings on my old PC 2023 Alienware M18 AMD QFD+ at 2560x1600 with an average of 125 FPS on RDR2 and it looks so clear and wonderful..... amazing when you understand every setting .....Thank You again for taking the time and wonderful presentation !

[@hydro3672]

yo make sure to put FXAA: on and TAA: Medium because it can make the game look clearer without fps loss the trees and foliage wont be so blurry

[@AWMul]

Thank you. This has helped! 🎉

[@PEMOHT_BEHTNJl9TOPOB]

thanks for your work! thanks to you, from 40-45 fps is now stable 60 in open areas, indoors 80-100

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad I could help!

[@bipulgamer07]

Keeping performance aside for a moment, this video was so relaxing and soothing to watch, ngl.

[@alphaeagle6103]

Thanks dude i went from like 25-30 fos to straight up 60-100 damnnn these settings are fire bro you just earned a subscriber

[@entahlado]

What is your graphics card?

[@alphaeagle6103]

@@entahlado rtx 3050 4gb vram

[@entahlado]

@@alphaeagle6103 cpu?

[@entahlado]

@@alphaeagle6103 my laptop also rtx 3050 4GB + i5 11400H running 48fps smoothly but drops to 35-40 fps in saint denis when close to wagon or tram

[@alphaeagle6103]

Ryzen 7 4800x and some settings I have kept low also like the ones which take up vram and with almost every setting low u get around 70 fps 100 was not possible untill everything was set to low with DLSS on ultra performance but with your settings in Saint Denis I get around 30-40 fps same

[@Enlightened23]

Best comparison,keep doing this. This channal deserves more subs

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Will do! 😉

[@Reverend_Rob]

Really well made vid and great song choice. Some thoughts I had. So I have a 4090 and 7700x, I use dx12 and max settings at native 4k, taa medium and msaa x2. I get about 70 fps average and mid 50s in the intensive areas. Imo you really don't need higher than 50-60 fps to enjoy this game because of how slow paced it is. So for people who have weaker gpu's, I recommend using the settings from this video but if you have fps to spare above 50, you should pick a setting or two to set to high or ultra, because some of them are really amazing like max reflection quality for example. Or the night time lighting.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Definitely! In fact, I play on higher settings than this video targeting 60 fps minimum and it's the perfect experience!

[@-Venemic]

which settings do you recommend to change to higher from the video? Lighting quality and reflection quality? Cause when I turn reflection quality from high to ultra I lose almost 20 fps, ~60-43

[@ZykopathOfficial]

@@-Venemic If you've got some fps to spare, increase shadow quality, then water physics quality to 3/4 and then mirror quality to ultra in that order.

[@Reverend_Rob]

@@-Venemic yeah that one is super impactfull on performance. I would pick reflection over lightning though because lightning you only really notice a difference at night time and mostly only in towns. I personally love reflection on ultra for things like puddles etc. Oh and I have to retract what I said about msaa. I've tested it extensively and ran dozens of benchmarks with lots of combinations and msaa is clearly broken in this game. You get the performance impact with almost no improvement to quality and it introduces all kinds of pop-in issues and weird visual glitches. My updated recommendation is as follows: native 4k, dx12, if you need extra frames use resolution scale X 0.900 or lower, msaa and fxaa OFF, taa medium, taa sharpness slider at about 60%, and as many settings to high or ultra as you can get away with. Try to target about 50fps in the first benchmark scene in the snow, this will ensure that you'll get close to 60 fps average in most areas in the game. I now get 95fps with my updated settings on my 4090 with everything ultra but imo you don't need more than 50-60 because of how slow this game is. And oh, dx12 is my personal preference because for some reason Vulkan looks terrible on my Oled TV, which might just be a rare issue with my setup that won't affect anyone else. Vulkan definitely performs better fps wise.

[@-Venemic]

@@Reverend_Rob Yeah vulkan is far superior for me. For reference, I have a 3090 and a 7950x. I play on 1440p though, and usually use resolution scale on 1.25. I can get away with basically every single setting on ultra BUT reflections. Hell, I legit don't notice any fps gain or loss for basically any of the settings but reflections, and imo even on ultra they don't look that great. It's not as if it's raytracing i'll say that. I don't believe I noticed any difference in puddles on ultra to even medium. And yea i've tested MSAA too and it's just complete shite. I don't see a difference between it and not having an Anti Aliasing on at all, but it comes at a massive performance hit and introduces many issues.

[@chirris3527]

you sir are a damn hero your settings improved a lot my fps you deserve a gold medal for this

[@moisesmendoza.2311]

Wow… went from 35.00 FPS To 110-120 FPS and the game looks amazing! Thank you so much!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

That's a big improvement, enjoy it! 👍

[@chriswillis8069]

Best detailed video i think ive seen for any help video on any game seriously thanks alot i just got a pc and want to learn all i can

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad I could help!

[@y2or873]

DUDE THANK YOU, THIS BOOSTED MY FPS FROM 35-40 TO 65-75!

[@ThePrivateGamer19]

What gpu you re using?

[@whiskeyniner6416]

Great work. I usually have to play through this game a couple of times a year.

[@mr-scope]

Not only does the game still look fantastic.... but the temps are also lower by 5-10 degrees and the framerate is so much more stable and consistent. Great video and indepth guide!

[@pabloblanco6280]

Gracias bro. Gran trabajo!! 🤩

[@Koolkam_12345]

Bro with you settings, my fps went from 30 to 1000! Thanks bro! You earned a new subsriber!

[@splint3rfps]

thats just lies can you provide any proof?

[@AbuHossain-lh9sx]

You've earned a new subscriber bro ❤❤❤

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Thanks bro!

[@xdero7779]

What the hell. Do you do magic or something? Is incredible! I have never seen a graphical configuration that does not lose almost quality and improves performance a lot in these 4 years that the game was released. Thanks a lot!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

It's what I do. Actually, I've been testing graphics settings for every game since I started PC gaming back in 2014 this way, just recently thought I should turn them into videos.

[@G_MaxX]

Thank you for this video! What an effort!

[@Tom-d3o]

Don't use TAA high, it makes the game super blurry and destroys detail (use TAA medium or MSAA + FXAA).

[@spk8045]

Thank you for ur harkwork brother! Love ya! ❤

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad I could help! ☺️

[@MrMeeli]

Man i cant thank you enough, i went from 40fps + crashing to CRAZY 115-142fps

[@ZykopathOfficial]

That's a huge improvement! Enjoy the game!

[@AmereTO0o]

I was searching for this type of comparing video u did more than great

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Thank you so much! 🙂

[@tars3249]

Literally everyone should use at least some of these optimized settings because having more fps to spare for bumping up resolution scale will give better visual quality anyway. On my 3070 I run these settings (except lighting high, water reflection high and near volumetrics high, ssao ultra) and because of these settings i can run 1.5x res scale at 1080p to get 1620p for much better texture quality than i would otherwise be able to get. Pretty much locked 60fps in 99% of scenarios.

[@69clan26]

Tysm for best graphic settings its so smooth

[@ZykopathOfficial]

You're very welcome!

[@CableSix]

16:58 Missing the Decal Quality that you left in the description as ULTRA

[@igao9015]

Awesome video, congrats bro

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Thanks!

[@Tunova]

NOTE: if you have different specs I’d recommend testing every setting yourself cause it is different for me

[@bmstrr]

Oh yeah, I'm subscribing to you. Fantastic format and very well put together.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Welcome aboard!

[@tars3249]

Also just one word of note, maxing out Geometry LOD may introduce more texture pop in which might not have been caught during testing. Just something to consider that I've heard reported by a few players.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Interesting, I haven't noticed anything like that in my playthrough. Maybe it's caused by something else, like not having the game installed on an ssd.

[@tars3249]

@@ZykopathOfficial its possible the cause is using the vestigia graphical mod I'm using which already boosts geometry lod and thus boosting it any further within the settings have adverse effects. So you may be correct that with the vanilla game it doesn't have that issue.

[@yxtsama]

It do that with Vulkan sometimes, I think it doesn't happen with DX12(I also think it makes TAA look better?) but it gives me worse performance soo

[@Anomalyn1]

@@ZykopathOfficial exactly, you need an ssd , i had the same problem but after installing on ssd it went away

[@CriscOnSmootH]

@@ZykopathOfficial No that's not it. Im playing this on a 4090 laptop and the game is installed on an SSD and pop in is crazy. As well as flickering from lights at night and reflections in puddles flickering

[@ashvendraparte8110]

Thanks for showing how all the settings looks

[@yxtsama]

Nvidia's image sharpening settings might help if anyone finds the game looks too foggy/blurry, I think it's a problem with TAA on 1080p and can be solved with increasing resolution scale too but my 1050ti can't handle that 💀

[@lomeu_me]

Change tô DX12

[@odraudE21]

@@lomeu_me is better? i have gtx1650, Do you have any further recommendations?

[@CopR8r]

a lot of thanks man ! this guide is perfect for me, planning on gaming RDR2 soon, with cpu ryzen 5600 and gpu RX 6700

[@nitrogen4688]

much appreciated brother, went from around 30 fps on the highest settings to constant 100

[@ZykopathOfficial]

That's a massive increase! Congratulations 🎉

[@nitrogen4688]

@@ZykopathOfficial thank you a lot couldn'tve done it without your well made video

[@Aggnog]

You needed a guide to tell you to try dropping your settings? Lmao

[@nitrogen4688]

@@Aggnog didnt want to drop the settings too low and was wondering if i could play the game at somewhat high graphics while also playing on a stable frame rate which is why i assume you're on this video as well

[@ZykopathOfficial]

@@Aggnog we needed a guide to tell us what each setting does, and which settings offer the best balance of graphics and performance.

[@senza_nico]

I love you man, you figured it out perfectly

[@1nZaneR]

very nice. Thanks for all that work! I am aiming for most FPS on a highend system with the least compromise in fidelity. So if I see this correctly those settings are the most impactful ones and that I will adjust (the ones that I don't mention I leave at the highest settings): 1) Vulkan, not DirectX12 2) reflection quality = high (not ultra!) 3) mirror quality = high (not ultra) 4) volumetrics quality = high (not ultra) 5) MSAA X4 (not X8) 6) Water Physics 3/4 (not 4/4) 7) Reflection MSAA X2 (not X8)

[@ZykopathOfficial]

A few notes, MSAA barely does anything noticeable to the image while heavily reducing the framerate, I recommend you keep it off unless you have spare fps, and why not use DLSS if you're on 1440p+ or force DLAA with "DLSS Teaks" for the best image quality.

[@teste-yh5df]

@@ZykopathOfficial dlss creates input lag, is horrible if you have high fps, have dlss off it s better

[@yeahbuddy300lbs]

Water Physics at 2/4 will save you an additional 5fps with little to no impact on visual fidelity. Water really is way too demanding for nothing in this game.

[@Amariachiband]

DLSS is genuinely blurry is my issue, I like to play these games with no antialiasing preferably@@ZykopathOfficial

[@koral1k300]

Thanks for settings! really works

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad I could help, enjoy the game Koral1k!

[@Jakiyyyyy]

Wait, why DX12 so bad? 20+ fps loss. This game has so many settings to mess around that the free time you had is legendary.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

DX12 is not as efficient as people think.

[@winslowpippleton7157]

hes on a poopy cpu thats why..check his GPU usage he is CPU bottlenecked so Vulkan helps...if you have a good cpu+gpu the go DX12

[@dead-channel6842]

​@@winslowpippleton7157vulkan helps with amd GPUs

[@davefranco777]

My game is smoother than ever. Thanks man. Also, clarity fx is criminally underated, i don't need any kind of reshade on nexus anymore with this gem on

[@chiragmehra6829]

how to use calrify fx after downloading

[@hurtman1061]

this made my game keep a decent amount of fps while enhancing the graphics by a milestone. Than you so much bro

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad I could help!

[@21backwards78]

​@@ZykopathOfficialin what resolution were you running the game

[@young3165]

Best channel for optimization. Thank you.... From 70-80fps to 85-108 fps

[@ZykopathOfficial]

You're welcome my friend! I always try my best.

[@young3165]

Can you make a optimization video for pubg and modern warfare 2? Thanks

[@ZykopathOfficial]

@@young3165 I already have an optimization video for Warzone 2 which is the same as MW2, check it out on my channel. As for PUBG, most likely not gonna happen for various reasons.

[@cenkcelik5148]

thank u so much my brotha, my 4gb vram 6500 xt loves this video

[@lostky77]

went from 50fps avg in wild to 70fps avg, nice job man appreciate it! my 4gigs rtx 3050 couldn't handle things in dense though sadly get 40fps avg on city😢

[@v.FANTA.v]

This video is amazing, so detailed ❤❤ amazing work!!!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

I try my best Y-PINK, glad I could help!

[@BPKGaming]

I bet this took you hours to make, I'm so sorry for that. I'd just like to say thank you. It's been an hour for me to find a solution. I just got the game a day or 2 ago. I went from 20 fps to 78 - 120 fps. Except I used directX12 instead.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

These types of video do take lots of hours and effort, but it's worth it since there's almost no one else doing these types of videos like I do, except for one.

[@haksothanet8138]

Nite job thank you somuch for this sitting ❤

[@YusufKhan-wv4iu]

Will this work on GPU 1660 super?

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Yes it will!

[@duk1436]

I love this! Increased my fps with 10 - 20 average, and it looks much better!

[@lmxxxx610]

I got 120 from 80 fps 💀

[@playhop3153]

W comparision, better than others, fps on each settings👌

[@williamwen3477]

1080p : min 30, max 238, avg 107 1440p : min 36, max 168, avg 77 all without DLSS spec : 5800x3d, 3060Ti & 32Gigs 3600Hz RAM thanks a lot for your effort & tweaks! God bless you, dude!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Enjoy the game!

[@FL_Cordis]

You're a lifesaver mate, thanks!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Just helping out! 🙂

[@DMTEntity88]

I don’t know why, but I absolutely hate the music in this game. That’s why I turned it to zero.

[@ALph4cro]

I know why. You're a psychopath.

[@Baby_boppa]

You are the goat you fixed both my gta and red dead

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad I could help!

[@knight_Blazer]

I really learn alot from this video just now.

[@AdamowY]

Thank you so much! I don't know what was wrong with my settings, but now with yours I can finally play with DSR at a stable 75FPS with crisp and beautiful graphics! Laptop with a 3060, so that was a challenge, bro.

[@alokjr.s]

4060 8gb vram is also struggling in it 🥲

[@Susan-i7h]

thanks game looks very good and works smoothly

[@mjers23]

There are so many things that just lower fps and you barely notice the difference. I never suscribe to nothing bro but you deserve it bro good job

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Thanks bro, I agree, which is why I do this!

[@realmoonknight]

Man i played wildlands so smooth with your settings and now this.

[@ZykopathOfficial]

I don't think I made a guide for Ghost Recon Wildlands.

[@realmoonknight]

@@ZykopathOfficial Ahh maybe some similar channel then, mybad haha

[@maliknoman1720]

Bro thank u very much❤❤❤.this video helped me a lot..❤

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad I could help, enjoy the game Malik Noman!

[@Sapphic288]

You got my sub. Thank you for the great settings!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

It's what I do, glad I could help!

[@JUST-GAMEPLAY5785]

thank you bro because of you I have increased my fps

[@JoaoPedro-nf7ic]

Ótimo vídeo! Parabéns muito detalhado 🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@Dominus-F6uZr]

nice actually love you bro my fps increased from 40-60 to 70-80+

[@n.e.r.o2047]

Went from 100 to 170. Thank-you so much.

[@nigel55555]

thank you so much. 100 fps consistent now. you are a saint!

[@ZykopathOfficial]

Glad I could help!

[@somdechuva-paradormir]

Thanks Bro👊 besta video of Channel👊

[@navuav572]

Thankyou my mahn..❤

[@ZykopathOfficial]

My pleasure! 😊