Red Dead Redemption 2 | OPTIMIZATION GUIDE | Every Graphics Setting Tested | Best Settings

[@benchmarking4386]

**Check the description if you need the Optimized Settings arranged in the same order as the game's Graphics Menu. Just to be clear , in regards to Image Quality FSR is not perfect , it also has some issues and artifacts for example when using Sniper Scope or Binoculars , but around moving foliage and trees it looks cleaner and sharper compare to DLSS and choosing FSR or DLSS is purely down to personal preference , personally I hate shimmering and aliasing that's why I prefer FSR in this game but if you want to use DLSS I recommend downloading the latest version from here : www.techpowerup.com/download/nvidia-dlss-dll/ and replace the DLL inside the game's files and use Reshade (or any other tool) to apply some sharpening and make the image looks better. And If you can get good performance at native resolution and you want the best Image Quality I recommend using DLAA with this mod from here : www.nexusmods.com/reddeadredemption2/mods/2072

[@catrc7076]

SUBTITULOS ESPAÑOL PLEASE

[@cedricrm1512]

the problem if we update the dlss manually in rdr2, the game automatically updates to restore the version of the original dlss. 😭

[@tars3249]

Genuine question why use DLAA over TAA (with a TAA mod/tuned values). What does DLAA offer if you aren't saving fps. Based on image quality comparisons I've seen MSAA>TAA>FSR/DLSS at least as you get closer to 4k because you don't get the shimmering foliage and other taa issues at 4k.

[@metehan3795]

I have 7900 xt you think should ı open fsr(they say no need gpu is too powerful and original graphics better,fsr is blurry),ı will use rtx,on 1080p and ı use this optimizaiton guide.I always close motion blur,lens flare depth of field which uses gpu more or less.

[@mariop8101]

I also have a 3060Ti and a 5600X, trying it to run 60fps 1080p with your settings with a Undervolt on the GPU, but the still hitting 70-72º C at 80% Speed fan on the cinematics on the snow. Had to reduce the fps to 50 to survive in some points.

[@Vyend]

I wish all games had this type of detailed guide, the amount of performance you can gain in some cases are insane, literally game changer

[@akmalrusydi2730]

god of war needs this detailed settings since that game is also cpu bound i tried it with my Ryzen 5 2600 paired with Rx 6600 and framerates and frametimes are not good my friend

[@fatihaktaas34]

@@akmalrusydi2730 I also use rx 5 2600 but with a RX 590 and I can somehow gather up 60 fps in Cyberpunk but in God of War I pray for a consistent 45 fps ..

[@akmalrusydi2730]

@@fatihaktaas34 god of war needs some performance patch and graphic settings i swear that game is unplayable on hard difficulty since the dips is so unpredictable making the combat janky as hell

[@71igfffv]

Just frigging play it on PS5 you get a locked 60fps ..but am sure my 3060ti could get over 100 in God of war at 1080p

[@ironman-fg3jh]

@@71igfffv who wants that shitty plastic box🤣🤣

[@flawlessxyz]

Texture Quality - Ultra Anisotropic Filtering - X16 Lighting Quality - Medium or High Global Illumination Quality - Ultra Shadow Quality- Ultra Far Shadow Quality - Ultra Screen Space Ambient Occlusion - High Reflection Quality - Medium Mirror Quality - Ultra Water Quality - Custom Volumetrics Quality - Custom Particle Quality - Ultra Tessellation Quality - Ultra NVIDIA DLSS - Quality NVIDIA DLSS Sharpening - 3/4 times. Advanced Graphics Graphics API - Vulkan Near Volumetric Resolution - Medium Far Volumetric Resolution - Ultra Volumetric Lighting Quality - Ultra Particle Lighting Quality - Ultra Soft Shadows - Off or Ultra Grass Shadows - High Long Shadows - On Full Resolution Screen Space Ambient Occlusion - Off Water Refraction Quality - Medium Water Reflection Quality - High Water Physics Quality - about 5 times Resolution Scale - Off TAA Sharpening - 4 times Motion Blur - Off Reflection MSAA - Off Mirror Quality - Ultra Geometry Level of Detail - 3/5 Grass Level of Detail - 5 or 6 times Tree Quality - Ultra Parallax Occlusion Mapping Quality - Medium Decal Quality - Ultra Fur Quality - Medium Tree Tessellation - Off

[@ranespider1937]

You are a fucking godsend wish I saw your comment earlier

[@sumGuyreal]

Thank you so much

[@cityofeverything]

wdym 3/4 times and 5 times???

[@cityofeverything]

im on a 4090, risen 7950x3d and 1080p (yes I know im fucked for being on 1080p on 4090)

[@ranespider1937]

@@cityofeverything the ticks on the slider

[@thuanle1246]

I was a bit doubting at first but damn. Going from 48 to 80 in Strawberry with little to no degrade in visual quality is insane. Keep up the good work sir.

[@ag7_._]

can yoy tell me how u did it???

[@thuanle1246]

@@ag7_._ I got ai5 13600k and a 3060 so I didnt fully follow the setting in the video. I got everything on max except near volumetric medium, reflection medium, water setting the same as the video, tree tess off, raymarch st off

[@mihailcirlig8187]

@@thuanle1246 Strawberry is very very heavy on water, the most demanding part of the game if you have water physics on max, putting at 2/4 will give a massive boost

[@abhirupkundu2778]

Nah 2/5 is extremely horrible water physics. Keep at 3/5@@mihailcirlig8187

[@shashwatmali3640]

​@@thuanle1246 bro trust me , i didn't knew that NEAR VOLUMETTIC :ULTRA can make game so realistic

[@theturkishprince]

BE CAREFUL ! - Swap out your API first! Do not switch graphics API after doing all your tweaks. It will likely reset them. I spent half an hour changing everything according to this video, and then at the end of it you're instructed to try out vulkan or DX12 and see what has the best performance. Immediately knew i should turn Vulkan back on after trying DX12, but when I did switch back I realised I would now need to tweak everything all over again.

[@leiff-]

Funny how I did the same mistake and came across your comment while trying to find a better list of the optimized setting here (where every setting is in order and not all over the place).

[@theturkishprince]

very annoying aye! Sorry you went through the same shit. @@leiff-

[@minagad7684]

Just switch from the system.xml file at your documents

[@aryyann05]

Why did i find this comment after i restart the game

[@JuuzouWEEB]

Takes literally like 1 minute to put the settings back chill out 🙄

[@dontpokethebear3893]

The king has spoken

[@superp0sition]

Indeed. He is the best at what he does.

[@debrupsaha1365]

​@@superp0sition really bub u don't know him yet

[@alaszrar6202]

This is the way

[@athiaan]

Been waiting long for this one !! Thank you for your work I greatly appreciate it

[@lilpain1997]

why? Hardware unboxed did this upon release. Not saying his work is bad or not needed btw, I love this channel.

[@afos88]

@@lilpain1997 True, but that was on release of the game, so some things have changed a little. + BenchmarKing also takes CPU limits into consideration, which Hardware Unboxed didnt, so it might be helpful to some people.

[@rapadilla4397]

Thank you for the well detailed guide. Even going above and beyond in explaining what each setting is for and how they can affect both your gameplay and its performance. Keep it up!

[@Quadnick]

Amazing video! I looked up a guide just now because I was struggling in the tall trees area, in the 45 fps range, then barely keeping 60 fps after I adjusted some settings on my own. But after following along with your video, I'm now between 80 and 90 fps with no discernable difference in quality. Plus, it was awesome to see exactly what each of these settings affected. Great work. Easy sub.

[@linkz3TM]

Can u tell me what is ur pc build?

[@Quadnick]

@@linkz3TM Sure. Alienware Area-51m R2 laptop, with: i7-10700 2080 Super Mobile 32 GB 3200MHz (capped at 2933) 4TB Inland M.2 SSD

[@NB-mw1bt]

You use the exact settings that he tell right? And is your texture on high or ultra?

[@Quadnick]

@@NB-mw1bt Same settings as the video, yeah. And textures on ultra.

[@Caped__crusadervugilan]

@@linkz3TMdo you think a 16gb ram R7 RTX 4060ti 1TB Would be good for rdr 2 high setting

[@JugerGaijin]

I envy those who have not yet played this game. Thanks for the work!

[@SlobMobGaming]

i agree i pre ordered this game on my p4 played it as soon as it dropped then when it came out in pc i bought it again but on sale for like 30$

[@RunningFromMachines]

I'm one of those people. I actually started playing it last week and am about 10 hours in so this optimization guide is literally perfect for me!

[@idkwhattohaveasausername5828]

@@RunningFromMachines enjoy it! Playing it on release was a truly fun time and experiencing the world detail was even better.

[@LanceUppercut]

This game would definitely be my choice for "one thing to erase from your memory, so you can experience it for the first time, again"

[@sosuslays]

playing my first playthrough now!! I got it back on release but switched to PC shortly after

[@theunderdog9353]

The amount of impovement I got out of this is unlike anything I've ever had. I went from like sub-50 fps at night in camp to 115 and the game literally looks BETTER! The FSR change made all the difference in the world. With DLSS, the game looked all blurry and 'noisy' in an unrealistic way but with FSR, it looks like the beautiful game it always should have been. That, combined with the MASSIVE boost in performance, literally makes it feel like I'm playing a next-gen upgraded game. It's crazy how important these settings are. Especially with how LITTLE the game tells you about it. These settings should literally come with built in manuals. That's where you came in I guess. Thank you for this. Truly. Total game changer! Liked and subbed!

[@musek5048]

seriously though i really wish they included detailed descriptions of what you lose by lowering each setting. even then these video guides should include gameplay with action sequences and movement through different areas so we can see how the FPS is impacted from scene to scene.

[@theunderdog9353]

@@musek5048 I mean he was giving a pretty solid explanation of what the impact of the settings he changed would be

[@marcusliviussalinator5529]

your channel is an hidden gem. You deserve more recognition. Awesome video as always

[@fearstreak7462]

Thank you! Got 20 more frames from just switching from Vulkan to Dx12 and i really appreciate the side by side comparison for each setting!

[@abhirupkundu2778]

WHAT THE FUCK 20 FRAMES ????

[@clueless4401]

@K.C-2049I have the same card as you and use Vulkan and use to get good performance over 60 fps all the time on 1440 p and I opened the game one day and now it runs like shit on the same exact settings can barley get over 60 now and ever other game runs fine

[@Jaykurosakii]

⁠@K.C-2049my 4070 got more frames using Dx12 but had visual bugs so I switched back to vulkan. Might try dx12 again since I have a 4080 now

[@Jaykurosakii]

@@clueless4401verify game files or reinstall

[@senza_nico]

Kind of, i have a 4080 mobile and let me tell you, my frames sometime triplicate when i play on Vulkan

[@Nozzinator]

Tysm, underrated channel, running on a 32:9 with a 6750xt this video got me above 60-90 constantly while before id be at around 51-70. Gonna sub and keep coming back to ur vids when I really need em thanks again.😊

[@thomassoto4920]

Thanks man went from 70 to 120 stable fps, you are a life saver

[@norimixxxO]

bruh, in rdr stable 60 fps on ultra its nice, cuz "optimazed settings" looks bad compare ultra. on screen. high fps better in online mode

[@bardavidson2102]

Bonus tip , turning on risizable BAR or SAM in the bios and then forcing it on with Nvidia inspector on Nvidia GPU's ( it's already enabled globally if enabled on AMD gpu's in the bios) can massively improve this game's 1% lows figures which will result in a much smoother performance on top of optimized settings of course, Great video as allways keep up the great work!.

[@kevinfromsales6842]

I just assumed that resize bar worked in all games with nvidia but now i know better lol thanks.

[@-Venemic]

Actual Lifesaver. I didn't even know this was a thing that existed, although it had always been enabled in my bios I needed to download a vbios to enable it on my GPU itself. There were some hiccups at first, the game kept crashing as soon as story booted up and I feared the worst, but the vbios messed with my MSI afterburner (I think that was the issue) and once I straightened everything out everything seems to be working great. The small stutter that would always occur when entering intensive areas is gone, and my FPS as a whole as increased drastically. Thanks!

[@kevinfromsales6842]

Wow, thanks. I just assumed that resize bar worked in all games.

[@-Venemic]

@@kevinfromsales6842 Well sort of an edit to my comment, but RDR2 began crashing again (solely at horseshoe overlook for some reason) and disabling BAR with the inspector has seemed to fix it. Enabling BAR without inspector seems to be enough

[@kevinfromsales6842]

@@-Venemic Oh that's weird. Mine crashes when I try to set it to full screen mode and then I tab out of the game but other than that there's been no crashing with resize bar enabled on profile inspector. Even with resize bar I still get stuttering in saint denis. the stuttering seems to be a very common issue so I'm guessing rockstar never really put much time into optimization.

[@SgtPowerWeiner]

Dude you're videos are the BEST. Digital foundry and HW unboxed are great but you go that extra mile and it shows. Subbed

[@Leo007619]

Why did you do this in random? You should have done this in the order.

[@Herbert2892]

Even im being grateful, he did it in the most confusig order possible. It is almost as manatees in an aquarium choose randomically ballons with the settings order.

[@Tomo_07079]

Yeah i would watch the hardware unboxed instead

[@Samuel-co4fx]

To be fair he did in a order but is for category, filters, shadows, reflection etc etc

[@scotfree7702]

He did it though, which is nice and easy, the settings all at the end for you to screenshot. Gratefulness and thanks are free you kn0w

[@axel2x748]

The way he did it was ALOT better lol. Explains everything here by category and presents it well.

[@FuzzyDarkness]

Why haven't I found this channel earlier? This is amazing! Every setting explained and examples shown what the difference is. You got yourself a new sub!

[@unknownentity56]

its brilliant how these settings still make this game look amazing whilst increasing fps by a large amount

[@str1xt]

Firstly, thank you for your super informative and easy to understand video. 10/10. After getting an asus 4k 48" OLED on my asus 3090 , I wanted to revisit the game and see if it made a difference visually. The answer was yes and no. Your video has made it super easy and stopped the confusion. I have used all of your settings including the yellow settings and now I am somewhere in the ball park of great graphics and decent fps sitting around 85 - 90 as I type. Thanks again my friend!

[@ReginaldoVlog]

You always do a great job optimizing games and editing your videos, please keep it up. Greetings from Brazil.

[@SPGsOfficialTube]

Thank you man, your settings gave me 30-40 fps more! Great job ❤

[@ahmedfire7678]

Brother you are magnificent, tbh on par or even better than digital foundry

[@CalvinKlein2023]

Ur optimized settings is so good man, I've tried RDR2 last 2020 but since my PC is on the low end and RDR2 is not that optimized yet, i stop mid game. But just now I tried your settings on the same PC and I'm amazed on how good the graphics now on ULTRA, and still rocking a solid 40 fps. It's just much immersive and realized how good and wonderful game this is. With the addition of mods like PEDS and AEM, It's been a blast!!

[@horhaj]

Nice video ! Keep Up !! Moroccan btw right ?

[@benchmarking4386]

Yes 😉

[@brentoncooper3926]

Wow thank you! This is the perfect guide and breakdown. I had no idea what most of these did. I just got the game on sale and recently got a hand-me-down gaming PC with an older 1070 TI and a i7-980 CPU, still a great very capable gaming PC so I knew I could run this, but I am also trying to run it on a 4K monitor, so I was struggling getting 30 FPS! I just ran benchmark settings after changing all these, (I used FSR) and now it's hitting 30 and not going any lower at all! So stoked!

[@jollyanimaljams]

First of all, thankls for this vid, helped me to raise FPS twice! Sad you didn't do such tutorial about GTA IV ;)

[@AntichristMagazine]

Same here! ))

[@j4ke413]

Thanks for this, my settings were changed and I couldn’t get it back to a great balance of visual and performance. You got me back appreciate the work you put into this

[@MADHIKER777]

Extremely useful & practical video. Even if my hardware differs, these are good settings to start with and the methodology is invaluable.

[@shreyameshram]

This was amazing! Please do this to as many games as you possibly can!

[@ImAltair1]

Once again great job with this guide! Keep up the good work!

[@Dorian_Barber]

The best performance I’ve seen yet. Thank you.

[@Abelardo-Vidal]

what a great job and incredible dedication, thanks for what you do

[@bmb00zl3d5]

This really helps on players who want to experience this awesome game without sacrificing to much of its beauty, even if its how many years from its release, tho its quite confusing since it's not done in order in the settings, nevertheless, good job explaining and demonstrating how each graphic option works! 👍👌

[@TryndGod]

Hey thanks for posting the optimized settings in a completely random order I love moving back and forth instead of just going down the list! 10/10 smartest content creator alive

[@theturkishprince]

While it is a great video, i can't help but agree.

[@Lucas11061]

Loved tbe video but you're right, this category order ain't it

[@haydeng9643]

Man he already did all the work for you painstakingly testing all of the settings. If it’s that much of a problem for your lack of attention span, just skip to the end of the video where he shows all the settings at once lmao. What a dumb criticism

[@Saber.X]

You're the Hero PC gaming community had been waiting for

[@AyazDaoud]

A lot of people thing this game is unoptimized for a 2019 game but the game is just massively futurepeoofed. That cant be said about the pc ports that come out these days.

[@RufusM]

Yeah the second I saw the menu on release, I figured you can get the equivalent of a PS6 remaster.

[@angieraye6273]

I have to thank you! I got a new PC and couldn't get my game to run at a steady 120fps. I followed this quide and was able to play the game with beautiful graphics and a steady frame rate. Thank you!

[@blackarrow7548]

DX12 is unfortunately on this game not good optimized. Frame stuttering everywhere

[@DekarNL]

your videos are invaluable. I hve a 3060 Ti and these games run like perfect. went from 45 fps to always above 60!

[@lilpain1997]

DO NOT USE FSR. Look out of any window or use the binoculars and the game gets pretty funky, same goes for certain weather conditions, especially easy to see on/around tress. I have tried this on both a 3080 and 6800xt and the same thing happens on both. So just use TAA or if you if you can DLSS, personally would recommend neither DLSS or FSR but DLSS is overall less buggy.

[@benchmarking4386]

Yes both FSR and DLSS have problems but overall imo FSR looks more stable and sharper specially around moving foliage and trees.

[@dontpokethebear3893]

You can use a custom DLSS to fix the sharpening. Later versions of DLSS past 2.5.1 don’t have sharpening capabilities at all. This fixes almost all the problems with DLSS. It’s a shame that FSR has busted scopes and binoculars because I think it actually looks best out of the three options. Good level of sharpness and not many artifacts in motion.

[@lilpain1997]

@@benchmarking4386 Yeah but you cant get rid of the annoying artifacts FSR causes so I wouldn't ever use it over DLSS if I had the option to choose between the two. FSR does look better though and that is how I found those issues out as I was using FSR over DLSS due to the weird hair and shimmering issues. Now I just use TAA as both are not really ideal and distracting

[@brzimtrco6142]

I use VSR to set resolution to 1800p and then I put fsr on quality and the quality/performance is great on my 6700xt, almost max settings never going below 60fps.

[@lilpain1997]

@@brzimtrco6142 Its not about the FPS gain its about the artifacts that FSR cause. Its why I said do not use it as you cannot fix them and its not any different between people or computers it seems. As seen by others that have outlined this issue elsewhere. Unless you really need to push your FPS up then you may as well just stick to TAA. Or if you have Nvidia swap DLSS files over as it does help. The FPS gain will be pretty much identical to DLSS .

[@epicswordmewz7007]

This is very useful, I went from about 55 fps to about 70 without noticeable quality change!

[@Zednix]

There are things missing from the optimized settings section and nothing is in order compared to the in game menu

[@acexd3000]

Thanks! I have been looking for good looking optimized rdr2 graphics, got to say this helped me a lot.

[@allansolano5587]

One tip to note is that if you using the rockstar launcher version you need a mod to swap dlss for you because if not the launcher detects the file and restore it

[@kevinfromsales6842]

So if its on steam you can just replace the file, right?

[@allansolano5587]

@@kevinfromsales6842 i dont know because you still need the launcher for it to open the game as far as i know

[@kevinfromsales6842]

@@allansolano5587 yeah I'm not sure. I replaced the file and dlss still looks like garbage at times.

[@mcgmgc]

I'm using the new 3.5.0 DLSS version with that garbage rockstar + epic games launcher, the file doesn't get replaced with the old 2.2.0 DLSS file that RDR2 uses. Maybe they've fixed that. Restarted many times, still there.

[@kevinfromsales6842]

@@mcgmgc I hope it is fixed. I tried cyberpunk with the new 3.5 file and it looks great.

[@pwnograffik]

I'm running a 7950X3D and 4070 Ti Super. I followed your optimized settings, choosing the higher option on the 6 highlighted with color, with the only change being that I chose DLSS Quality (3.6.0) paired with a 2.25x DLDSR setting - 4k resolution on 1440p monitor. Running the built-in benchmark I got a result of 119 FPS average and I am absolutely blown away. I'm sticking with DLSS+DLDSR but when testing the FSR Quality option the game was easily locked to 144 to match my gsync display with power to spare. THANK YOU SO MUCH. As far as I'm concerned, you are THE top of the top. Edit > Updating the default DLSS .dll to 3.6.0 increased benchmark fps average from 113 to 119. Edit2 > After 6 hours without issue I had to replace the original DLSS .dll file as I encountered a game breaking bug when returning to Beechers Hope after capturing Marshall Thurwell with Sadie. Bummer.

[@ItsYourBoii-e8w]

Thank you bro, I had a 6 gb graphics card but idk why my game lagged now I know it's because I have 8gb ram and the setting that you showed me helped a lot I got 30 to 20 fps to 70 fps thank you❤❤

[@Old-Boy_BEbop]

thanks for the video but absolutely hate the fact you couldnt go through the menu in order....

[@dxvthvbyssvbsxrbsyxudsmxmbxrxd]

you need to understand the settings and not just copy paste them

[@editingahmad]

My fav benchmark channel. I realized I wasn't subbed so I just subscribed. Don't stop making these.

[@triforcelp131]

How do you think this compares to the Hardware Unboxed optimization guide?

[@44pires]

Considering its a more recent vídeo and benchmarKing always lean to the better visual fidelity side, i would say his settings are probably better looking but with little to no difference on the fps Lets hope the King himself answers it

[@ErrantJourney]

Hardware Unboxed released their findings a number of years ago and they have really made a difference for many, many people. I used them myself for a while because it does provide a good base for visuals to performance. But...I have no idea what graphics drivers they were using then. With all the updates to all graphics cards up to this point in time, I think starting with Hardware Unboxed is still a good starting point, and the individual players can tweak it from there.

[@parttimedude5440]

Before this video I was doing Permutations and Combinations of all settings ... Thank You So Much!

[@ferrisgames2191]

thank you for this vid not only did my performance go up but the game looks even better than the settings i use

[@saltee_crcker2363]

by far the most detailed guide with explanations of what each setting does and the related performance impact of each setting. well done, thank you for your work. just as a side note the settings i had decided on prior to watching your vid were very close to what you had with a couple of exceptions which i'm going to do comparison on. your data on the performance impact compared to the visuals on each setting is invaluable...thx mate

[@dragoons3295]

i Literally Goes from 58FPS to Avg 85 FPS!!!!!! The Goat of Goats From my Country. Khouya Top 🥰, Keep it UP!!

[@EyvørDeRune]

This guide is amazing. I went from 38-40 fps with all max settings to around 98-120 fps with this video. Best part is the game still looks the same!

[@RealSiViX]

I really appreciate these videos, you've helped me immensely to get the best look and FPS out of GTA V and RDR2 so far, will probably be back for others!

[@mayowsky.]

This is one of my favourite channels on yt right now, you make super well done videos

[@Foxblaker754]

I have over 270 hours in pc and I never looked for a optimization guide because I first played the game on the ps4 when I came out, but Yesterday I touched the settings I don´t know why and from my usual 35 FPS went to 30 to 25, that´s when I found this video and now with these settings the game is at a consistantly 45 to 50 FPS and I looks just as good. this is fantastic and sad a the same time since I´m almost done getting all the trophies but you just made my last 20 hours in this game even better. thank you.

[@beboprovip]

Shout out to the guy who really discuss every single setting, I watch every second of this vid, keep it up man!

[@zerojustzero4149]

this is THE best rdr2 fps optimization guide on youtube. i love how he shows an example for 8gb vram.

[@EnsianceI]

Here I am in your video with another game!! You are doing such a great job dude thank you so much!! Much love!

[@SnowTger]

I have 4070 Ti + 14600KF duo and i maxed everything with DLSS Quality. FPS is pretty good but i installed lots of graphic mods and Vram usage is 11-11.5gb so i'm having some stuttering sometimes. Thanks for showing Vram depending options. I hope it will fix my problem.

[@OceanicMaestro]

This Guide is the absolute best hands down there is no comparison, I went from an average of mid 60's low 70's to an average of high 90's to around 110 whilst making the game look better. 3070 Ti overclocked with afterburner 5800x overclocked with ryzens software 32gb of ddr4 at 3200mhz 2160-1440p at 144hz, sometimes I use nvidia dllsr to goto downscaled 4k resolution but I avoid it most of the time.

[@christianmadge2586]

Broo you are the best running the game at 120 fps now looking amazing

[@fablelapunisher6232]

You honestly deserve so many more subs man, I just discovered your channel, feels like a gold mine.

[@Jay3e]

Dude, thank you so much for making this video, your knowledge on the game engine and ways to improve performance helped me enjoy red dead redemption to the fullest.

[@jeffl0385]

Legitimately one of the most useful YT channels on the platform, I'm always recommending your videos to friends

[@ImperialDiecast]

the real joy is going through guides like these to figure out which tweak causes no noticable loss in image quality but magically boosts framerate, and keep tweaking here and there until you have achieved a noticeable framerate improvement with no real loss in image quality, rather than paying hundreds of dollars more for a better card that achieves the same framerate while keeping the ultra preset.

[@eggyolkz]

Such a great video! I came back playing RDR2 but now in PC, your video helped me out so much with my visual preferences. Keep it up!!

[@nelphieblessed]

thx for mixing around every single option instead of going by the list. Looking forward to making a better video about these options.

[@Prox_C]

Running this on 8086k and 2080ti. I get a butter smooth vsync at 80fps consistently with these settings. Absolutely brilliant video, thank you!

[@DevanVanDyk]

legit good guide, improved my performance by like 40% ingame thanks a lot

[@thatsfunnyman13]

Excellent video mate. Followed your settings exactly and gained around 30fps and the game still looks amazing.

[@Bruh-ss4ky]

Thanks for the guide! I was so lost with all the settings, and wanted best quality & performance for my hardware.. this guide did just that!

[@JugheadJones03]

Thank you so much for your time on this. I get easily perplexed with all the options. Thank you for such a good break down.

[@wildboat2508]

Tbarkllah 3lik a khouya, bayn merroki ghir men dik "sechings" subscribed and thanks.

[@ayoubyash7468]

Maghrebi achman Merroki wla zabi

[@SuperAleph1]

Ive watched a few of your videos and just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your work, you deserve more subscribers and now you got 1 more

[@Erenimooo]

Insanely well done man. I really appreciate it! Such a great and helpful video. Respect from the Netherlands

[@MrHistorical9]

I was just using the defailt hardware unboxed preset, this guide increase fps by around 20 to 25 without causing any graphical downgrade please make a similar video for AC valhalla and TLOU and yeah you earned a loyal subscriber here

[@Ali-Sensei]

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[@sentry6332]

This is an extremely helpful guide, you've got a new subscriber.

[@zuutube875]

Wow, just wow! You sir deserve to be on a larger gaming channel for such work, I've never since watching youtube seen such a detailed, informative video on a topic such as this. BRAVO!!!

[@redpepperdave]

Man these are very good settings brotha, thank you for the help and information sir!

[@tomyrobinson4149]

Thankyou for your well detailed guide broo. You don't know just how much of a help you have done through this video. Keep it up mate!!

[@Rayer24]

Note to anyone using AMD SAM: Do not use Vulkan in combination with SAM, it causes a VRAM leak which will eventually crash your game unless you reload a save from time to time. You can use Vulkan without SAM, or Dx12 with SAM (which performs slightly better for me). Just don't use Vulkan AND SAM.

[@musek5048]

thanks, i figured this one out after scouring the forums online. that combo caused my card to use up all 16 gigs of vram and crash after a couple hours. Now I just use DX12 and SAM, so far no issues.

[@MaciejSkywalker]

GTX 1060 6GB, i3-8100, 24GB DDR3 and i get stable 60fps with FSR and reduced graphics options from ultra to high. (texture quality and few other options i left on ultra) You are a truly the King of Benchmarking. Thank you!

[@ZenTunE-]

Thanks again, saves so much time that you've compared these for us already. Time to finally check this game off the bucket list 👌🏻

[@esquilopng]

bro, i practically just bought the game and i was trying to follow the old tutorial guide, you showed up when i needed it, thanks

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

Awesome video mate! Note: Many settings you think "Don't do anything" ie - Particle / Particle Lighting Quality - Ultra, etc...is because you are testing with a 3060 ti. Better video cards such as 80's and 90's class nVidia - will see the difference. (Explosions & dust, mostly.) Better video cards DO NOT = "just faster." They actually have upgraded VERSIONS of API's. (3070 = Shader model 6.5, while the 3080 ti = 6.6.) I have a 3070 - and I was perplexed. I could get 150 fps with some settings, and went down to 3 FPS when on max! Thought I had to suffer poor Lightning Quality - but thanks to your guide, I don't. :) The major thing for me was tree tessellation. I didn't notice how bad the performance hit was when I had Vsync on to 60 fps. Removing that - I went from 70-ish fps to 120+ generally. Wow! Never knew how frequently tree tessellation was pushing my frames down below the average. I noticed my water phyics can go pretty high - probably because it's CPU related. I have 3/4 water physics and don't see much of a hit. Then again, i'm running a water-cooled Ryzen 9 5900x. (Don't be afraid to push up physics if you have a nice cpu! If you don't, #1 thing to push down!) Thanks again mate!

[@moralsupporter]

What settings changed the graphics the most for you?

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

​@@moralsupporter Hello, I found out that "low latency" - on a good computer - is a terrible thing. It's for potato computers. Turned it off in nVidia control panel. Nice difference! In-game: DISABLE "nVidia reflex low latency." Also in nVidia control panel - "Power Management Mode" should be NORMAL. Why? That simply allows your GPU to rest and clock-down when appropriate. "Performance" makes it run 100% all the time, creating excess heat in the case, which means it HAS to clock down once heat builds up. (That "performance" mode is for niche things like video rendering, not gaming.) Windows 10 settings: "Gaming Mode" and "Hardware Accelerated GPU scheduling" - also - makes things worse. I'd ignore the advice/articles that said it's "now good" or "fixed." It's bad. Disable Xbox gaming overlays etc. Re-Shade - caused constant "running out of video memory errors." Ran the .exe file again to fully uninstall. Strangely, that and "fur quality" on "med" stopped that error, but allowed me "Ultra" Textures still. In-Game: Vulkan renderer. Ditched version.dll for dinput8. I use "Remove Bloom and Vignette" mod. Also, "Remove Camera Effects" and "Remove Camera Shake." I run Windowed 2566 x 1457 resolution. (1440p.) (Mind you, I always run OBS game capture software; so my settings with 3070 and Ryzen 9 5900x are such that I get good framerate and can film without fps drops. If you don't run OBS, you may get better results!) Here's the worst offenders: In-Game settings: Tree tessellation = massive fps killer. Vsync was too. Unlocked Volumetric Raymarch - oh god that's bad. No. nVidia DLSS - I set to "Auto" and got massive improvement. MSAA is horrible for fps. In fact, it's impossible to run ultra "Reflections MSAA" on a mere 8 gig vram card, like my 3070. Just don't use it. Period. I went "auto" for DLSS - it turned off FSR/FXAA and made TAA "high." Triple buffering = ON. It helps! I sharpened TAA about 20-40% on slider. Full Res SSAO is an fps killer. OFF. Regular SSAO I turned off too - as it made objects on wall shelves really hard to see in dark rooms. Grass level of detail/shadows are killers. Quite annoying too, when it makes it harder to see herbs and little bunnies. Grass shadows = LOW. Far shadow Quality - only high. This you can really tone down if you need. Sacrificing grass & the above was a great trade-off...allowed me to push what's important to me. Lightning quality, as I run around doing night hunts. Geometric level of detail (buildings/wagons etc) will tax the machine. I kept it at 100%. Do see a dip from 120 fps to 75ish in St Denis - but nothing awful. Next post, i'll just list my settings:

[@KathrynsWorldWildfireTracking]

Resolution: 2566x1457 (1440p) - Windowed Vsync: Off nVidia Reflex Low Latency: DISABLED (important) Triple Buffering: On Graphics: Texture Quality: Ulltra Anisotropic: 16x Lightning Qual: Ultra Global Illumination: Ultra (taxing) Shadow Qual: Ultra Far Shadow Qual: High (taxing) SSAO: OFF Reflection Qual: Ultra (can reduce to squeeze fps, who notices mud puddle reflections?) Mirror Qual: High Volumetrics: Custom (Volumetrics are taxing) Particle Quality: High (taxing) Tessallation: Ultra nVidia DLSS: Auto (You can upgrade DLSS with instructions online but I didn't.) TAA: High (Auto did this) FSR: OFF FXAA: OFF MSAA: OFF (oh this better be off! extreme tax) Advanced Graphics API: Vulkan Near Volumetric Res: High (higher this is, the brighter/blinding light shafts are. high or med I like best) Far Vol. Res: Ultra (storms look great!) Vol. Light Qual: Med (lower darkens the crazy-bright sun light shafts from windows in dark rooms) Unlocked Vol. Raymarch: OFF (for the love of cars, off!) Particle Light. Qual: Ultra (really can reduce if you need. sparks/glow etc) Soft Shadows: Ultra Grass Shad.: Low Long Shad.: On Full Res SSAO: OFF ( super taxing!) Water Ref. Qual: High (this doesn't matter a lot) Water Reflect: High (same) Water Physics: 4/5 (CPU intensive, can go high with Ryzen 9!) Resolution Scale: OFF TAA sharp: 20-40% Motion Blur: OFF (barf!) Reflection MSAA: OFF (super-taxing! Worst thing ever) Geometric Detail: 100% (taxing) (st denis fps killer) Grass Detail: 20% Tree Qual: Ultra (taxing) Parallax: Ultra (footprints) Decal Qual: Ultra (bullet holes/blood) Fur: med (super taxing of vram) Tree Tess: OFF (holy crap 30-50 fps drops) Tip: Save and restart game from shut-down if your deadeye core ever reaches 0. Bug where the cam starts swinging around like you're drunk at zero - doesn't go away if you eat/snake oil. Kills fps and makes me sick. hope this helps!

[@MurukuViralSedap]

thank you brother for the very well detailed guide, helps a lot save my money from upgrading my gpu . finally i got 70-80 fps in saint denis with these settings . my gpu are struggling so bad in saint denis & blackwater before this . appreciate it !

[@icyhotfox1762]

I appreciate the detailed vid man! Im so glad i came across your vid because i was so confused before

[@Klemen1x]

For the API's if you really don't care how your game looks just go with Vulkan, but i've tried both and DX12 for that 5 fps downgrade looks so much better.

[@TheGamingKamikaze]

went from 90 fps to 120 on 1440p with no visual difference except the ones you don't pay attention to much. Thank you so much man! (Ryzen 9 3900XT + RX 6800XT)

[@sarunas8638]

So glad to see a optimization video with literally the same specs as me, same cpu, same gpu and same ram, all even exact same brands and models :D.

[@shizusensei4942]

easly the BEST benchmark video in youtube

[@lmkhuoax]

an absolute gem of a guide, insane work man ! I feel like my (kind of getting) old 2080 is a 4080 right now ! Keep up the excellent work, you won a subcriber !

[@KongWillem]

Hey man, i just watched your video today and used the settinge you recommended. I know you probably aren't gonna read this, but you and your video just saved me so much time and effort and my game looks stunning! Thank you!!

[@introvertkz]

FSR: on Texture: Ultra (for me) Anisotropic filtering: x16 Geometric level of detail: 4-5/5 Tesselation quality: Ultra Parallax Occkusion mapping: Medium-High Shadow quality: High Far shadow quality: Ultra Long shadows: On SSAO: High Full res Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: Off Volumetrics and lightning: Medium/High Global Illumination: Ultra Near volumetric resolution: Medium Far volumetric resolution: High/Ultra Volumetric Lightning quality: Ultra Unlocked Volumetric Raymarched Res: Off ...

[@zw6512]

What about grass shadows?

[@introvertkz]

@@zw6512 i didnt watch this video till the end

[@AndreiJoji]

Your videos helped me alot to optimize my ingame settings for AAA games. Thank you!