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Red Dead Redemption II PC performance thread
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Thank you so much for these videos! Please take your time, if you can!
So is the 8600k/9600k fine as long as you are going for 60fps and not high framerates? Gamer Nexus's video wasn't clear. I have a 9600k/2080 Super and want to play at 4Kish/60 but worried about the micro stutter
Interesting, i'll give it a shot! Things are feeling super smooth for me now. I think I have the VRR setup correctly.
so just booted up..
how do I change controls....nothign under the controls screen.
also any way to view FPS in game? launcher has anything in it?
how do I change controls....nothign under the controls screen.
also any way to view FPS in game? launcher has anything in it?
Controls don't show up until you're actually in-game. I thought the exact same thing when I first loaded the game up.
After watching Rich's video, and seeing so many settings at low in the console version and also some are lower than low, I think I might take back what I said earlier that it's a bad port. Now I'm pretty excited for Alex's video!
Does the game have a built in FPS counter?
oh haha, yeah that'll do it. ty!
oh haha, yeah that'll do it. ty!
So Gamers Nexus just put up their settings deep-dive (with a tweaking guide coming at a later date). Near the end of the video, Steve mentions that they polled around 5,000 people and that about 50% answered that they couldn't even launch the game. I had no idea the problem was that widespread, that's just absolutely appalling.
GPU should be fine, CPU could be the bigger bottleneck. The game has so many options to tweak that you should find some setting that works. If you haven't bought the game yet, wait until Steam release as major bugs should be fixed by then.
I definitely appreciate it. I wondered why the first video on the game never mentioned the substantial issues playing the game, but I am glad you guys will address it. Many apologies for the issues on your behalf!
I have none of the problems and my total CPU usage never went above 80%.
I can play at 60fps without the scaling and using NV sharpen but the IQ is not that good - it's still smudged. So I decided to lower settings enough to have 50fps lock and later I switched to using Vulkan (little perf. gain and quicker load times). NV Sharpen works only under DX12 thou.
My monitor has a overclock setting to 165mhz would that offer any benefit when I have it set at 144mhz already ?
Not really no. I doubt you are running RDR 2 at 144 FPS, or?
The difference between 144 and 165Hz is pretty minimal and is only really beneficial in competitive shooters and the like. You'd be better off not overclocking your monitor and using "those extra frames" that you would be spending to get to 165fps on a better graphical setting here and there. But of course, this only matters for games that you can achieve those framerates in to begin with, RDR2 definitely not being one of them.
NV sharpen works in Vulcan as well. Tested changing sharpening in game using the geforce experience bar and I could clearly see the difference when changing it up and down, even when using Vulcan. Try it yourself.
Really looking forward to your video! Currently running the game with everything on high at 0.9 res scale of 4k on my 2080 ti and it would be awesome if I could turn down a few settings without a loss in IQ instead of using the res scale to get better performance. Using g-sync on my c9 oled so drops are not that noticeable but I want a lower limit of 50 fps at least for the lower input lag. My range currently is between 48 and 60 fps.
Using the overclock function in your monitor from 144hz to 165hz is usually considered a slightly bad idea. It's really really hard to notice the difference between those framerates and depending on the monitor it can make it have higher response times and general weirdness, not worth it.
Appreciate all your efforts like the rest of the DF crew. Take your time mister, ima chillin in the saloon whilst we wait :)
Kind of at my wit's end with the stuttering now.
I've tried setting asynchronous compute to "true" in the XML, I've used Process Lasso to limit my CPU, but neither seem to fix the problem well enough for me to play for... more than an hour maybe before the stutter starts making the game unplayable.
It's also incredibly hard to tell if a "fix" is genuinely effective without playing for a while too, because the game runs well on startup no matter where I am in the game world, but the longer I play the worse the stutter gets.
I've tried setting asynchronous compute to "true" in the XML, I've used Process Lasso to limit my CPU, but neither seem to fix the problem well enough for me to play for... more than an hour maybe before the stutter starts making the game unplayable.
It's also incredibly hard to tell if a "fix" is genuinely effective without playing for a while too, because the game runs well on startup no matter where I am in the game world, but the longer I play the worse the stutter gets.
I have three systems with the game installed.
PC#1 didn't launch until Thursday night. PC#2 still doesn't launch correctly even today. PC#3 is the weakest and launched it immediately.
Nope, the driver controlled sharpen works only under DX9-12. What you are doing is using the geforce experience freestyle I guess. 😉
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Why is the setting menu fading in and out so slowly on my computer?
It takes half a minute for the next screen to show up.
It takes half a minute for the next screen to show up.
Change them in story mode. For whatever reason at the main menu it's mad slow.
That's genuinely unbelievable. I don't understand how something this volatile, affecting such a wide array of system configurations, makes it out to market.
Funny enough, it's the total opposite for me. The CP one didn't make a difference but the GE one works wonders, and that's with Vulkan.Nope, the driver controlled sharpen works only under DX9-12. What you are doing is using the geforce experience freestyle I guess. 😉
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They did put out a brand new launcher back in September. If the game was natively an EGS or Steam title it's my firm belief the game would have worked immediately.
Oh it definitely seems like the launcher is the main culprit here, but maybe don't fart out your shiny, new launcher a month before your big game's PC debut.
Yep they seriously overestimated how stable their platform is.
Man I just can't figure out the mouse input for god's sake.
Even using Raw Input the game still feels like it's emulating a pad rather then actually having real input. I've tried every single thing that I can think off and it's still feels like dog shit.
Control had a similar thing but with a bit of tweaking it was actually fine.
There's no way this port has been done by the same team that did GTA V because in that game the raw input actually worked.
Even using Raw Input the game still feels like it's emulating a pad rather then actually having real input. I've tried every single thing that I can think off and it's still feels like dog shit.
Control had a similar thing but with a bit of tweaking it was actually fine.
There's no way this port has been done by the same team that did GTA V because in that game the raw input actually worked.
Applied for a refund...maybe Epic will give me a bly I'm a bit over the 2 hours and I can't be bothered anymore..I'll buy Outer Worlds instead.
gamexplain gonna have competition in movie-length analysis videos
I knew something was off with the mouse aiming. The second you have to shoot in the opening minutes of the game, I pulled out my controller.
I tried it. Struggle a bit on 1440p, smooth on 1080p.
I think I'll pass since the performance is not really an upgrade over ps4 pro.
Now I am hitting the RDR2 exited unexpectedly error. Cannot launch the game at all now, despite it working normally the past few days.
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Thank you so much!
Followed the settings in your vid, but turned off TAA and set a couple of other toggles to medium.
Now, I'm at ~40 at the camp and 60 in the forest.
It's a tightrope with the VRAM at ~3400MB constantly. Oh well, no cash for an upgrade for years. Gotta do with stutters I guess.
Does this game support HDR/Dolby Vision?
Also should i use Vulkan or DX12 for this game?
I have a 3900x Titan Xp 32GB ram system
Also should i use Vulkan or DX12 for this game?
I have a 3900x Titan Xp 32GB ram system
It supports HDR but it's been broken since release.
I am also curious which is better, Vulkan or DX12 because I am reading completely conflicting reports. Some say vulkan has better framerate, but worse stutters, some say vulkan is better than DX12. Does it depend on whether you have AMD or Nvidia video card? I have 1080Ti and I would like to know whether it's better to use DX12 or Vulkan.
I am also curious which is better, Vulkan or DX12 because I am reading completely conflicting reports. Some say vulkan has better framerate, but worse stutters, some say vulkan is better than DX12. Does it depend on whether you have AMD or Nvidia video card? I have 1080Ti and I would like to know whether it's better to use DX12 or Vulkan.
Not really a brand new launcher. I remember pre-ordering GTA V from Rockstar's own launcher in 2015. It was just called the Rockstar Social Club I think. I'm sure the game was intended to release on Rockstar Launcher, but maybe the major update in September messed things up.
OK, this is now funny. Decided to play 16:9 1080p on 21:9 monitor for better performance, but in Fullscreen it gets squished. Menus are fine, only ingame lol
Looks normal in borderless window. Tbh, after all the issues I had, this is kinda bearable. Just wanna play the darn thing finally
Looks normal in borderless window. Tbh, after all the issues I had, this is kinda bearable. Just wanna play the darn thing finally
In other areas it seems visuals improve with higher settings. Not sure why that particular area not. Though I noticed someother decrease in detail on certain rocks in other areas with higher settings. Not sure why that is.
All technical aside (for a brief moment).
The game can look amazing, given good light conditions.
The game can look amazing, given good light conditions.
So my mouse feels a bit floaty in-game. I have it set to raw input with no accel...
Is that as good as it gets? A bit disappointed with it.
Is that as good as it gets? A bit disappointed with it.
So far my experience after 4 hours of tinkering with my 1080ti and the game:
DX12 offers the smoother performance with fewest issues.
Vulkan has strange frame rate stutters in random spots with heavy trees or fog, dx12 never experiences those issues.
My TV supports 4K @50hz, so I've actually set many of the settings to high/ultra and got a locked 50 that feels very smooth :)
Yeah it supports HDR, it works on my x900f. Also which API you should use... depends fromw hat I've read? Vulkan will give a better performance, but some people got problems with vulkan while less with DX12, and vice versa. Haven't tried with DX12 but vulkan runs fine for me. No crash yet.
Maybe check the other 7000 posts that asks the same thing :)
HDR is just as bad as the console versions I'm afraid. Looks better with it off..