GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB) / AMD Radeon RX 480 (4GB) GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 (2GB) / AMD Radeon R9 280 (3GB)ĬPU: Intel Core i7-4770K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Nvidia's GTX 1060 remains one of the most popular and widely used graphics cards on the planet, according to Steam's hardware charts, so most PCs out there should be able get the game running. As you can see below, both the minimum and recommended requirements are both surprisingly manageable.
Manage cookie settings Red Dead Redemption 2 PC requirementsīefore we do that, let's remind ourselves of what Red Dead 2's PC requirements actually entail. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.
So, without further ado, here's everything you need to know about Red Dead Redemption 2's PC settings, including which of its many dozens of graphics options you can turn down to help boost your frame rate, as well as how to wrangle its 21 different quality presets (yes, you did read that correctly) into something playable.
In this article, I've focused on what kind of performance you can expect to see from Red Dead Redemption 2's recommended PC requirements (that is, with a GTX 1060 in your system), but you can also hop over to my separate PC performance article on what you really need to get Red Dead 2 running at 60fps for a more detailed look at what other graphics cards are capable of (and surprise, you don't need an RTX 2060 like Nvidia previously suggested). Red Dead Redemption 2 hasn't had the smoothest of starts on PC, but now that most of its crashing issues and unexpectedly quitting launcher problems appear to have been resolved, it's time to take a closer look at Red Dead Redemption 2's PC settings and how you can get this beaut of a game running as smoothly as possible.