Red Dead Redemption 2: PC graphics performance benchmark review - Graphics card performance 1440p & 2160p

Graphics card performance 1440p and 4K UHD

We move to (Wide) Quad HD at 2560x1440 then following Ultra HD. Ultra HD, UHD or 4K, this resolution refers to approximately 4000 horizontal pixels. Ultra HD resolution has four times the number of pixels of a typical 1920x1080 resolution. This resolution and our quality settings typically require more memory and a lot more horsepower (pardon the pun). It is nearly, no it simply is painful to watch the Ultra HD performance numbers taken at these image quality settings.

D3D12: Ultra Quality settings

D3D12: Ultra Texture / High-Quality settings

We again apply tweaks to the settings as described on the previous page. Here's what we did, basically you shift that quality preset to level to the max. Then by dropping all Ultra selected quality settings towards high, you'll gain performance. We feel that forfeiting Ultra texture quality would be a darn loss, so we left that setting as is. The result is Ultra textures quality, the rest is set as shown above. By no means, this is 'the tweak' as that will vary per PC, but it'll help you get some extra playable performance out of the game. The 4GB cards have medium texture and quality settings applied now due to graphics memory limitations. Have a peek. 

VULKAN: Ultra Texture / High-Quality settings

Of course, there is the main API for Red Dead Redemption II. As stated and promised, we will offer a full set of VULKAN results as well. As it turns out in the CPU bound resolutions and the fastest graphics cards, you will see a tiny bit of a performance increase. For the rest of the cards, it is more or less equal. Due to the 4GB limitation of Nano/Fury, we left them out this test run.